EFR vs. NXE, DML, FCU, ISO, URE, URC, LAM, FUU, MGA, and GXU
Should you be buying Energy Fuels stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Energy Fuels include NexGen Energy (NXE), Denison Mines (DML), Fission Uranium (FCU), IsoEnergy (ISO), Ur-Energy (URE), Uranium Royalty (URC), Laramide Resources (LAM), F3 Uranium (FUU), Mega Uranium (MGA), and GoviEx Uranium (GXU). These companies are all part of the "uranium" industry.
NexGen Energy (TSE:NXE) and Energy Fuels (TSE:EFR) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.82, suggesting that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Fuels has a beta of 1.58, suggesting that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Energy Fuels had 2 more articles in the media than NexGen Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Energy Fuels and 0 mentions for NexGen Energy. NexGen Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Energy Fuels' score of 0.00 indicating that Energy Fuels is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Energy Fuels received 142 more outperform votes than NexGen Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.56% of users gave Energy Fuels an outperform vote while only 58.06% of users gave NexGen Energy an outperform vote.
52.4% of NexGen Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.0% of Energy Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. 8.2% of NexGen Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Energy Fuels shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NexGen Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to NexGen Energy's net margin of -24.61%. Energy Fuels' return on equity of 6.33% beat NexGen Energy's return on equity.
NexGen Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Energy Fuels. Energy Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NexGen Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NexGen Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$13.28, suggesting a potential upside of 25.06%. Energy Fuels has a consensus price target of C$15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 58.56%. Given NexGen Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Energy Fuels is more favorable than NexGen Energy.
Summary
NexGen Energy beats Energy Fuels on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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