Insider Selling: Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSE:UUUU) Director Sells 10,000 Shares of Stock

Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSE:UUUU) Director J. Birks Bovaird sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $5.44, for a total transaction of $54,400.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 178,380 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $970,387.20. The trade was a 5.31 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink.

Energy Fuels Stock Down 0.4 %

Shares of NYSE UUUU opened at $5.54 on Friday. Energy Fuels Inc. has a twelve month low of $4.19 and a twelve month high of $8.21. The firm has a market cap of $1.09 billion, a P/E ratio of -25.18 and a beta of 1.71. The company has a 50 day moving average of $5.82 and a 200 day moving average of $5.62.

Energy Fuels (NYSE:UUUU) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The company reported ($0.07) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.05) by ($0.02). Energy Fuels had a negative net margin of 90.40% and a negative return on equity of 9.16%. As a group, equities analysts expect that Energy Fuels Inc. will post -0.1 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Energy Fuels

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its stake in Energy Fuels by 6.0% during the 3rd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 29,353 shares of the company’s stock valued at $161,000 after buying an additional 1,653 shares during the last quarter. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp raised its stake in Energy Fuels by 2.5% during the 3rd quarter. BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp now owns 94,287 shares of the company’s stock valued at $518,000 after buying an additional 2,309 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC grew its position in shares of Energy Fuels by 3.1% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 82,754 shares of the company’s stock valued at $455,000 after acquiring an additional 2,520 shares during the period. Vontobel Holding Ltd. grew its position in shares of Energy Fuels by 12.4% during the 3rd quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. now owns 33,999 shares of the company’s stock valued at $187,000 after acquiring an additional 3,752 shares during the period. Finally, Signaturefd LLC grew its position in shares of Energy Fuels by 261.7% during the 3rd quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 5,972 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,000 after acquiring an additional 4,321 shares during the period. 48.24% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently issued reports on UUUU shares. HC Wainwright reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $11.00 target price on shares of Energy Fuels in a research note on Wednesday, December 11th. Roth Mkm lowered their target price on shares of Energy Fuels from $6.00 to $5.50 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Monday, November 4th.

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.