Yellow Cake (YCA) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Yellow Cake plc operates in the uranium sector. It is involved in the purchase and holding of uranium oxide concentrates, and exploitation of other uranium-related opportunities. Yellow Cake plc was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Saint Helier, Jersey.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 475 to 488.20
• 50-Day Range: 429 to 537
• 52-Week Range: 359 to 622.79
• Volume: 842,326 shs
• Average Volume: 1.43 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £1.03 billion
• P/E Ratio: 1.79
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: GBX 682
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Yellow Cake Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Yellow Cake scored higher than 50% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Yellow Cake has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Yellow Cake has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Yellow Cake is 1.79, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.96.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Yellow Cake is 1.79, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 63.91.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Yellow Cake has a P/B Ratio of 0.55. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for YCA.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Yellow Cake does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Yellow Cake does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for YCA.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.24

News Sentiment

Yellow Cake has a news sentiment score of -0.24. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.68 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Yellow Cake this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Yellow Cake insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 2.70% of the stock of Yellow Cake is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

50.19% of the stock of Yellow Cake is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

YCA Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have YCA shares performed this year?

Yellow Cake's stock was trading at GBX 499.80 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, YCA stock has decreased by 4.2% and is now trading at GBX 478.60.

How do I buy shares of Yellow Cake?

Shares of YCA stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock.

What other stocks do shareholders of Yellow Cake own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Yellow Cake investors own include Alibaba Group (BABA), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Meta Platforms (META), Diageo (DGE), Glencore (GLEN), Bank of America (BAC) and boohoo group (BOO).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Uranium
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: LON:YCA
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.yellowcakeplc.com
• Phone: 44 15 3488 5200
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Yellow Cake: GBX 682
• High Price Target: GBX 682
• Low Price Target: GBX 682
• Potential Upside/Downside: +39.4%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 266.83
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 1.83
• Forward P/E Ratio: 2.05
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £578.14 million
• Net Margins: 98.91%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 34.25%
• Return on Assets: 30.90%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 37.70
• Quick Ratio: 9.55

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: GBX 10.61 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 46.13
• Book Value: GBX 868.60 per share
• Price / Book: 0.56

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 216,762,123
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £1.06 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.27