Sigma Lithium (SGML) Competitors

Sigma Lithium (NASDAQ:SGML) and NexGen Energy (NYSE:NXE) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and risk.

Do analysts prefer SGML or NXE?

Sigma Lithium presently has a consensus price target of $24.50, suggesting a potential upside of 111.94%. Given Sigma Lithium's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sigma Lithium is more favorable than NexGen Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sigma Lithium	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
NexGen Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.75

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

64.9% of Sigma Lithium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.6% of Sigma Lithium shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer SGML or NXE?

In the previous week, NexGen Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Sigma Lithium. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for NexGen Energy and 1 mentions for Sigma Lithium. Sigma Lithium's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat NexGen Energy's score of 1.17 indicating that Sigma Lithium is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sigma Lithium	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
NexGen Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SGML or NXE?

Sigma Lithium received 12 more outperform votes than NexGen Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NexGen Energy an outperform vote while only 65.38% of users gave Sigma Lithium an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sigma Lithium	Outperform Votes 17 65.38%	Underperform Votes 9 34.62%
NexGen Energy	Outperform Votes 5 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Which has more risk & volatility, SGML or NXE?

Sigma Lithium has a beta of 0.15, meaning that its share price is 85% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SGML or NXE?

NexGen Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sigma Lithium. Sigma Lithium 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
Sigma Lithium	$134.24M	9.58	-$28.33M	-$0.48	-24.08
NexGen Energy	N/A	N/A	$59.87M	$0.15	48.37

Is SGML or NXE more profitable?

NexGen Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Sigma Lithium's net margin of -36.85%. NexGen Energy's return on equity of -6.54% beat Sigma Lithium's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sigma Lithium	-36.85%	-38.04%	-13.30%
NexGen Energy	N/A	-6.54%	-4.94%

Summary

NexGen Energy beats Sigma Lithium on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.