NXE vs. SQM, SUM, KNF, HBM, MP, AESI, NGD, ERO, SGML, and LEU
Should you be buying NexGen Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NexGen Energy include Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Summit Materials (SUM), Knife River (KNF), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), MP Materials (MP), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), New Gold (NGD), Ero Copper (ERO), Sigma Lithium (SGML), and Centrus Energy (LEU). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
NexGen Energy vs.
NexGen Energy (NYSE:NXE) and Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE:SQM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and community ranking.
42.4% of NexGen Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.4% of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of NexGen Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has higher revenue and earnings than NexGen Energy. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NexGen Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a consensus price target of $45.56, indicating a potential upside of 12.89%. Given Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is more favorable than NexGen Energy.
In the previous week, NexGen Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for NexGen Energy and 2 mentions for Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat NexGen Energy's score of 1.19 indicating that Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.96, indicating that its stock price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NexGen Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's net margin of -6.74%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's return on equity of 16.12% beat NexGen Energy's return on equity.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile received 366 more outperform votes than NexGen Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave NexGen Energy an outperform vote while only 56.04% of users gave Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile an outperform vote.
Summary
NexGen Energy beats Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NXE) was last updated on 1/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
