Financial Comparison: Uranium Royalty (NASDAQ:UROY) vs. Ener-Core (OTCMKTS:ENCR)

Uranium Royalty (NASDAQ:UROY) and Ener-Core (OTCMKTS:ENCR) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and valuation.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

24.2% of Uranium Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Ener-Core shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Uranium Royalty and Ener-Core’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Uranium Royalty	N/A	-1.97%	-1.93%
Ener-Core	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Uranium Royalty and Ener-Core, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Uranium Royalty	0	1	2	1	3.00
Ener-Core	0	0	0	0	0.00

Uranium Royalty presently has a consensus target price of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 47.60%. Given Uranium Royalty’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Uranium Royalty is more favorable than Ener-Core.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Uranium Royalty and Ener-Core”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Uranium Royalty	$11.19 million	32.37	-$4.06 million	($0.03)	-90.33
Ener-Core	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Ener-Core has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Uranium Royalty.

Summary

Uranium Royalty beats Ener-Core on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Uranium Royalty

Uranium Royalty Corp. operates as a pure-play uranium royalty company. It acquires, accumulates, and manages a portfolio of geographically diversified uranium interests. The company has royalty interests in the McArthur River, Cigar Lake / Waterbury Lake, Roughrider, Russell Lake, Russell Lake south, and Dawn Lake projects in Saskatchewan, Canada; Anderson and San Rafael projects in Arizona; Lance and Reno Creek projects in Wyoming; Church Rock and Roca Honda projects in New Mexico; Dewey-Burdock project in South Dakota; Slick Rock project in Colorado; Langer Heinrich project in Namibia; and Michelin project in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; Energy Queen and Whirlwind project in Utah; and Workman Creek projects in Arizona. Uranium Royalty Corp. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

About Ener-Core

Ener-Core, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, license, and market its products that are based on Power Oxidizer technologies. The company's Power Oxidizer technology generates industrial levels of usable heat in a pressure vessel using various organic gases as fuel for an oxidation reaction. Its products include Ener-Core PowerStation EC250 and Ener-Core Powerstation KG2-3GEF/PO, which have applications in landfills, distilleries, and various industrial processes. The company sells its products directly, as well as through distributors in the United States and the Netherlands. Ener-Core, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.