Energy Fuels Target of Unusually Large Options Trading (NYSE:UUUU)

Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSE:UUUU) saw some unusual options trading activity on Monday. Investors purchased 39,181 call options on the stock. This is an increase of 716% compared to the typical volume of 4,800 call options.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Van ECK Associates Corp increased its holdings in Energy Fuels by 44.4% during the 2nd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 1,277,401 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,742,000 after purchasing an additional 392,862 shares during the last quarter. Shell Asset Management Co. raised its holdings in Energy Fuels by 94.9% in the first quarter. Shell Asset Management Co. now owns 207,465 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,305,000 after acquiring an additional 101,033 shares in the last quarter. Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates LLC boosted its stake in Energy Fuels by 19.7% during the 2nd quarter. Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates LLC now owns 1,095,044 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,636,000 after acquiring an additional 179,900 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its holdings in Energy Fuels by 54.4% during the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 124,693 shares of the company’s stock worth $784,000 after acquiring an additional 43,940 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Energy Fuels by 14.6% during the 2nd quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 23,628 shares of the company’s stock worth $143,000 after acquiring an additional 3,014 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 48.24% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

UUUU has been the subject of several research reports. Roth Mkm lowered their price objective on shares of Energy Fuels from $6.00 to $5.50 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, November 4th. HC Wainwright lifted their target price on shares of Energy Fuels from $10.75 to $11.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, November 4th.

Energy Fuels Stock Up 8.1 %

Shares of UUUU traded up $0.54 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $7.18. 6,188,368 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,136,441. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $5.78 and a 200 day simple moving average of $5.72. Energy Fuels has a 12-month low of $4.19 and a 12-month high of $8.68. The firm has a market cap of $1.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -33.18 and a beta of 1.60.

Energy Fuels (NYSE:UUUU) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported ($0.07) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.05) by ($0.02). The firm had revenue of $4.05 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.10 million. Energy Fuels had a negative return on equity of 9.16% and a negative net margin of 90.40%. On average, equities research analysts expect that Energy Fuels will post -0.1 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Energy Fuels Company Profile

Energy Fuels Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the extraction, recovery, recycling, exploration, permitting, evaluation, and sale of uranium mineral properties in the United States. The company produces and sells vanadium pentoxide, rare earth elements, and heavy mineral sands, such as ilmenite, rutile, zircon, and monazite.