Head-To-Head Review: Uranium Royalty (UROY) vs. Its Peers

Uranium Royalty (NASDAQ:UROY) is one of 1,050 public companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Uranium Royalty to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Uranium Royalty and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Uranium Royalty	25.88%	10.86%	7.44%
Uranium Royalty Competitors	-472.95%	19.42%	6.31%

Risk and Volatility

Uranium Royalty has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its share price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Uranium Royalty’s peers have a beta of -4.03, suggesting that their average share price is 503% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

24.2% of Uranium Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.7% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 15.3% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Uranium Royalty and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Uranium Royalty	$186.95 million	$40.25 million	37.22
Uranium Royalty Competitors	$10.87 billion	$5.51 billion	0.94

Uranium Royalty’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Uranium Royalty. Uranium Royalty is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Uranium Royalty and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Uranium Royalty	0	2	3	0	2.60
Uranium Royalty Competitors	5956	26921	40739	2396	2.52

Uranium Royalty presently has a consensus target price of $4.25, suggesting a potential upside of 26.87%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 16.94%. Given Uranium Royalty’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Uranium Royalty is more favorable than its peers.

Summary

Uranium Royalty beats its peers on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Uranium Royalty Company Profile

Uranium Royalty Corp. operates as a pure-play uranium royalty company. It acquires, accumulates, and manages a portfolio of geographically diversified uranium interests. The company has royalty interests in the McArthur River, Cigar Lake / Waterbury Lake, Roughrider, Russell Lake, Russell Lake south, and Dawn Lake projects in Saskatchewan, Canada; Anderson and San Rafael projects in Arizona; Lance and Reno Creek projects in Wyoming; Church Rock and Roca Honda projects in New Mexico; Dewey-Burdock project in South Dakota; Slick Rock project in Colorado; Langer Heinrich project in Namibia; and Michelin project in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; Energy Queen and Whirlwind project in Utah; and Workman Creek projects in Arizona. Uranium Royalty Corp. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.