Energy Fuels (TSE:EFR) Upgraded at The Goldman Sachs Group

The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded shares of Energy Fuels (TSE:EFR) (NASDAQ:UUUU) to a strong-buy rating in a research note published on Tuesday,Zacks.com reports.

Separately, Roth Mkm raised Energy Fuels from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Strong Buy”.

Energy Fuels Stock Performance

Shares of EFR opened at C$28.95 on Tuesday. Energy Fuels has a 12-month low of C$4.59 and a 12-month high of C$38.37. The stock has a market cap of C$6.97 billion, a P/E ratio of -60.31 and a beta of 1.85. The company has a current ratio of 18.01, a quick ratio of 19.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31. The company has a 50-day moving average of C$25.96 and a two-hundred day moving average of C$22.39.

Energy Fuels (TSE:EFR) (NASDAQ:UUUU) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November 4th. The company reported C($0.07) earnings per share for the quarter. Energy Fuels had a negative return on equity of 9.25% and a negative net margin of 90.40%.The business had revenue of C$24.66 million for the quarter. As a group, research analysts predict that Energy Fuels will post 0.19 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Alexander Morrison sold 38,739 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$21.36, for a total transaction of C$827,465.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 115,094 shares of the company’s stock, valued at C$2,458,407.84. This represents a 25.18% decrease in their position. Also, Director Dennis Higgs sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$21.20, for a total transaction of C$318,000.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 164,498 shares in the company, valued at approximately C$3,487,357.60. The trade was a 8.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 2.03% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.