DML vs. NXE, EFR, URE, EU, URC, ISO, FCU, LAM, MGA, and FUU
Should you be buying Denison Mines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Denison Mines include NexGen Energy (NXE), Energy Fuels (EFR), Ur-Energy (URE), enCore Energy (EU), Uranium Royalty (URC), IsoEnergy (ISO), Fission Uranium (FCU), Laramide Resources (LAM), Mega Uranium (MGA), and F3 Uranium (FUU). These companies are all part of the "uranium" industry.
Denison Mines vs. Its Competitors
NexGen Energy (TSE:NXE) and Denison Mines (TSE:DML) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
25.5% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.1% of Denison Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Denison Mines shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.573109, meaning that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Denison Mines has a beta of 1.676592, meaning that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NexGen Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$13.75, indicating a potential upside of 10.80%. Denison Mines has a consensus target price of C$3.93, indicating a potential downside of 1.63%. Given NexGen Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NexGen Energy is more favorable than Denison Mines.
In the previous week, NexGen Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Denison Mines. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for NexGen Energy and 1 mentions for Denison Mines. NexGen Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Denison Mines' score of 0.39 indicating that NexGen Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NexGen Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
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.
Summary
NexGen Energy beats Denison Mines on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:DML) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
