UUUU vs. LEU, SLCA, CMP, IPI, PLL, HL, KOP, MTUS, EU, and LAC
Should you be buying Energy Fuels stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Energy Fuels include Centrus Energy (LEU), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Hecla Mining (HL), Koppers (KOP), Metallus (MTUS), enCore Energy (EU), and Lithium Americas (LAC). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Energy Fuels (NYSE:UUUU) and Centrus Energy (NYSE:LEU) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
Centrus Energy has a net margin of 26.36% compared to Energy Fuels' net margin of -24.83%. Energy Fuels' return on equity of -6.33% beat Centrus Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Energy Fuels had 5 more articles in the media than Centrus Energy. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Energy Fuels and 4 mentions for Centrus Energy. Centrus Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Energy Fuels' score of 0.33 indicating that Centrus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Energy Fuels has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Centrus Energy. Energy Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centrus Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
48.2% of Energy Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Centrus Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Energy Fuels shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Centrus Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Energy Fuels currently has a consensus target price of $9.83, indicating a potential upside of 71.91%. Centrus Energy has a consensus target price of $64.50, indicating a potential upside of 41.32%. Given Energy Fuels' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Energy Fuels is more favorable than Centrus Energy.
Energy Fuels has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centrus Energy has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Centrus Energy received 2 more outperform votes than Energy Fuels when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Energy Fuels an outperform vote while only 23.08% of users gave Centrus Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Centrus Energy beats Energy Fuels on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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