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NXE vs. SQM, SUM, MP, KNF, NGD, HBM, LEU, TTAM, TMC, and AESI

Should you be buying NexGen Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NexGen Energy include Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM), Summit Materials (SUM), MP Materials (MP), Knife River (KNF), New Gold (NGD), HudBay Minerals (HBM), Centrus Energy (LEU), Titan America (TTAM), TMC the metals (TMC), and Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

NexGen Energy vs. Its Competitors

NexGen Energy (NYSE:NXE) and Sociedad Quimica y Minera (NYSE:SQM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, risk and earnings.

Sociedad Quimica y Minera has a net margin of 13.45% compared to NexGen Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Sociedad Quimica y Minera's return on equity of 11.71% beat NexGen Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NexGen EnergyN/A -9.62% -6.85%
Sociedad Quimica y Minera 13.45%11.71%5.35%

Sociedad Quimica y Minera has higher revenue and earnings than NexGen Energy. NexGen Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sociedad Quimica y Minera, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NexGen EnergyN/AN/A-$56.60M-$0.16-42.51
Sociedad Quimica y Minera$4.53B2.34$685.12M$2.1117.57

NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sociedad Quimica y Minera has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Sociedad Quimica y Minera has a consensus price target of $41.14, indicating a potential upside of 10.97%. Given Sociedad Quimica y Minera's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sociedad Quimica y Minera is more favorable than NexGen Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NexGen Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.43
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

In the previous week, Sociedad Quimica y Minera had 8 more articles in the media than NexGen Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Sociedad Quimica y Minera and 2 mentions for NexGen Energy. NexGen Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Sociedad Quimica y Minera's score of -0.04 indicating that NexGen Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NexGen Energy
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

42.4% of NexGen Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.4% of Sociedad Quimica y Minera shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of NexGen Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Sociedad Quimica y Minera beats NexGen Energy on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NXE vs. The Competition

MetricNexGen EnergyMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.88B$5.99B$3.29B$20.73B
Dividend YieldN/A2.06%5.15%3.72%
P/E Ratio-42.5026.2791.9428.06
Price / SalesN/A378.4727,226,089,426,177,000.0038.45
Price / CashN/A26.9523.9218.22
Price / Book4.507.225.894.61
Net Income-$56.60M$278.68M$147.76M$983.39M
7 Day Performance0.09%4.08%2.38%2.79%
1 Month Performance6.27%7.00%4.65%4.37%
1 Year Performance-2.28%22.25%24.88%15.08%

NexGen Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.333 of 5 stars
$6.80
+0.3%
N/A-2.4%$3.88BN/A-42.5060
SQM
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
1.3758 of 5 stars
$32.91
+2.6%
$41.14
+25.0%
-10.4%$9.40B$4.53B15.598,344
SUM
Summit Materials
0.2921 of 5 stars
$52.54
+0.2%
$50.82
-3.3%
+46.3%$9.23B$2.62B64.074,800News Coverage
High Trading Volume
MP
MP Materials
1.2764 of 5 stars
$36.54
-3.2%
$27.06
-26.0%
+125.6%$5.97B$215.98M-56.22490High Trading Volume
KNF
Knife River
3.6526 of 5 stars
$81.14
+4.6%
$117.17
+44.4%
+13.2%$4.60B$2.90B25.604,761Positive News
High Trading Volume
NGD
New Gold
2.1941 of 5 stars
$4.93
+2.1%
$4.13
-16.2%
+131.0%$3.90B$941.50M37.931,570Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
HBM
HudBay Minerals
4.2619 of 5 stars
$9.68
+0.9%
$14.00
+44.7%
+10.3%$3.82B$2.02B25.462,803Positive News
Analyst Revision
LEU
Centrus Energy
1.3235 of 5 stars
$192.25
+1.2%
$168.14
-12.5%
+326.7%$3.28B$471.40M43.59280High Trading Volume
TTAM
Titan America
N/A$13.09
+2.3%
$17.29
+32.1%
N/A$2.41B$1.63B0.002,742Positive News
TMC
TMC the metals
1.7413 of 5 stars
$6.56
flat
$5.08
-22.5%
+369.7%$2.38BN/A-28.5230High Trading Volume
AESI
Atlas Energy Solutions
4.3575 of 5 stars
$13.75
-4.5%
$19.28
+40.2%
-31.0%$1.70B$1.06B44.351,143Positive News

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This page (NYSE:NXE) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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