NexGen Energy (NXE) Competitors

NexGen Energy (TSE:NXE) and Turquoise Hill Resources (TSE:TRQ) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk and valuation.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NXE or TRQ?

Turquoise Hill Resources received 246 more outperform votes than NexGen Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.38% of users gave NexGen Energy an outperform vote while only 55.16% of users gave Turquoise Hill Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NexGen Energy	Outperform Votes 32 60.38%	Underperform Votes 21 39.62%
Turquoise Hill Resources	Outperform Votes 278 55.16%	Underperform Votes 226 44.84%

Is NXE or TRQ more profitable?

NexGen Energy's return on equity of 14.22% beat Turquoise Hill Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NexGen Energy	N/A	14.22%	-4.99%
Turquoise Hill Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media favor NXE or TRQ?

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

Company	Overall Sentiment
NexGen Energy	Positive
Turquoise Hill Resources	Neutral

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

54.8% of NexGen Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of NexGen Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, NXE or TRQ?

Turquoise Hill Resources has higher revenue and earnings than NexGen Energy. Turquoise Hill Resources 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	27.95
Turquoise Hill Resources	C$1.65B	0.00	C$730.47M	C$3.63	N/A

Do analysts prefer NXE or TRQ?

NexGen Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$13.22, suggesting a potential upside of 81.08%. Given NexGen Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe NexGen Energy is more favorable than Turquoise Hill Resources.

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
Turquoise Hill Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

NexGen Energy beats Turquoise Hill Resources on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.