Energy Fuels (TSE:EFR) Stock Price Down 4.4% - Here's Why

Key Points

• Energy Fuels shares fell about 4.4% intraday to C$28.60 (low C$28.53) on Friday, with roughly 440,888 shares trading—about a 62% decline from its average daily volume.
• Analysts rate the stock an average of Strong Buy (three Strong Buys, one Hold), with recent moves including Goldman Sachs upgrading to "strong-buy" and Roth MKM moving from "strong sell" to "hold".
• Despite bullish analyst sentiment, the company reported quarterly EPS of C($0.12), a negative net margin (-129.9%) and negative ROE, while holding a market cap of C$7.0 billion and a high debt-to-equity ratio (~99.6%).

Energy Fuels Inc. (TSE:EFR - Get Free Report) NASDAQ: UUUU's share price was down 4.4% during mid-day trading on Friday . The company traded as low as C$28.53 and last traded at C$28.60. Approximately 440,888 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 62% from the average daily volume of 1,171,327 shares. The stock had previously closed at C$29.93.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on EFR shares. Roth Mkm upgraded shares of Energy Fuels from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded shares of Energy Fuels to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 10th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Energy Fuels presently has an average rating of "Strong Buy".

Energy Fuels Trading Down 5.8%

The firm has a market cap of C$7.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -74.21 and a beta of 1.09. The business's 50 day moving average price is C$27.17 and its 200-day moving average price is C$26.05. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 99.60, a quick ratio of 19.23 and a current ratio of 30.69.

Energy Fuels (TSE:EFR - Get Free Report) NASDAQ: UUUU last issued its earnings results on Friday, February 27th. The company reported C($0.12) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The company had revenue of C$36.43 million during the quarter. Energy Fuels had a negative net margin of 129.90% and a negative return on equity of 13.16%. Equities analysts expect that Energy Fuels Inc. will post 0.19 EPS for the current year.

About Energy Fuels

Energy Fuels is a leading U.S. -based critical materials company, focused on uranium, rare earth elements (REEs), heavy mineral sands, vanadium and medical isotopes. Energy Fuels, which owns and operates several conventional and in-situ recovery uranium projects in the western United States, has been the leading U.S. producer of natural uranium concentrate for the past several years, which is sold to nuclear utilities for the production of carbon-free nuclear energy. Energy Fuels also owns the White Mesa Mill in Utah, which is the only fully licensed and operating conventional uranium processing facility in the United States.

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