Centrus Energy (LEU) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in LEU or SQM?

50.0% of Centrus Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.4% of Sociedad Quimica y Minera shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Centrus Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate LEU or SQM?

Centrus Energy presently has a consensus target price of $168.14, indicating a potential downside of 12.54%. Sociedad Quimica y Minera has a consensus target price of $41.14, indicating a potential upside of 25.04%. Given Sociedad Quimica y Minera's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Sociedad Quimica y Minera is more favorable than Centrus Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Centrus Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Sociedad Quimica y Minera	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LEU or SQM?

Sociedad Quimica y Minera received 360 more outperform votes than Centrus Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.09% of users gave Sociedad Quimica y Minera an outperform vote while only 43.33% of users gave Centrus Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Centrus Energy	Outperform Votes 13 43.33%	Underperform Votes 17 56.67%
Sociedad Quimica y Minera	Outperform Votes 373 56.09%	Underperform Votes 292 43.91%

Which has more volatility & risk, LEU or SQM?

Centrus Energy has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sociedad Quimica y Minera has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LEU or SQM?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Centrus Energy	$471.40M	6.95	$73.20M	$6.39	30.09
Sociedad Quimica y Minera	$4.48B	2.10	$685.12M	$2.11	15.59

Does the media favor LEU or SQM?

In the previous week, Centrus Energy had 20 more articles in the media than Sociedad Quimica y Minera. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Centrus Energy and 5 mentions for Sociedad Quimica y Minera. Sociedad Quimica y Minera's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Centrus Energy's score of 1.22 indicating that Sociedad Quimica y Minera is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Centrus Energy	15 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sociedad Quimica y Minera	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is LEU or SQM more profitable?

Centrus Energy has a net margin of 16.56% compared to Sociedad Quimica y Minera's net margin of 13.45%. Centrus Energy's return on equity of 84.09% beat Sociedad Quimica y Minera's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Centrus Energy	16.56%	84.09%	9.44%
Sociedad Quimica y Minera	13.45%	11.71%	5.35%

Summary

Centrus Energy beats Sociedad Quimica y Minera on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.