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NexGen Energy (NXE) Competitors

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$8.48 +0.15 (+1.80%)
(As of 12/5/2024 ET)

NXE vs. SQM, SUM, KNF, HBM, MP, AESI, NGD, ERO, SGML, and UUUU

Should you be buying NexGen Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NexGen Energy include Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Summit Materials (SUM), Knife River (KNF), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), MP Materials (MP), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), New Gold (NGD), Ero Copper (ERO), Sigma Lithium (SGML), and Energy Fuels (UUUU). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

NexGen Energy vs.

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

NexGen Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's net margin of -6.74%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's return on equity of 16.12% beat NexGen Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NexGen EnergyN/A -6.54% -4.94%
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile -6.74%16.12%7.15%

42.4% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.4% of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile received 366 more outperform votes than NexGen Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NexGen Energy an outperform vote while only 56.04% of users gave Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
NexGen EnergyOutperform Votes
5
100.00%
Underperform Votes
No Votes
Sociedad Química y Minera de ChileOutperform Votes
371
56.04%
Underperform Votes
291
43.96%

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has higher revenue and earnings than NexGen Energy. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NexGen Energy, 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$59.87M$0.1556.53
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile$4.77B2.28$923.19M-$1.11-34.25

NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, NexGen Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for NexGen Energy and 7 mentions for Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. NexGen Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's score of 0.62 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
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a consensus price target of $45.56, suggesting a potential upside of 19.84%. Given Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile 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)
1 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.75
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

Summary

NexGen Energy beats Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NXE vs. The Competition

MetricNexGen Energymetal ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.79B$3.30B$2.89B$20.34B
Dividend YieldN/A0.20%5.19%3.44%
P/E Ratio56.5463.04115.0744.38
Price / SalesN/A2,951.97947,803.8118.30
Price / CashN/A44.7623.7722.38
Price / Book7.314.753.475.57
Net Income$59.87M$20.81M$152.42M$984.12M
7 Day Performance0.41%-8.72%1.04%-0.97%
1 Month Performance19.77%-3.18%-1.45%1.88%
1 Year Performance30.26%15.50%20.52%24.22%

NexGen Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NXE
NexGen Energy
1.2285 of 5 stars
$8.48
+1.8%
N/A+28.3%$4.79BN/A56.5477News Coverage
Positive News
SQM
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
1.9786 of 5 stars
$39.28
+2.1%
$45.56
+16.0%
-22.4%$11.22B$4.77B-34.417,682
SUM
Summit Materials
3.6189 of 5 stars
$50.81
-0.3%
$50.81
0.0%
+45.7%$8.92B$2.62B62.125,300Analyst Forecast
KNF
Knife River
2.7955 of 5 stars
$103.20
-0.3%
$93.67
-9.2%
+71.5%$5.84B$2.83B29.664,389Short Interest ↑
Positive News
HBM
Hudbay Minerals
3.8994 of 5 stars
$8.67
-3.0%
$11.17
+28.8%
+97.0%$3.41B$1.69B37.872,708Positive News
MP
MP Materials
3.0847 of 5 stars
$20.77
-1.4%
$22.10
+6.4%
+26.3%$3.39B$184.07M-39.02490Insider Trade
Options Volume
AESI
Atlas Energy Solutions
3.6116 of 5 stars
$23.49
-0.3%
$24.44
+4.1%
+33.7%$2.59B$925.76M29.84490Insider Trade
Positive News
NGD
New Gold
2.1621 of 5 stars
$2.72
-1.1%
$3.41
+25.5%
N/A$2.15B$861.50M137.501,578Options Volume
ERO
Ero Copper
4.3672 of 5 stars
$15.20
-0.1%
$26.33
+73.2%
+15.8%$1.57B$464.13M89.533,374Positive News
SGML
Sigma Lithium
2.7783 of 5 stars
$13.48
-2.0%
$24.50
+81.8%
-57.0%$1.50B$192.85M-27.83250Positive News
UUUU
Energy Fuels
2.3388 of 5 stars
$7.05
-2.9%
$8.50
+20.6%
N/A$1.39B$38.66M-33.00179

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This page (NYSE:NXE) was last updated on 12/6/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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