Investors Buy Large Volume of Energy Fuels Call Options (NYSEAMERICAN:UUUU)

Energy Fuels Inc (NYSEAMERICAN:UUUU - Get Free Report) was the target of unusually large options trading on Thursday. Investors acquired 21,880 call options on the company. This represents an increase of 131% compared to the typical daily volume of 9,462 call options.

Insider Activity

In other news, VP Timothy James Carstens sold 210,612 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $5.45, for a total transaction of $1,147,835.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president owned 517,029 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,817,808.05. The trade was a 28.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 218,597 shares of company stock valued at $1,192,142. Company insiders own 1.77% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of UUUU. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC acquired a new position in Energy Fuels during the second quarter worth $29,525,000. Alps Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Energy Fuels by 29.0% during the 1st quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. now owns 15,933,699 shares of the company's stock worth $59,433,000 after acquiring an additional 3,584,798 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Energy Fuels by 10.8% during the 1st quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 12,670,863 shares of the company's stock valued at $46,927,000 after acquiring an additional 1,231,484 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Energy Fuels by 18.5% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 7,468,726 shares of the company's stock valued at $38,316,000 after acquiring an additional 1,164,973 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Focus Partners Wealth acquired a new stake in Energy Fuels in the 4th quarter worth approximately $5,467,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 48.24% of the company's stock.

Energy Fuels Price Performance

Energy Fuels stock traded up $0.10 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $6.61. The company's stock had a trading volume of 14,806,335 shares, compared to its average volume of 9,166,993. Energy Fuels has a 52-week low of $3.20 and a 52-week high of $7.47. The company has a market cap of $1.31 billion, a PE ratio of -15.37 and a beta of 1.68. The firm's 50 day moving average is $5.31 and its 200 day moving average is $5.02.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts recently weighed in on UUUU shares. Roth Capital cut shares of Energy Fuels from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and set a $6.00 target price for the company. in a report on Friday. HC Wainwright cut their price objective on Energy Fuels from $10.75 to $10.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 9th.

Energy Fuels Company Profile

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.