NexGen Energy (NXE) Competitors

NexGen Energy (TSE:NXE) and Turquoise Hill Resources (TSE:TRQ) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts prefer NXE or TRQ?

NexGen Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$13.22, suggesting a potential upside of 108.83%. Given NexGen Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe NexGen Energy is more favorable than Turquoise Hill Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NexGen Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.40
Turquoise Hill Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NXE or TRQ?

Turquoise Hill Resources received 246 more outperform votes than NexGen Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.38% of users gave NexGen Energy an outperform vote while only 55.16% of users gave Turquoise Hill Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
NexGen Energy	Outperform Votes 32 60.38%	Underperform Votes 21 39.62%
Turquoise Hill Resources	Outperform Votes 278 55.16%	Underperform Votes 226 44.84%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of NXE or TRQ?

54.8% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor NXE or TRQ?

In the previous week, NexGen Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Turquoise Hill Resources. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for NexGen Energy and 0 mentions for Turquoise Hill Resources. NexGen Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Turquoise Hill Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that NexGen Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
NexGen Energy	Positive
Turquoise Hill Resources	Neutral

Is NXE or TRQ more profitable?

NexGen Energy's return on equity of 14.22% beat Turquoise Hill Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NexGen Energy	N/A	14.22%	-4.99%
Turquoise Hill Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, NXE or TRQ?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NexGen Energy	N/A	N/A	C$148.05M	C$0.26	24.24
Turquoise Hill Resources	C$1.65B	0.00	C$730.47M	C$3.63	N/A

Summary

NexGen Energy beats Turquoise Hill Resources on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.