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Centrus Energy (LEU) Competitors

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$75.14 +6.64 (+9.69%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

LEU vs. HBM, MP, AESI, NGD, ERO, SGML, UUUU, MTAL, LAC, and EU

Should you be buying Centrus Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Centrus Energy include Hudbay Minerals (HBM), MP Materials (MP), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), New Gold (NGD), Ero Copper (ERO), Sigma Lithium (SGML), Energy Fuels (UUUU), Metals Acquisition (MTAL), Lithium Americas (LAC), and enCore Energy (EU). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

Centrus Energy vs.

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

Centrus Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hudbay Minerals. Centrus Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hudbay Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hudbay Minerals$1.69B2.10$66.37M$0.2339.24
Centrus Energy$320.20M3.85$84.40M$4.7915.69

In the previous week, Hudbay Minerals had 14 more articles in the media than Centrus Energy. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Hudbay Minerals and 15 mentions for Centrus Energy. Hudbay Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Centrus Energy's score of 0.26 indicating that Hudbay Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hudbay Minerals
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Centrus Energy
4 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

57.8% of Hudbay Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Centrus Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hudbay Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Centrus Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Hudbay Minerals presently has a consensus target price of $11.17, suggesting a potential upside of 23.73%. Centrus Energy has a consensus target price of $92.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.44%. Given Hudbay Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hudbay Minerals is more favorable than Centrus Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hudbay Minerals
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33
Centrus Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Hudbay Minerals received 521 more outperform votes than Centrus Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.23% of users gave Hudbay Minerals an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave Centrus Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Hudbay MineralsOutperform Votes
527
60.23%
Underperform Votes
348
39.77%
Centrus EnergyOutperform Votes
6
28.57%
Underperform Votes
15
71.43%

Centrus Energy has a net margin of 19.24% compared to Hudbay Minerals' net margin of 4.23%. Centrus Energy's return on equity of 138.38% beat Hudbay Minerals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hudbay Minerals4.23% 7.44% 3.34%
Centrus Energy 19.24%138.38%10.81%

Hudbay Minerals has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centrus Energy has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hudbay Minerals beats Centrus Energy on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LEU vs. The Competition

MetricCentrus EnergyMining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.23B$6.42B$2.83B$19.88B
Dividend YieldN/A1.03%5.24%3.52%
P/E Ratio15.6958.05118.2142.95
Price / Sales3.1320.85594,505.0819.18
Price / Cash12.0218.3723.3317.86
Price / Book36.484.283.385.52
Net Income$84.40M$260.20M$149.96M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-5.29%-0.69%0.60%0.45%
1 Month Performance-20.28%-2.67%1.44%1.05%
1 Year Performance46.79%9.71%27.45%24.67%

Centrus Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LEU
Centrus Energy
2.4268 of 5 stars
$75.14
+9.7%
$92.00
+22.4%
+47.0%$1.12B$320.20M15.69280Analyst Revision
Gap Up
HBM
Hudbay Minerals
4.1522 of 5 stars
$9.03
-0.8%
$11.17
+23.7%
+99.2%$3.58B$1.69B39.242,708Analyst Revision
MP
MP Materials
2.859 of 5 stars
$18.24
+1.2%
$21.40
+17.4%
+12.1%$2.94B$253.45M-33.77490Insider Trade
AESI
Atlas Energy Solutions
4.0556 of 5 stars
$21.21
+1.4%
$24.44
+15.2%
+24.0%$2.31B$613.96M26.85490Insider Trade
NGD
New Gold
1.7254 of 5 stars
$2.78
flat
$3.08
+10.8%
N/A$2.20B$786.50M25.271,578
ERO
Ero Copper
3.6053 of 5 stars
$15.93
-1.1%
$30.00
+88.3%
+29.2%$1.66B$427.48M93.713,374
SGML
Sigma Lithium
3.078 of 5 stars
$14.46
+4.2%
$24.50
+69.4%
-50.6%$1.54B$134.24M-30.12250Analyst Revision
UUUU
Energy Fuels
1.4894 of 5 stars
$6.94
-4.1%
$8.50
+22.6%
N/A$1.40B$37.93M0.00179Options Volume
MTAL
Metals Acquisition
3.6366 of 5 stars
$11.65
-1.4%
$15.00
+28.8%
+15.6%$874.80M$159M0.002,021Positive News
LAC
Lithium Americas
1.6964 of 5 stars
$3.66
-2.4%
$5.63
+53.9%
-49.8%$825.36MN/A-30.46749
EU
enCore Energy
2.5173 of 5 stars
$3.83
-2.5%
$6.50
+69.7%
N/A$731.12MN/A-13.68N/AAnalyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:LEU) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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