AESI vs. KNF, MP, NXE, TTAM, HBM, NGD, LEU, ERO, SGML, and MTAL
Should you be buying Atlas Energy Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atlas Energy Solutions include Knife River (KNF), MP Materials (MP), NexGen Energy (NXE), Titan America (TTAM), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), New Gold (NGD), Centrus Energy (LEU), Ero Copper (ERO), Sigma Lithium (SGML), and Metals Acquisition (MTAL). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Atlas Energy Solutions vs.
Knife River (NYSE:KNF) and Atlas Energy Solutions (NYSE:AESI) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Atlas Energy Solutions has a net margin of 8.78% compared to Knife River's net margin of 6.96%. Knife River's return on equity of 14.82% beat Atlas Energy Solutions' return on equity.
80.1% of Knife River shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.6% of Atlas Energy Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Knife River shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.3% of Atlas Energy Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Knife River currently has a consensus target price of $112.50, indicating a potential upside of 24.36%. Atlas Energy Solutions has a consensus target price of $24.39, indicating a potential upside of 35.19%. Given Atlas Energy Solutions' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Atlas Energy Solutions is more favorable than Knife River.
In the previous week, Atlas Energy Solutions had 24 more articles in the media than Knife River. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Atlas Energy Solutions and 5 mentions for Knife River. Knife River's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Atlas Energy Solutions' score of 0.63 indicating that Knife River is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Knife River has higher revenue and earnings than Atlas Energy Solutions. Knife River is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlas Energy Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Knife River has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlas Energy Solutions has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Atlas Energy Solutions received 23 more outperform votes than Knife River when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 80.00% of users gave Knife River an outperform vote while only 76.09% of users gave Atlas Energy Solutions an outperform vote.
Summary
Knife River beats Atlas Energy Solutions on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AESI) was last updated on 3/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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