EU vs. LAAC, ASTL, EXK, TGB, CLW, WLKP, HAYN, RYI, DRD, and GATO
Should you be buying enCore Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of enCore Energy include Lithium Americas (Argentina) (LAAC), Algoma Steel Group (ASTL), Endeavour Silver (EXK), Taseko Mines (TGB), Clearwater Paper (CLW), Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP), Haynes International (HAYN), Ryerson (RYI), DRDGOLD (DRD), and Gatos Silver (GATO). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
enCore Energy (NASDAQ:EU) and Lithium Americas (Argentina) (NYSE:LAAC) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
enCore Energy has a beta of 0.07, indicating that its stock price is 93% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lithium Americas (Argentina) has a beta of 1.33, indicating that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
enCore Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lithium Americas (Argentina), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
enCore Energy presently has a consensus price target of $6.75, indicating a potential upside of 43.62%. Lithium Americas (Argentina) has a consensus price target of $10.70, indicating a potential upside of 111.88%. Given Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lithium Americas (Argentina) is more favorable than enCore Energy.
Lithium Americas (Argentina) received 1 more outperform votes than enCore Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave enCore Energy an outperform vote while only 46.15% of users gave Lithium Americas (Argentina) an outperform vote.
20.9% of enCore Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.2% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are held by institutional investors. 19.8% of Lithium Americas (Argentina) shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s return on equity of 3.09% beat enCore Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Lithium Americas (Argentina) had 3 more articles in the media than enCore Energy. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Lithium Americas (Argentina) and 14 mentions for enCore Energy. enCore Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Lithium Americas (Argentina)'s score of -0.07 indicating that enCore Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Lithium Americas (Argentina) beats enCore Energy on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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