Critical Review: Energy Fuels (UUUU) vs. Its Peers

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 competitors? We will compare Energy Fuels to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and earnings.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Energy Fuels and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Energy Fuels	$45.60 million	$99.86 million	-77.14
Energy Fuels Competitors	$2.33 billion	$273.83 million	4.15

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

48.2% of Energy Fuels shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of shares of all “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Energy Fuels shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of shares of all “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Energy Fuels and its competitors’ 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%

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Energy Fuels and its competitors, 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	249	1138	1524	17	2.45

Energy Fuels currently has a consensus target price of $8.58, suggesting a potential upside of 58.95%. As a group, “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” companies have a potential upside of 21.21%. Given Energy Fuels’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Energy Fuels is more favorable than its competitors.

Risk and Volatility

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

Summary

Energy Fuels competitors beat Energy Fuels on 10 of the 13 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.