Contrasting Energy Fuels (UUUU) & Its Peers

Energy Fuels (NYSE:UUUU) is one of 29 publicly-traded companies in the “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Energy Fuels to related companies based on the strength of its risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

48.2% of Energy Fuels shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.0% of shares of all “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Energy Fuels shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of shares of all “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Energy Fuels and its peers, 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	248	1134	1523	17	2.45

Energy Fuels presently has a consensus target price of $8.58, indicating a potential upside of 56.49%. As a group, “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” companies have a potential upside of 19.65%. Given Energy Fuels’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Energy Fuels is more favorable than its peers.

Risk & Volatility

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

Profitability

This table compares Energy Fuels and its peers’ 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%

Valuation and Earnings

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

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Energy Fuels	$45.60 million	$99.86 million	-78.36
Energy Fuels Competitors	$2.33 billion	$273.83 million	4.21

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

Summary

Energy Fuels peers beat Energy Fuels on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

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.