NXE vs. SQM, SUM, KNF, MP, NGD, HBM, TTAM, AESI, ERO, 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), MP Materials (MP), New Gold (NGD), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Titan America (TTAM), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), Ero Copper (ERO), and Centrus Energy (LEU). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.
NexGen Energy vs.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE:SQM) and NexGen Energy (NYSE:NXE) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
12.4% of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of NexGen Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 5.6% of NexGen Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, NexGen Energy had 10 more articles in the media than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for NexGen Energy and 3 mentions for Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat NexGen Energy's score of 1.44 indicating that Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile presently has a consensus target price of $45.43, suggesting a potential upside of 29.87%. Given Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is more favorable than NexGen Energy.
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 has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NexGen Energy has a beta of 2.02, suggesting that its stock price is 102% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile has higher revenue and earnings than NexGen Energy. NexGen Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile received 362 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 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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