Head-To-Head Contrast: Energy Fuels (UUUU) and Its Rivals

Energy Fuels (NYSE:UUUU) is one of 29 public companies in the “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Energy Fuels to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

48.2% of Energy Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of shares of all “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Energy Fuels shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of shares of all “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” companies are held by 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.

Risk and Volatility

Energy Fuels has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Fuels’ rivals have a beta of 1.11, suggesting that their average stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Energy Fuels and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Energy Fuels	0	2	2	0	2.50
Energy Fuels Competitors	247	1132	1523	17	2.45

Energy Fuels currently has a consensus target price of $8.58, suggesting a potential upside of 56.77%. As a group, “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” companies have a potential upside of 20.73%. Given Energy Fuels’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Energy Fuels is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Energy Fuels and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Energy Fuels	-27.23%	-6.56%	-6.24%
Energy Fuels Competitors	2.78%	24.52%	4.11%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Energy Fuels and its rivals gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Energy Fuels	$37.93 million	$99.86 million	-78.20
Energy Fuels Competitors	$2.24 billion	$273.83 million	4.09

Energy Fuels’ rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Energy Fuels. Energy Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Energy Fuels rivals beat Energy Fuels on 9 of the 12 factors compared.

Energy Fuels Company Profile

Energy Fuels Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the extraction, recovery, recycling, exploration, permitting, evaluation, and sale of uranium mineral properties in the United States. The company produces and sells vanadium pentoxide, rare earth elements, and heavy mineral sands, such as ilmenite, rutile, zircon, and monazite. The company was formerly known as Volcanic Metals Exploration Inc. and changed its name to Energy Fuels Inc. in May 2006. Energy Fuels Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Lakewood, Colorado.