Comparing Energy Fuels (NYSE:UUUU) & American Battery Technology (NASDAQ:ABAT)

American Battery Technology (NASDAQ:ABAT) and Energy Fuels (NYSE:UUUU) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.

Volatility & Risk

American Battery Technology has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Fuels has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares American Battery Technology and Energy Fuels’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Battery Technology	N/A	-65.58%	-51.22%
Energy Fuels	-90.40%	-9.16%	-8.67%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for American Battery Technology and Energy Fuels, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Battery Technology	0	0	1	0	3.00
Energy Fuels	0	2	2	0	2.50

American Battery Technology presently has a consensus price target of $6.00, indicating a potential upside of 689.47%. Energy Fuels has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.14%. Given American Battery Technology’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe American Battery Technology is more favorable than Energy Fuels.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares American Battery Technology and Energy Fuels”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Battery Technology	$340,000.00	166.57	-$52.50 million	($0.98)	-0.78
Energy Fuels	$37.93 million	36.22	$99.86 million	($0.22)	-32.16

Energy Fuels has higher revenue and earnings than American Battery Technology. Energy Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Battery Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

9.9% of American Battery Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.2% of Energy Fuels shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.2% of American Battery Technology shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Energy Fuels shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

About American Battery Technology

American Battery Technology Company operates as a battery materials company. The company explores for resources of battery metals, such as such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese; and develops and commercializes technologies for the extraction of battery metals, as well as commercializes integrated process for the recycling of lithium-ion batteries. The company was formerly known as American Battery Metals Corporation. American Battery Technology Company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.

About Energy Fuels

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.