NexGen Energy (NXE) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TRQ or NXE?

Turquoise Hill Resources received 251 more outperform votes than NexGen Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.25% of users gave NexGen Energy an outperform vote while only 55.16% of users gave Turquoise Hill Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Turquoise Hill Resources	Outperform Votes 278 55.16%	Underperform Votes 226 44.84%
NexGen Energy	Outperform Votes 27 56.25%	Underperform Votes 21 43.75%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, TRQ or NXE?

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
Turquoise Hill Resources	C$1.65B	0.00	C$730.47M	C$3.63	N/A
NexGen Energy	N/A	N/A	C$85.34M	C$0.17	63.24

Does the media prefer TRQ or NXE?

In the previous week, NexGen Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Turquoise Hill Resources. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for NexGen Energy and 0 mentions for Turquoise Hill Resources. NexGen Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Turquoise Hill Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that NexGen Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Turquoise Hill Resources	Neutral
NexGen Energy	Positive

Do analysts rate TRQ or NXE?

NexGen Energy has a consensus target price of C$14.42, indicating a potential upside of 34.11%. Given NexGen Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NexGen Energy is more favorable than Turquoise Hill Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Turquoise Hill Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
NexGen Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.30

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

54.8% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TRQ or NXE more profitable?

NexGen Energy's return on equity of 9.00% beat Turquoise Hill Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Turquoise Hill Resources	N/A	N/A	N/A
NexGen Energy	N/A	9.00%	-4.99%

Summary

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