Financial Review: Diamond Discoveries International (OTCMKTS:DMDD) & Centrus Energy (NYSE:LEU)

Diamond Discoveries International (OTCMKTS:DMDD) and Centrus Energy (NYSE:LEU) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Diamond Discoveries International and Centrus Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diamond Discoveries International	0	0	0	0	0.00
Centrus Energy	0	2	1	0	2.33

Centrus Energy has a consensus target price of $92.00, indicating a potential upside of 20.66%. Given Centrus Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Centrus Energy is more favorable than Diamond Discoveries International.

Profitability

This table compares Diamond Discoveries International and Centrus Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diamond Discoveries International	N/A	N/A	N/A
Centrus Energy	19.24%	138.38%	10.81%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Diamond Discoveries International and Centrus Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Diamond Discoveries International	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Centrus Energy	$320.20 million	3.91	$84.40 million	$4.79	15.92

Centrus Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Diamond Discoveries International.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

50.0% of Centrus Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Centrus Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Centrus Energy beats Diamond Discoveries International on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Diamond Discoveries International

Diamond Discoveries International Corp. operates as a mineral exploration company. It focuses on the exploration of diamonds, chromium, and gold; and platinum group elements, such as platinum, palladium, and rhodium on its Caribou Property in Thetford Mines, Quebec. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Thetford Mines, Canada. It also has executive offices in New York, New York; and Burlington, Canada.

About Centrus Energy

Centrus Energy Corp. supplies nuclear fuel components and services for the nuclear power industry in the United States, Belgium, Japan, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU) and Technical Solutions. The LEU segment sells separative work units (SWU) components of LEU; natural uranium hexafluoride, uranium concentrates, and uranium conversion; and enriched uranium products to utilities that operate nuclear power plants. The Technical Solutions segment offers technical, manufacturing, engineering, and operations services to public and private sector customers. The company was formerly known as USEC Inc. and changed its name to Centrus Energy Corp. in September 2014. Centrus Energy Corp. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.