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NXE vs. EU, UROY, CCJ, LEU, DNN, UEC, URG, MP, SQM, and KNF

Should you be buying NexGen Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NexGen Energy include enCore Energy (EU), Uranium Royalty (UROY), Cameco (CCJ), Centrus Energy (LEU), Denison Mine (DNN), Uranium Energy (UEC), Ur Energy (URG), MP Materials (MP), Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM), and Knife River (KNF).

NexGen Energy vs. Its Competitors

enCore Energy (NASDAQ:EU) and NexGen Energy (NYSE:NXE) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

enCore Energy has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.45, indicating that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

20.9% of enCore Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 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 company is poised for long-term growth.

NexGen Energy has a net margin of 0.00% compared to enCore Energy's net margin of -142.32%. NexGen Energy's return on equity of -9.62% beat enCore Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
enCore Energy-142.32% -16.08% -13.96%
NexGen Energy N/A -9.62%-6.85%

enCore Energy presently has a consensus price target of $3.38, indicating a potential upside of 23.63%. Given enCore Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe enCore Energy is more favorable than NexGen Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
enCore Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.67
NexGen Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

In the previous week, NexGen Energy had 10 more articles in the media than enCore Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for NexGen Energy and 1 mentions for enCore Energy. enCore Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat NexGen Energy's score of 0.39 indicating that enCore Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
enCore Energy
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
NexGen Energy
3 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
enCore Energy$58.33M8.75-$61.39M-$0.37-7.38
NexGen EnergyN/AN/A-$56.60M-$0.16-43.38

Summary

NexGen Energy beats enCore Energy on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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NXE vs. The Competition

MetricNexGen EnergyMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.86B$6.06B$3.23B$20.68B
Dividend YieldN/A2.06%5.21%3.67%
P/E Ratio-43.3724.41109.7629.31
Price / SalesN/A499.4128,712,403,950,897,000.0064.11
Price / CashN/A27.9923.8623.31
Price / Book4.608.135.964.40
Net Income-$56.60M$278.61M$148.72M$995.90M
7 Day Performance1.17%5.80%1.74%0.27%
1 Month Performance2.04%10.13%2.79%0.39%
1 Year Performance26.87%50.24%34.26%15.57%

NexGen Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.0488 of 5 stars
$6.94
+2.7%
N/A+27.3%$3.86BN/A-43.3760Earnings Report
EU
enCore Energy
1.4668 of 5 stars
$2.68
+5.5%
$3.38
+25.9%
-16.5%$501.32M$46.18M-7.24N/APositive News
UROY
Uranium Royalty
1.6341 of 5 stars
$2.59
+3.2%
$4.00
+54.4%
+32.2%$346.12M$15.60M-86.3310Positive News
CCJ
Cameco
4.1809 of 5 stars
$75.21
+3.1%
$82.65
+9.9%
+102.0%$32.75B$2.29B86.452,884Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
LEU
Centrus Energy
2.1358 of 5 stars
$210.05
+0.8%
$178.64
-15.0%
+486.1%$3.58B$471.40M47.63280News Coverage
Earnings Report
DNN
Denison Mine
1.5723 of 5 stars
$2.13
+4.4%
$3.00
+40.8%
+45.5%$1.91B$2.88M-26.6393News Coverage
UEC
Uranium Energy
2.5705 of 5 stars
$9.21
+6.2%
$10.13
+9.9%
+113.5%$4.09B$220K-54.1760News Coverage
URG
Ur Energy
2.5425 of 5 stars
$1.23
+6.0%
$2.48
+101.2%
N/A$448.73M$33.71M-9.4610News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
MP
MP Materials
2.0918 of 5 stars
$65.51
+2.9%
$57.88
-11.7%
+550.4%$10.71B$215.98M-100.78490Upcoming Earnings
SQM
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
2.2766 of 5 stars
$36.35
+1.5%
$42.50
+16.9%
+6.4%$10.38B$4.48B17.238,344Positive News
KNF
Knife River
3.037 of 5 stars
$84.53
+1.4%
$114.17
+35.1%
+21.8%$4.79B$2.90B26.674,761News Coverage
Earnings Report
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