DML vs. NXE, EFR, FCU, ISO, URE, URC, LAM, FUU, MGA, and GXU
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), Fission Uranium (FCU), IsoEnergy (ISO), Ur-Energy (URE), Uranium Royalty (URC), Laramide Resources (LAM), F3 Uranium (FUU), Mega Uranium (MGA), and GoviEx Uranium (GXU). These companies are all part of the "uranium" industry.
Denison Mines (TSE:DML) and NexGen Energy (TSE:NXE) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, community ranking, media sentiment and profitability.
Denison Mines has a beta of 1.89, meaning that its share price is 89% more 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.
Denison Mines received 425 more outperform votes than NexGen Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.74% of users gave Denison Mines an outperform vote while only 58.06% of users gave NexGen Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Denison Mines had 1 more articles in the media than NexGen Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Denison Mines and 0 mentions for NexGen Energy. Denison Mines' average media sentiment score of 0.05 beat NexGen Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Denison Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Denison Mines currently has a consensus target price of C$3.14, indicating a potential downside of 4.56%. 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 possible upside, analysts plainly believe NexGen Energy is more favorable than Denison Mines.
51.5% of Denison Mines shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.4% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Denison Mines shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.2% of NexGen Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Denison Mines has a net margin of 1,986.78% compared to NexGen Energy's net margin of 0.00%. Denison Mines' return on equity of 13.47% beat NexGen Energy's return on equity.
Denison Mines has higher revenue and earnings than NexGen Energy. 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.
Summary
Denison Mines beats NexGen Energy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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