LEU vs. MP, NGD, HBM, NXE, TTAM, AESI, ERO, TMC, NEXA, and SGML
Should you be buying Centrus Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centrus Energy include MP Materials (MP), New Gold (NGD), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), NexGen Energy (NXE), Titan America (TTAM), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Ero Copper (ERO), TMC the metals (TMC), Nexa Resources (NEXA), and Sigma Lithium (SGML). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
Centrus Energy vs.
Centrus Energy (NYSE:LEU) and MP Materials (NYSE:MP) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, MP Materials had 19 more articles in the media than Centrus Energy. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for MP Materials and 8 mentions for Centrus Energy. Centrus Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat MP Materials' score of 0.55 indicating that Centrus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Centrus Energy has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MP Materials has a beta of 2.24, meaning that its stock price is 124% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Centrus Energy has a net margin of 16.56% compared to MP Materials' net margin of -32.09%. Centrus Energy's return on equity of 84.09% beat MP Materials' return on equity.
Centrus Energy has higher revenue and earnings than MP Materials. MP Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centrus Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
50.0% of Centrus Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.5% of MP Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Centrus Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 12.6% of MP Materials shares are held by company 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.
Centrus Energy presently has a consensus target price of $143.40, suggesting a potential upside of 113.17%. MP Materials has a consensus target price of $23.61, suggesting a potential upside of 3.02%. Given Centrus Energy's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Centrus Energy is more favorable than MP Materials.
MP Materials received 53 more outperform votes than Centrus Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.54% of users gave MP Materials an outperform vote while only 32.00% of users gave Centrus Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Centrus Energy and MP Materials tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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