Centrus Energy (LEU) Competitors

NexGen Energy (NYSE:NXE) and Centrus Energy (NYSE:LEU) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.

Which has more volatility & risk, NXE or LEU?

NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.96, suggesting that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centrus Energy has a beta of 1.17, suggesting that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in NXE or LEU?

42.4% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Centrus Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Centrus Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NXE or LEU?

Centrus Energy received 1 more outperform votes than NexGen Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NexGen Energy an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave Centrus Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NexGen Energy	Outperform Votes 5 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Centrus Energy	Outperform Votes 6 28.57%	Underperform Votes 15 71.43%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, NXE or LEU?

Centrus Energy has higher revenue and earnings than NexGen Energy. Centrus Energy 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
NexGen Energy	N/A	N/A	$59.87M	$0.15	45.10
Centrus Energy	$320.20M	4.37	$84.40M	$4.79	17.82

Does the media favor NXE or LEU?

In the previous week, NexGen Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Centrus Energy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for NexGen Energy and 5 mentions for Centrus Energy. Centrus Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat NexGen Energy's score of 1.16 indicating that Centrus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
NexGen Energy	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Centrus Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer NXE or LEU?

Centrus Energy has a consensus target price of $92.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.75%. Given Centrus Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Centrus Energy is more favorable than NexGen Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NexGen Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.75
Centrus Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is NXE or LEU more profitable?

Centrus Energy has a net margin of 19.24% compared to NexGen Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Centrus Energy's return on equity of 138.38% beat NexGen Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NexGen Energy	N/A	-6.54%	-4.94%
Centrus Energy	19.24%	138.38%	10.81%

Summary

Centrus Energy beats NexGen Energy on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.