Energy Fuels (NYSE:UUUU – Get Free Report) and American Battery Technology (NASDAQ:ABAT – Get Free Report) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings for Energy Fuels and American Battery Technology, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Energy Fuels | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.50 |
| American Battery Technology | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
Energy Fuels currently has a consensus price target of $8.50, suggesting a potential upside of 17.40%. American Battery Technology has a consensus price target of $6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 650.09%. Given American Battery Technology’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe American Battery Technology is more favorable than Energy Fuels.
Volatility and Risk
Profitability
This table compares Energy Fuels and American Battery Technology’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% |
| American Battery Technology | N/A | -65.58% | -51.22% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
48.2% of Energy Fuels shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.9% of American Battery Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Energy Fuels shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of American Battery Technology shares are owned by company 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.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Energy Fuels and American Battery Technology”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Energy Fuels | $38.66 million | 36.37 | $99.86 million | ($0.22) | -32.91 |
| American Battery Technology | $545,460.00 | 107.50 | -$52.50 million | ($0.98) | -0.82 |
Energy Fuels has higher revenue and earnings than American Battery Technology. Energy Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Battery Technology, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of 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 American Battery Technology
American Battery Technology Company operates as a battery materials company. The company explores for resources of battery metals, such as such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, and manganese; and develops and commercializes technologies for the extraction of battery metals, as well as commercializes integrated process for the recycling of lithium-ion batteries. The company was formerly known as American Battery Metals Corporation. American Battery Technology Company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Reno, Nevada.
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