CCO vs. NXE, DML, EFR, FCU, ISO, URE, URC, LAM, FUU, and MGA
Should you be buying Cameco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cameco include NexGen Energy (NXE), Denison Mines (DML), Energy Fuels (EFR), Fission Uranium (FCU), IsoEnergy (ISO), Ur-Energy (URE), Uranium Royalty (URC), Laramide Resources (LAM), F3 Uranium (FUU), and Mega Uranium (MGA). These companies are all part of the "uranium" industry.
Cameco (TSE:CCO) and NexGen Energy (TSE:NXE) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Cameco currently has a consensus target price of C$76.78, indicating a potential upside of 1.52%. NexGen Energy has a consensus target price of C$13.28, indicating a potential upside of 25.06%. Given NexGen Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NexGen Energy is more favorable than Cameco.
Cameco received 713 more outperform votes than NexGen Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.95% of users gave Cameco an outperform vote while only 58.06% of users gave NexGen Energy an outperform vote.
Cameco has higher revenue and earnings than NexGen Energy. NexGen Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cameco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Cameco had 12 more articles in the media than NexGen Energy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Cameco and 0 mentions for NexGen Energy. Cameco's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat NexGen Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Cameco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
74.9% of Cameco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of NexGen Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Cameco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of NexGen Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cameco has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NexGen Energy has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its share price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cameco has a net margin of 9.27% compared to NexGen Energy's net margin of 0.00%. NexGen Energy's return on equity of 6.33% beat Cameco's return on equity.
Summary
Cameco beats NexGen Energy on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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