Energy Fuels (UUUU) and The Competition Critical Analysis

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

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Energy Fuels and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Energy Fuels	$45.60 million	$99.86 million	-77.00
Energy Fuels Competitors	$2.22 billion	$273.83 million	4.20

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.

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

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 Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Energy Fuels and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Energy Fuels	0	2	2	0	2.50
Energy Fuels Competitors	249	1141	1531	17	2.45

Energy Fuels presently has a consensus target price of $8.67, suggesting a potential upside of 60.79%. As a group, “Mining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels” companies have a potential upside of 19.60%. Given Energy Fuels’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Energy Fuels is more favorable than its competitors.

Volatility and Risk

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

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.