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NexGen Energy Ltd.NXE.TOCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Canada · CAD·Materials›Other Metals/Minerals

Canadian uranium developer advancing the high-grade Rook I project in Saskatchewan's Athabasca Basin toward production.

≈ A pre-production Canadian uranium developer, akin to Cameco's growth-stage peerMomentum laggard 16
Mkt cap
$5.57B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
94%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$20.6M
20-day average traded
P/B
4.23×
price to book
ROE
-17.7%
delivered
Implied ROE
41.6%
what the price asks
Next earnings
124 days
10 Mar 2027
Close · CADC$11.64
1D+4.6%
1W+0.9%
1M-9.1%
3M-19.8%
6M-31.1%
YTD-7.8%
1Y-5.5%
ATR %5.1%
52w lowhigh38.5% off high

What NexGen Energy does

Canadian uranium developer advancing the high-grade Rook I project in Saskatchewan's Athabasca Basin toward production.

Has no mine and no product sales yet. Work on Rook I in the Athabasca Basin is paid for by share sales and other financing, so licences, construction progress and the uranium price are what move it. Future customers would be nuclear utilities buying under long-term contracts.

In one line: A pre-production Canadian uranium developer, akin to Cameco's growth-stage peer.

Products and services

  • Rook I uranium project (pre-production)

Customers

  • Nuclear utilities/power generators (future offtake

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Mining
  • Uranium mining (development stage)
  • Athabasca Basin high-grade uranium…

What could go right

  • Nuclear power renaissance driving uranium demand
  • Rook I development milestones

What could go wrong

  • Permitting/construction execution risk
  • Uranium price volatility; company remains pre-revenue

Moat: narrow (installed base, regulatory licence). Holds one of the world's highest-grade, large-scale uranium deposits, though still pre-revenue/pre-permitting completion.

Headquarters: Vancouver, Canada · Founded: 2011 · Employees: 142

Named competitors

NexGen Energy at a glance

Size NexGen Energy (NXE.TO) is a Canada Materials company (Other Metals/Minerals) with a market value of $5.57B, the 113th largest of 420 Canada companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at C$11.64 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 31.1%, against -19.8% for the median peer and +5.2% for the Canada market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Valuation It trades at 4.23× book value against a peer median of 2.24× (6th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 41.6%; NexGen Energy delivers -17.7%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 10 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

8010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 79NXE.TO 70
Six months, rebased to 100: NexGen Energy against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

NexGen Energy financials

Reported figures in CAD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueC$0C$0C$0C$0C$0
Revenue growth—————
Gross profit-C$1.97M-C$2.20M-C$2.25M-C$1.80M-C$1.81M
EBITDA-C$108M-C$87.6M-C$76.0M-C$82.9M-C$58.0M
Net income-C$254M-C$310M-C$77.6MC$80.8M-C$56.6M
Free cash flow-C$153M-C$77.8M-C$47.0M-C$61.9M-C$22.0M
Capital expenditureC$288MC$186MC$131MC$116MC$68.1M
Total debtC$613MC$587MC$457MC$160MC$82.5M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

NexGen Energy competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-20%0%+20%-20%-10%6012120009606883031258600497688519CS000893000878SFR001257000426MPPLS600206DSVAUGONMDCNDA002428NXE.TO6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. NexGen Energy is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

0%20%40%00×50×100×150×6012120009606883031258600497688519SFR001257000426MP600206DSVAUGONMDCNDA002428NXE.TOReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. NexGen Energy is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%100%200%300%0%100%200%300%601212000960688303688519000426MP600206AUGO002428NXE.TOROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. NexGen Energy is the large dot.

