LEU vs. USLM, SLCA, UUUU, CMP, IPI, PLL, ATLX, LGO, SND, and ABAT
Should you be buying Centrus Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centrus Energy include United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Energy Fuels (UUUU), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Atlas Lithium (ATLX), Largo (LGO), Smart Sand (SND), and American Battery Technology (ABAT). These companies are all part of the "mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels" industry.
United States Lime & Minerals (NASDAQ:USLM) and Centrus Energy (NYSE:LEU) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and profitability.
United States Lime & Minerals has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centrus Energy has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Centrus Energy has a consensus price target of $67.00, indicating a potential upside of 35.00%. Given United States Lime & Minerals' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Centrus Energy is more favorable than United States Lime & Minerals.
27.1% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Centrus Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Centrus Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, United States Lime & Minerals had 6 more articles in the media than Centrus Energy. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for United States Lime & Minerals and 1 mentions for Centrus Energy. Centrus Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat United States Lime & Minerals' score of 1.04 indicating that United States Lime & Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.
United States Lime & Minerals has a net margin of 27.91% compared to United States Lime & Minerals' net margin of 23.94%. United States Lime & Minerals' return on equity of 2,962.50% beat Centrus Energy's return on equity.
United States Lime & Minerals received 182 more outperform votes than Centrus Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.13% of users gave United States Lime & Minerals an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave Centrus Energy an outperform vote.
Centrus Energy has higher revenue and earnings than United States Lime & Minerals. Centrus Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United States Lime & Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
United States Lime & Minerals beats Centrus Energy on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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