NEXM vs LCU Stock Comparison

NexMetals Mining and Lion Copper Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
NEXM NexMetals Mining Corp.
$1.38 -36.4% 1M -71.7% 1Y
Market cap
$51.28M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$314.41K
Div. yield
–
Copper Basic Materials
1 win
LCU Lion Copper Corp.
$4.34 -18.3% 1M +78.6% 1Y
Market cap
$2.07B
P/E
288.5x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Copper Basic Materials
4 wins

Head to Head

5 decided of 12

Lion Copper leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Lion Copper 4, NexMetals Mining 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNEXMLCULeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $51.28M $2.07B LCU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -1.4x 288.5x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +280.5% — –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -11,801.7% — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -71.7% +78.6% LCU
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -46.2%/yr +6.0%/yr LCU
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 70.3% 153.2% NEXM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 38/100 48/100 LCU

Percentile Scorecard

NEXMLCU

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisNEXMLCU
Valuation 8 #150 of 162 35 #106 of 162
Growth 58 #63 of 147 82 #27 of 147
Profitability 3 #119 of 122 15 #104 of 122
Financial Health 83 #29 of 165 43 #95 of 165
Shareholder Returns – 67 #36 of 107
Overall 38 48
  • NEXM ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • LCU ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodNEXMLCUSPY
1 month -36.4%-18.3% -0.8%
3 months -35.2%-19.6% +3.5%
6 months -45.5%-30.1% +7.0%
Year to date -64.7%+14.8% +12.2%
1 year -71.7%+78.6% +13.0%
3 years -94.1%+129.6% +86.3%
3 years, per year -61.1%+32.0% +23.1%
5 years -95.5%+34.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year -46.2%+6.0% +11.0%
10 years -97.9%+221.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year -32.0%+12.4% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureNEXMLCUSPY
Volatility, 1Y 70.3%153.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 73.5%187.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.47-0.08 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.020.51 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -97.2%-73.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -69.6%-50.0% -1.8%
52-week high $4.54$8.68 $779.14
52-week low $1.38$2.43 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleNEXMLCU
P/E now vs peer median -1.3xmedian 12.8x 260.0xmedian 12.8x
P/S now vs peer median 156.5xmedian 3.1x —median 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 7.0x —median 7.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -0.8xmedian 15.2x 144.8xmedian 15.2x
P/B now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 2.1x 91.2xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median -0.06median 0.29 5.14median 0.29

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsNEXMLCU
Revenue $314.41K –
Operating income – -$14.76M
Net income -$37.11M -$2.10M
Free cash flow -$60.22M $12.93M
R&D $26.75M –
EPS (diluted) $-1.04 $0.02
Cash & equivalents $11.93M –
Total debt $3.73M $11.38M
Shares (diluted) 35.65M 430.24M
Enterprise value -$18.67M $2.07B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricNEXMLCU
P/E -1.3x 260.0x
P/FCF -0.8x 144.8x
P/Operating cash flow -1.4x 144.3x
P/S 156.5x –
P/B 1.1x 91.2x
P/Tangible book 1.1x 91.2x
EV/EBITDA – –
EV/EBIT – -127.0x
EV/Revenue 121.2x –
EV/FCF -0.6x 145.0x
EV/Operating cash flow -1.1x 144.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.06 5.14

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNEXMLCU
Revenue growth (1Y) 280.5% –
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 48.4% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – -273.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -60.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 3.3% 59.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 8.0% 19.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 41.8% 290.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 22.0% 50.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -11.0% 327.6%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -5.8% 197.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -90.2% 326.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -35.7% 197.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNEXMLCU
Gross margin – –
EBITDA margin – –
Operating margin – –
Pretax margin – –
Net margin -11,802% –
FCF margin -19,155% –
Operating cash flow margin -10,819% –
Return on equity – -66.5%
Return on assets – -29.7%
Return on invested capital – –
Return on capital employed – -55.8%
Asset turnover 0.0x –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.9x -6.2x
Stock comp / revenue 669.6% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNEXMLCU
Debt / assets 1.7% 6.0%
Debt / equity 0.0x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – –
Debt / FCF 0.0x 0.2x
Liabilities / assets 12.7% 53.0%
Equity / assets 87.3% 47.0%
Interest coverage – –
Current ratio 5.2x 1.1x
Quick ratio 4.7x –
Cash ratio 4.7x –
Altman Z-score – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNEXMLCU
Dividend yield – –
Net buyback yield – -0.2%
Shareholder yield – -0.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusNEXMLCU

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNEXMLCU
Held by institutions 17.5% –
Institutions holding 15 –
Change in shares held, QoQ -7.1% –
Institutions buying 7 –
Institutions selling 4 –
Buyers to sellers 1.75 –

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

NEXMLCU
NEXM 1.00 0.02
LCU 0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NEXM and LCU?

Lion Copper (LCU) is the largest by market capitalisation: NexMetals Mining (NEXM) $51.28M, Lion Copper (LCU) $2.07B.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Lion Copper (LCU) returned the most: NexMetals Mining (NEXM) -71.7%, Lion Copper (LCU) +78.6%. Over five years, Lion Copper (LCU) compounded fastest (NexMetals Mining (NEXM) -46.2%/yr, Lion Copper (LCU) +6.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, NexMetals Mining (NEXM) has been the steadiest (NexMetals Mining (NEXM) 70.3%, Lion Copper (LCU) 153.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Do NEXM and LCU move together?

Their daily returns over the past year have a correlation of 0.02, a weak relationship. Holding both diversifies more than two closely linked stocks would.

Which is the better stock, NEXM and LCU?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Lion Copper (LCU) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.