NXE vs. AMR, ALTM, HUN, FUL, CC, SMG, ASH, BCPC, SBSW, and CRS
Should you be buying NexGen Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NexGen Energy include Alpha Metallurgical Resources (AMR), Arcadium Lithium (ALTM), Huntsman (HUN), H.B. Fuller (FUL), Chemours (CC), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), Ashland (ASH), Balchem (BCPC), Sibanye Stillwater (SBSW), and Carpenter Technology (CRS). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
NexGen Energy (NYSE:NXE) and Alpha Metallurgical Resources (NYSE:AMR) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, valuation and community ranking.
Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a net margin of 20.80% compared to NexGen Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources' return on equity of 46.22% beat NexGen Energy's return on equity.
Alpha Metallurgical Resources has higher revenue and earnings than NexGen Energy. Alpha Metallurgical Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NexGen Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NexGen Energy presently has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 38.19%. Alpha Metallurgical Resources has a consensus target price of $284.00, suggesting a potential downside of 17.42%. Given NexGen Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NexGen Energy is more favorable than Alpha Metallurgical Resources.
42.4% of NexGen Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.3% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of NexGen Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Alpha Metallurgical Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Alpha Metallurgical Resources had 2 more articles in the media than NexGen Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Alpha Metallurgical Resources and 0 mentions for NexGen Energy. NexGen Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Alpha Metallurgical Resources' score of 1.43 indicating that NexGen Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Alpha Metallurgical Resources received 167 more outperform votes than NexGen Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NexGen Energy an outperform vote while only 62.36% of users gave Alpha Metallurgical Resources an outperform vote.
Summary
Alpha Metallurgical Resources beats NexGen Energy on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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