Nexa Resources (NEXA) Competitors

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

Which has better valuation & earnings, NEXA or NXE?

NexGen Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nexa Resources. Nexa Resources 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
Nexa Resources	$2.66B	0.42	-$289.35M	-$1.51	-5.61
NexGen Energy	N/A	N/A	$59.87M	$0.15	46.07

Does the media prefer NEXA or NXE?

In the previous week, Nexa Resources had 1 more articles in the media than NexGen Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Nexa Resources and 1 mentions for NexGen Energy. NexGen Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Nexa Resources' score of 0.54 indicating that NexGen Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Nexa Resources	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
NexGen Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in NEXA or NXE?

42.4% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.6% of NexGen 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, NEXA or NXE?

Nexa Resources has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more 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.

Is NEXA or NXE more profitable?

NexGen Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Nexa Resources' net margin of -7.48%. Nexa Resources' return on equity of 1.51% beat NexGen Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Nexa Resources	-7.48%	1.51%	0.43%
NexGen Energy	N/A	-6.54%	-4.94%

Do analysts recommend NEXA or NXE?

Nexa Resources presently has a consensus target price of $7.31, indicating a potential downside of 13.70%. Given Nexa Resources' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Nexa Resources is more favorable than NexGen Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Nexa Resources	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.80
NexGen Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.75

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NEXA or NXE?

Nexa Resources received 272 more outperform votes than NexGen Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NexGen Energy an outperform vote while only 58.94% of users gave Nexa Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Nexa Resources	Outperform Votes 277 58.94%	Underperform Votes 193 41.06%
NexGen Energy	Outperform Votes 5 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes

Summary

NexGen Energy beats Nexa Resources on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.