NexGen Energy competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (NXE.TO vs CCO.TO vs DML.TO vs PDN.AX)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
NexGen Energy NXE.TO$5.57B-31%n/a-18%4.23×41.6%
Cameco CCO.TO$31.3B-38%0%6%6.06×41.2%
Denison Mines DML.TO$2.00B-39%-9%-67%9.68×95.2%
Paladin Energy PDN.AX$2.32B-33%+64%1%2.01×28.3%
IsoEnergy ISO.TO$549M-30%n/a-3%1.42×10.7%
Uranium Energy UEC$3.43B-54%-44%-12%2.49×24.6%
Boss Energy BOE.AX$403M0%+100%1%1.22×12.4%
Deep Yellow DYL.AX$510M-57%n/a2%1.11×16.0%

How NexGen Energy compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

NexGen Energy against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureNXE.TOPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-9.1%-13.9%6th highest of 21
6-month return-31.1%-19.8%8th lowest of 21
Return on equity-17.7%14.5%lowest of 21
Price / book4.23×2.24×6th most expensive of 21
ROE the price implies41.6%24.1%7th most demanding of 21
ROE delivered-17.7%13.7%lowest of 19

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
NexGen Energy NXE.TOCanada$5.57B-31%n/a-18%4.23×41.6%-17.7%
Baiyin Nonferrous 601212.SSChina$5.49B-35%0%1%2.24×25.0%1.1%
Yunnan Tin 000960.SZChina$5.66B-34%+19%13%1.75×20.8%13.3%
Xinjiang Daqo New Energy 688303.SSChina$5.69B-20%-23%-5%1.03×10.5%-5.4%
China Nonferrous Mining 1258.HKHong Kong$5.73B-19%+11%22%2.08×16.1%22.4%
Yunnan Chihong Zinc & Germanium 600497.SSChina$5.76B-15%+29%11%2.10×19.8%11.5%
Nanya New Material Technology 688519.SSChina$5.90B-5%+104%36%6.84×97.5%36.3%
Capstone Copper CS.TOCanada$6.01B-8%+30%9%1.60×22.0%9.1%
Asia-Potash International Investment (Guangzhou) 000893.SZChina$5.08B-32%+40%15%2.22×11.6%15.2%
Yunnan Copper 000878.SZChina$5.01B-28%+10%14%1.74×17.2%13.6%
Sandfire Resources SFR.AXAustralia$6.20B-4%+32%17%2.79×30.6%17.4%
Luoyang Shenglong Mining 001257.SZChina$5.00B-19%+22%17%4.19×24.4%n/a
Inner Mongolia Xingye Silver and Tin Mining 000426.SZChina$6.23B-42%+38%28%3.78×35.7%27.6%
MP Materials MPUnited States$6.31B-47%+72%-4%3.22×42.2%-3.6%
PLS PLS.AXAustralia$6.33B-56%+152%14%2.24×22.7%13.8%
Grinm Advanced Materials 600206.SSChina$4.85B+40%+23%6%7.24×99.3%6.5%
Discovery Mining DSV.TOCanada$6.44B+19%+684%39%8.72×106.4%38.8%
Aura Minerals AUGOUnited States$6.52B-5%+89%100%14.29×74.1%100.2%
NMDC NMDC.NSIndia$6.55B-22%+27%23%1.82×23.8%n/a
Aurubis NDA.DEGermany$6.73B-35%+23%18%1.02×8.8%18.3%
Yunnan Lincang Xinyuan Germanium Industry 002428.SZChina$7.09B+3%+54%12%29.02×320.1%11.5%

Questions

Who are NexGen Energy's main competitors?
Named competitors: Cameco Corporation (CCO.TO), Denison Mines (DML.TO), Paladin Energy (PDN.AX), IsoEnergy (ISO.TO), Uranium Energy (UEC), Kazatomprom (private or unlisted). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Baiyin Nonferrous (601212.SS), Yunnan Tin (000960.SZ), Xinjiang Daqo New Energy (688303.SS), China Nonferrous Mining (1258.HK), Yunnan Chihong Zinc & Germanium (600497.SS), Nanya New Material Technology (688519.SS).
Is NexGen Energy expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 4.23× against a peer median of 2.24×, 6th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 41.6%; NexGen Energy delivers -17.7%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has NexGen Energy stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -31.1% against -19.8% for the median peer; over one year -5.5%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.