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NXE vs. EU, UROY, CCJ, LEU, DNN, UEC, URG, SQM, MP, 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), Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM), MP Materials (MP), 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 contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

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$44.52M10.00-$61.39M-$0.35-6.80
NexGen EnergyN/AN/A-$56.60M-$0.25-31.53

20.9% of enCore Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.4% of NexGen Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of enCore Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.6% of NexGen Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers 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 -143.28%. NexGen Energy's return on equity of -18.88% beat enCore Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
enCore Energy-143.28% -19.23% -16.22%
NexGen Energy N/A -18.88%-13.23%

In the previous week, NexGen Energy had 11 more articles in the media than enCore Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for NexGen Energy and 2 mentions for enCore Energy. NexGen Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat enCore Energy's score of 1.08 indicating that NexGen Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

enCore Energy presently has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 68.07%. Given enCore Energy's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
NexGen Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.29

enCore Energy has a beta of 1.84, meaning that its stock price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

NexGen Energy beats enCore Energy on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NXE vs. The Competition

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MetricNexGen EnergyMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.50B$6.37B$3.51B$21.25B
Dividend YieldN/A1.83%5.09%3.50%
P/E Ratio-31.5316.98149.7729.27
Price / SalesN/A548.6114,082.8469.15
Price / CashN/A31.9524.2218.27
Price / Book5.229.226.404.58
Net Income-$56.60M$279.20M$149.66M$997.71M
7 Day Performance10.72%3.36%3.08%0.77%
1 Month Performance21.65%14.39%10.13%6.95%
1 Year Performance30.73%51.50%39.57%11.66%

NexGen Energy Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.1588 of 5 stars		$7.88
+6.0%		N/A+30.7%$4.50BN/A-31.5360News Coverage
Positive News
EU
enCore Energy
1.6456 of 5 stars		$2.28
-3.8%		$4.00
+75.4%		-34.6%$443.41M$58.33M-6.51N/APositive News
Gap Up
UROY
Uranium Royalty
2.259 of 5 stars		$2.96
+3.9%		$4.00
+35.1%		+43.8%$380.86M$11.19M0.0010Analyst Revision
CCJ
Cameco
3.693 of 5 stars		$74.95
+0.1%		$83.32
+11.2%		+89.9%$32.61B$2.29B86.152,884Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
LEU
Centrus Energy
1.8769 of 5 stars		$185.28
-0.6%		$202.09
+9.1%		+409.4%$3.37B$436.90M42.01280Positive News
Gap Up
DNN
Denison Mine
3.5371 of 5 stars		$2.08
flat		$3.00
+44.2%		N/A$1.86B$2.88M-34.6793
UEC
Uranium Energy
3.0059 of 5 stars		$10.40
-1.2%		$10.91
+4.9%		N/A$4.68B$220K-61.1760Positive News
Gap Up
URG
Ur Energy
3.1726 of 5 stars		$1.35
+0.7%		$2.48
+83.3%		N/A$488.87M$33.71M-7.9410Positive News
SQM
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
1.7712 of 5 stars		$46.66
+0.6%		$45.40
-2.7%		+17.3%$13.25B$4.53B27.948,344Gap Up
MP
MP Materials
1.9094 of 5 stars		$72.44
+6.7%		$60.63
-16.3%		+451.9%$12.02B$203.85M0.00490Positive News
Insider Trade
KNF
Knife River
3.3941 of 5 stars		$90.94
-1.0%		$114.33
+25.7%		+2.8%$5.20B$2.90B34.144,761Positive News

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