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NXE vs. EU, UROY, CCJ, LEU, DNN, UEC, URG, SQM, SUM, and MP

Should you be buying NexGen Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NexGen Energy include enCore Energy (EU), Uranium Royalty (UROY), Cameco (CCJ), Centrus Energy (LEU), Denison Mine (DNN), Uranium Energy (UEC), Ur Energy (URG), Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM), Summit Materials (SUM), and MP Materials (MP).

NexGen Energy vs. Its Competitors

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

NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, enCore Energy has a beta of 1.86, suggesting that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

enCore Energy has a consensus price target of $2.75, suggesting a potential downside of 7.72%. Given enCore Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe enCore Energy 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)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33
enCore Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

42.4% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.9% of enCore Energy 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 will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, NexGen Energy had 2 more articles in the media than enCore Energy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for NexGen Energy and 1 mentions for enCore Energy. NexGen Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat enCore Energy's score of 1.15 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)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
enCore Energy
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

NexGen Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than enCore Energy. NexGen Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than enCore 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-$56.60M-$0.16-43.38
enCore Energy$58.33M9.56-$61.39M-$0.37-8.05

NexGen Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to enCore Energy's net margin of -142.32%. NexGen Energy's return on equity of -9.62% beat enCore Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NexGen EnergyN/A -9.62% -6.85%
enCore Energy -142.32%-16.08%-13.96%

Summary

NexGen Energy beats enCore Energy on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$3.96B$6.08B$3.25B$20.85B
Dividend YieldN/A2.06%5.16%3.65%
P/E RatioN/A19.16101.4426.34
Price / SalesN/A442.1830,017,513,221,228,500.0059.22
Price / CashN/A27.1823.8622.29
Price / Book4.607.936.004.66
Net Income-$56.60M$278.61M$147.94M$994.58M
7 Day Performance4.83%5.32%0.41%-0.29%
1 Month Performance1.54%13.11%5.16%4.91%
1 Year Performance5.95%36.58%25.97%10.53%

NexGen Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.1923 of 5 stars
$6.94
+0.1%
N/A+3.0%$3.96BN/A0.0060Positive News
EU
enCore Energy
0.9179 of 5 stars
$2.89
-1.4%
$2.75
-4.8%
-28.6%$540.52M$58.33M-7.81N/APositive News
UROY
Uranium Royalty
2.7199 of 5 stars
$2.47
-0.8%
$4.00
+61.9%
+5.6%$330.08M$23.14M0.0010News Coverage
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
CCJ
Cameco
3.1964 of 5 stars
$75.16
+2.3%
$80.65
+7.3%
+64.4%$32.72B$2.29B187.902,884Positive News
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
LEU
Centrus Energy
2.012 of 5 stars
$183.65
+4.6%
$170.00
-7.4%
+421.0%$3.13B$471.40M41.64280Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
DNN
Denison Mine
2.0474 of 5 stars
$1.81
-0.5%
$3.00
+65.7%
+5.5%$1.62B$2.88M-22.6393News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
UEC
Uranium Energy
4.3286 of 5 stars
$6.57
-0.8%
$10.13
+54.1%
N/A$2.92B$220K-38.6460News Coverage
Positive News
URG
Ur Energy
2.9477 of 5 stars
$1.10
+0.9%
$2.30
+109.1%
N/A$401.30M$33.71M-8.4610News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
SQM
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
0.7391 of 5 stars
$35.93
-3.3%
$41.14
+14.5%
-4.9%$10.26B$4.53B17.038,344Analyst Revision
SUM
Summit Materials
0.25 of 5 stars
$52.54
+0.2%
$51.20
-2.6%
+31.9%$9.23B$2.62B64.074,800High Trading Volume
MP
MP Materials
1.6031 of 5 stars
$31.10
-2.3%
$28.06
-9.8%
+299.3%$5.08B$203.85M-47.85490Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume

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