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LEU vs. NXE, DNN, UEC, SQM, SUM, MP, KNF, HBM, NGD, and TMC

Should you be buying Centrus Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centrus Energy include NexGen Energy (NXE), Denison Mine (DNN), Uranium Energy (UEC), Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM), Summit Materials (SUM), MP Materials (MP), Knife River (KNF), HudBay Minerals (HBM), New Gold (NGD), and TMC the metals (TMC).

Centrus Energy vs. Its Competitors

Centrus Energy (NYSE:LEU) and NexGen Energy (NYSE:NXE) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.

Centrus Energy has a net margin of 16.56% compared to NexGen Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Centrus Energy's return on equity of 84.09% beat NexGen Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Centrus Energy16.56% 84.09% 9.44%
NexGen Energy N/A -9.62%-6.85%

Centrus Energy has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.

50.0% of Centrus Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Centrus Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Centrus Energy presently has a consensus target price of $175.00, suggesting a potential downside of 25.21%. Given Centrus Energy's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Centrus Energy is more favorable than NexGen Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Centrus Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77
NexGen Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Centrus Energy$471.40M8.46$73.20M$6.3936.62
NexGen EnergyN/AN/A-$56.60M-$0.16-43.59

In the previous week, Centrus Energy had 18 more articles in the media than NexGen Energy. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Centrus Energy and 3 mentions for NexGen Energy. NexGen Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Centrus Energy's score of 0.69 indicating that NexGen Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Centrus Energy
5 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
NexGen Energy
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

Centrus Energy beats NexGen Energy on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LEU vs. The Competition

MetricCentrus EnergyMining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.98B$2.04B$3.23B$20.75B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A5.17%3.68%
P/E Ratio53.0352.98106.3327.47
Price / Sales8.464.6428,712,403,950,841,200.0084.19
Price / Cash20.7920.7923.8721.88
Price / Book24.3012.356.014.65
Net Income$73.20M$21.43M$147.94M$994.58M
7 Day Performance18.50%11.23%0.63%-0.89%
1 Month Performance35.23%21.82%4.41%5.20%
1 Year Performance421.25%196.19%24.34%8.84%

Centrus Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LEU
Centrus Energy
2.04 of 5 stars
$233.60
+2.8%
$175.00
-25.1%
+364.9%$3.99B$471.40M53.07280Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.1909 of 5 stars
$6.77
-0.4%
N/A-2.1%$3.86BN/A-42.2860Positive News
DNN
Denison Mine
2.0295 of 5 stars
$1.83
+0.3%
$3.00
+64.4%
-4.7%$1.64B$2.88M-22.8193News Coverage
Positive News
UEC
Uranium Energy
3.7539 of 5 stars
$6.52
-1.6%
$10.13
+55.4%
+11.4%$2.89B$220K-38.3260Positive News
SQM
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
0.7814 of 5 stars
$35.47
-4.5%
$41.14
+16.0%
-15.0%$10.13B$4.53B16.818,344Analyst Revision
SUM
Summit Materials
0.244 of 5 stars
$52.54
+0.2%
$51.20
-2.6%
+27.6%$9.23B$2.62B64.074,800High Trading Volume
MP
MP Materials
1.6008 of 5 stars
$30.63
-3.8%
$28.06
-8.4%
+283.4%$5.01B$203.85M-47.12490Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Gap Down
KNF
Knife River
3.2028 of 5 stars
$78.78
-2.3%
$117.17
+48.7%
-6.6%$4.46B$2.90B24.854,761
HBM
HudBay Minerals
3.3403 of 5 stars
$10.89
+0.5%
$14.00
+28.6%
+12.7%$4.30B$2.02B28.632,803Analyst Forecast
NGD
New Gold
2.0912 of 5 stars
$4.99
+0.1%
$4.13
-17.2%
+83.8%$3.95B$941.50M38.421,570News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TMC
TMC the metals
1.2161 of 5 stars
$6.61
-7.1%
$6.75
+2.2%
+426.0%$2.39BN/A-28.6730

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