enCore Energy (NASDAQ:EU – Get Free Report) and World Kinect (NYSE:WKC – Get Free Report) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and profitability.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares enCore Energy and World Kinect”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| enCore Energy | $43.15 million | 3.82 | -$56.86 million | ($0.33) | -2.57 |
| World Kinect | $36.92 billion | 0.05 | -$614.40 million | ($3.21) | -11.41 |
Risk and Volatility
enCore Energy has a beta of 2.16, meaning that its stock price is 116% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, World Kinect has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for enCore Energy and World Kinect, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| enCore Energy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.60 |
| World Kinect | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.33 |
enCore Energy currently has a consensus price target of $2.90, suggesting a potential upside of 241.59%. World Kinect has a consensus price target of $30.00, suggesting a potential downside of 18.07%. Given enCore Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe enCore Energy is more favorable than World Kinect.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
20.9% of enCore Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.1% of World Kinect shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of enCore Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of World Kinect shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares enCore Energy and World Kinect’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| enCore Energy | -112.82% | -28.00% | -17.09% |
| World Kinect | -0.43% | 11.24% | 2.40% |
Summary
enCore Energy beats World Kinect on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About enCore Energy
enCore Energy Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of uranium resource properties in the United States. It holds a 100% interest in Crownpoint and Hosta Butte uranium project area covers 3,020 acres located in the Grants Uranium Belt, New Mexico. The company also holds interest in the Marquez-Juan Tafoya property comprises 14,582 acres located in McKinley and Sandoval counties of New Mexico; and the Nose Rock project comprising 42 owned unpatented lode mining claims comprising approximately 800 acres located in McKinley County, New Mexico. In addition, it holds interest in the White Canyon District and Utah property package, including the Geitus, Blue Jay, Marcy Look, and Cedar Mountain projects located to the northwest of the White Mesa Mill at Blanding County, Utah. Further, the company holds a 100% interest in Dewey Burdock project comprises approximately 12,613 surface acres and 16,962 net mineral acres located in South Dakota; Gas Hills project consists of approximately 1,280 surface acres and 12,960 net mineral acres of unpatented lode mining claims located in Wyoming; and West Largo project consist of approximately 3,840 acres located in McKinley County, New Mexico. Additionally, it holds a 100% interest in Ambrosia Lake – Treeline property consists of deeded mineral rights totaling 24,555 acres and unpatented mining claims covering approximately 1,700 acres; and Checkerboard mineral rights covering a land position of approximately 300,000 acres located in the Grants Uranium District. The company was formerly known as Wolfpack Gold Corp. and changed its name to enCore Energy Corp. in August 2014. enCore Energy Corp. is headquartered in Corpus Christi, Texas.
About World Kinect
World Kinect Corporation operates as an energy management company in the United States, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. This segment also offers fuel management, price risk management, ground handling, dispatch services, and trip planning services, such as flight planning and scheduling, weather reports and overflight permits; payment and processing services; and operates a web-based marketplace platform. The Land segment offers fuel, lubricants, heating oil, and related products and services to retail petroleum operators, as well as industrial, commercial, residential and government customers. This segment also provides sustainability solutions, such as renewable fuel products, carbon management, and renewable energy solutions; distributes fuel under long-term contracts to branded and unbranded distributors, convenience stores, and retail fuel outlets operated by third parties; distributes heating oil and unbranded fuel; and transportation logistics. The Marine segment markets fuel, lubricants, and related products and services to international container, dry bulk and tanker fleets, commercial cruise lines, yachts and time charter operators, offshore rig owners and operators, the U.S. and foreign governments, and other fuel suppliers. This segment also offers marine fuel-related services include management services to procurement of fuel, price risk management, cost control, quality control, and claims management services; and engages in the fueling of vessels, and transportation and delivery of fuel and fuel-related products. The company was formerly known as World Fuel Services Corporation and changed its name to World Kinect Corporation in June 2023. World Kinect Corporation was incorporated in 1984 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
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