Daniel Kapostasy Sells 25,000 Shares of Energy Fuels (NYSEAMERICAN:UUUU) Stock

Energy Fuels Inc (NYSEAMERICAN:UUUU) VP Daniel Kapostasy sold 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $18.84, for a total transaction of $471,000.00. Following the transaction, the vice president owned 38,286 shares in the company, valued at $721,308.24. The trade was a 39.50% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link.

Energy Fuels Trading Down 6.5%

UUUU stock opened at $16.75 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $3.97 billion, a PE ratio of -44.08 and a beta of 1.42. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99, a quick ratio of 28.34 and a current ratio of 30.69. Energy Fuels Inc has a one year low of $3.20 and a one year high of $27.90. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $21.45 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $18.14.

Energy Fuels (NYSEAMERICAN:UUUU) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February 27th. The company reported ($0.12) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.07) by ($0.05). Energy Fuels had a negative net margin of 130.63% and a negative return on equity of 13.15%. As a group, analysts predict that Energy Fuels Inc will post -0.1 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Energy Fuels

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. ARP Global Capital Ltd purchased a new position in Energy Fuels during the 4th quarter valued at $999,000. Tobam purchased a new stake in shares of Energy Fuels in the 4th quarter worth about $90,000. Mcguire Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Energy Fuels during the 4th quarter valued at about $27,000. Invesco Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of Energy Fuels by 47.9% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 163,968 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,384,000 after purchasing an additional 53,074 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wealthspire Retirement LLC increased its position in shares of Energy Fuels by 12.5% during the fourth quarter. Wealthspire Retirement LLC now owns 13,500 shares of the company’s stock valued at $196,000 after buying an additional 1,500 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 48.24% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

UUUU has been the topic of several analyst reports. The Goldman Sachs Group assumed coverage on Energy Fuels in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $30.00 price objective on the stock. Roth Mkm upgraded Energy Fuels from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and increased their target price for the company from $13.00 to $15.50 in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. B. Riley Financial lifted their price target on Energy Fuels to $27.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 20th. Finally, HC Wainwright boosted their price objective on Energy Fuels from $26.75 to $27.25 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 27th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $24.94.

Energy Fuels Company Profile

Energy Fuels Inc (NYSE American: UUUU) is a U.S.-based mineral resources company focused on the production and processing of uranium, rare earth elements and other strategic minerals. The company’s core business activity centers on supplying nuclear fuel to power generators, leveraging a diversified portfolio of conventional and in-situ recovery (ISR) uranium mines located primarily on the Colorado Plateau, in Wyoming and in Texas.

At the heart of Energy Fuels’ operations is the White Mesa Mill in southeastern Utah, the only conventional uranium-vanadium mill currently permitted and operating in the United States.