Denison Mines (DML) Competitors

NexGen Energy (TSE:NXE) and Denison Mines (TSE:DML) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Which has more risk & volatility, NXE or DML?

NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.76, indicating that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Denison Mines has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NXE or DML?

Denison Mines received 423 more outperform votes than NexGen Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.08% of users gave Denison Mines an outperform vote while only 60.38% of users gave NexGen Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NexGen Energy	Outperform Votes 32 60.38%	Underperform Votes 21 39.62%
Denison Mines	Outperform Votes 455 64.08%	Underperform Votes 255 35.92%

Is NXE or DML more profitable?

Denison Mines has a net margin of 1,029.20% compared to NexGen Energy's net margin of 0.00%. NexGen Energy's return on equity of 14.22% beat Denison Mines' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NexGen Energy	N/A	14.22%	-4.99%
Denison Mines	1,029.20%	-4.41%	-5.26%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NXE or DML?

54.8% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Denison Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Denison Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor NXE or DML?

In the previous week, NexGen Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Denison Mines. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for NexGen Energy and 0 mentions for Denison Mines. NexGen Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Denison Mines' score of 0.00 indicating that NexGen Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
NexGen Energy	Positive
Denison Mines	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, NXE or DML?

NexGen Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Denison Mines. Denison Mines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NexGen 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
NexGen Energy	N/A	N/A	C$148.05M	C$0.26	28.07
Denison Mines	-C$2.67M	-680.27	-C$27.48M	-C$0.03	-66.90

Do analysts recommend NXE or DML?

NexGen Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$13.22, indicating a potential upside of 80.34%. Denison Mines has a consensus target price of C$3.49, indicating a potential upside of 73.63%. Given NexGen Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe NexGen Energy is more favorable than Denison Mines.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NexGen Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.40
Denison Mines	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.38

Summary

NexGen Energy beats Denison Mines on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.