Energy Fuels (NYSE:UUUU) & Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) Head to Head Analysis

Energy Fuels (NYSE:UUUU) and Compass Minerals International (NYSE:CMP) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Energy Fuels and Compass Minerals International’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Energy Fuels	-90.40%	-9.16%	-8.67%
Compass Minerals International	-19.24%	-2.15%	-0.49%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Energy Fuels and Compass Minerals International”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Energy Fuels	$37.93 million	26.89	$99.86 million	($0.22)	-23.50
Compass Minerals International	$1.12 billion	0.47	-$206.10 million	($5.21)	-2.41

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

Institutional & Insider Ownership

48.2% of Energy Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.8% of Compass Minerals International shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Energy Fuels shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Compass Minerals International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Energy Fuels and Compass Minerals International, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Energy Fuels	0	2	2	0	2.50
Compass Minerals International	0	2	1	0	2.33

Energy Fuels presently has a consensus target price of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 64.41%. Compass Minerals International has a consensus target price of $20.67, suggesting a potential upside of 64.61%. Given Compass Minerals International’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Compass Minerals International is more favorable than Energy Fuels.

Volatility & Risk

Energy Fuels has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Compass Minerals International has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Energy Fuels beats Compass Minerals International 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 Compass Minerals International

Compass Minerals International, Inc., provides essential minerals in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Salt and Plant Nutrition. The Salt segment produces, markets, and sells sodium chloride and magnesium chloride, including rock salt, mechanically and solar evaporated salt, and brine and flake magnesium chloride products; and purchases potassium chloride and calcium chloride to sell as finished products or to blend with sodium chloride to produce specialty products. This segment provides products for use as a deicer for roadways, consumer, and professional use; as an ingredient in chemical production; for water treatment, human, and animal nutrition; and for various other consumer and industrial uses, as well as records management services. The Plant Nutrition segment produces sulfate of potash specialty fertilizers in various grades that are used in broadcast spreaders, direct application, and liquid fertilizer solutions under the Protassium+ brand name; turf products used by the turf and ornamental markets, as well as for blends used on golf course greens; organic products; and develops and produces a portfolio of magnesium chloride-based aerial and ground fire retardant products. This segment provides its products to distributors and retailers of crop inputs, as well as growers. The company was formerly known as Salt Holdings Corporation and changed its name to Compass Minerals International, Inc. in December 2003. Compass Minerals International, Inc. was founded in 1844 and is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.