Energy Fuels (NYSE:UUUU) versus United States Lime & Minerals (NASDAQ:USLM) Head to Head Survey

Energy Fuels (NYSE:UUUU) and United States Lime & Minerals (NASDAQ:USLM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends and earnings.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

48.2% of Energy Fuels shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Energy Fuels shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of United States Lime & Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility & Risk

Energy Fuels has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United States Lime & Minerals has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Energy Fuels and United States Lime & Minerals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Energy Fuels	0	2	2	0	2.50
United States Lime & Minerals	0	0	0	0	N/A

Energy Fuels currently has a consensus target price of $8.58, suggesting a potential upside of 51.38%. Given Energy Fuels’ higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Energy Fuels is more favorable than United States Lime & Minerals.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Energy Fuels and United States Lime & Minerals”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Energy Fuels	$45.60 million	20.05	$99.86 million	($0.07)	-81.00
United States Lime & Minerals	$281.33 million	9.48	$74.55 million	$13.98	6.67

Energy Fuels has higher earnings, but lower revenue than United States Lime & Minerals. Energy Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United States Lime & Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Profitability

This table compares Energy Fuels and United States Lime & Minerals’ 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%
United States Lime & Minerals	29.87%	21.21%	19.03%

Summary

United States Lime & Minerals beats Energy Fuels on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About United States Lime & Minerals

United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. manufactures and supplies lime and limestone products in the United States. It extracts limestone from open-pit quarries and an underground mine, and processes it as pulverized limestone, quicklime, hydrated lime, and lime slurry. The company supplies its products primarily to the construction customers, including highway, road, and building contractors; industrial customers, such as paper and glass manufacturers; environmental customers comprising municipal sanitation and water treatment facilities, and flue gas treatment processes; oil and gas services companies; roof shingle manufacturers; and poultry producers. In addition, it has various royalty interests with respect to oil and gas rights in natural gas wells located in Johnson County, Texas in the Barnett Shale Formation. The company was incorporated in 1950 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Inberdon Enterprises Ltd.