DML vs. EFR, FCU, URE, NXE, PXT, IPCO, VET, NVA, ATH, and FRU
Should you be buying Denison Mines stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Denison Mines include Energy Fuels (EFR), Fission Uranium (FCU), Ur-Energy (URE), NexGen Energy (NXE), Parex Resources (PXT), International Petroleum (IPCO), Vermilion Energy (VET), NuVista Energy (NVA), Athabasca Oil (ATH), and Freehold Royalties (FRU). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Denison Mines (TSE:DML) and Energy Fuels (TSE:EFR) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
In the previous week, Denison Mines had 1 more articles in the media than Energy Fuels. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Denison Mines and 4 mentions for Energy Fuels. Denison Mines' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Energy Fuels' score of 1.12 indicating that Denison Mines is being referred to more favorably in the media.
50.2% of Denison Mines shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of Energy Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Denison Mines shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Energy Fuels shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Denison Mines received 283 more outperform votes than Energy Fuels when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.56% of users gave Energy Fuels an outperform vote while only 63.74% of users gave Denison Mines an outperform vote.
Denison Mines has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Energy Fuels. Energy Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Denison Mines, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Denison Mines presently has a consensus target price of C$3.14, suggesting a potential upside of 2.61%. Energy Fuels has a consensus target price of C$15.00, suggesting a potential upside of 64.47%. Given Energy Fuels' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Energy Fuels is more favorable than Denison Mines.
Denison Mines has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Fuels has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Denison Mines has a net margin of 4,871.97% compared to Energy Fuels' net margin of -24.61%. Denison Mines' return on equity of 16.58% beat Energy Fuels' return on equity.
Summary
Denison Mines beats Energy Fuels on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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