Energy Fuels (NYSE:UUUU – Get Free Report) and Centrus Energy (NYSE:LEU – Get Free Report) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk and analyst recommendations.
Volatility and Risk
Energy Fuels has a beta of 1.6, meaning that its share price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centrus Energy has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent recommendations for Energy Fuels and Centrus Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Energy Fuels | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Centrus Energy | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.33 |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Energy Fuels and Centrus Energy”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Energy Fuels | $38.66 million | 36.37 | $99.86 million | ($0.22) | -32.91 |
| Centrus Energy | $394.00 million | 2.85 | $84.40 million | $4.79 | 14.30 |
Energy Fuels has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Centrus Energy. Energy Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centrus Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Energy Fuels and Centrus Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Energy Fuels | -90.40% | -9.16% | -8.67% |
| Centrus Energy | 19.24% | 138.38% | 10.81% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
48.2% of Energy Fuels shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Centrus Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Energy Fuels shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Centrus Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Centrus Energy beats Energy Fuels on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Energy Fuels
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. The company was formerly known as Volcanic Metals Exploration Inc. and changed its name to Energy Fuels Inc. in May 2006. Energy Fuels Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Lakewood, Colorado.
About Centrus Energy
Centrus Energy Corp. supplies nuclear fuel components and services for the nuclear power industry in the United States, Belgium, Japan, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU) and Technical Solutions. The LEU segment sells separative work units (SWU) components of LEU; natural uranium hexafluoride, uranium concentrates, and uranium conversion; and enriched uranium products to utilities that operate nuclear power plants. The Technical Solutions segment offers technical, manufacturing, engineering, and operations services to public and private sector customers. The company was formerly known as USEC Inc. and changed its name to Centrus Energy Corp. in September 2014. Centrus Energy Corp. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.
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