DML vs. NXE, EFR, ISO, FCU, EU, URC, URE, LAM, FUU, and MGA
Should you be buying Denison Mines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Denison Mines include NexGen Energy (NXE), Energy Fuels (EFR), IsoEnergy (ISO), Fission Uranium (FCU), enCore Energy (EU), Uranium Royalty (URC), Ur-Energy (URE), Laramide Resources (LAM), F3 Uranium (FUU), and Mega Uranium (MGA). These companies are all part of the "uranium" industry.
Denison Mines vs. Its Competitors
NexGen Energy (TSE:NXE) and Denison Mines (TSE:DML) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.
Denison Mines has a net margin of 1,029.20% compared to NexGen Energy's net margin of 0.00%. NexGen Energy's return on equity of 14.22% beat Denison Mines' return on equity.
NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its share price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Denison Mines has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its share price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
54.8% of NexGen Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.6% of Denison Mines shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of NexGen Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Denison Mines shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Denison Mines had 22 more articles in the media than NexGen Energy. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Denison Mines and 0 mentions for NexGen Energy. NexGen Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Denison Mines' score of 0.61 indicating that NexGen Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NexGen Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Denison Mines. Denison Mines is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NexGen Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NexGen Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$13.16, suggesting a potential upside of 34.25%. Denison Mines has a consensus price target of C$3.53, suggesting a potential upside of 22.69%. Given NexGen Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NexGen Energy is more favorable than Denison Mines.
Summary
NexGen Energy beats Denison Mines on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:DML) was last updated on 8/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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