Critical Review: Uranium Royalty (UROY) & The Competition

Uranium Royalty (NASDAQ:UROY) is one of 75 public companies in the “Other Alt Energy” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Uranium Royalty to similar businesses based on the strength of its profitability, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Profitability

This table compares Uranium Royalty and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Uranium Royalty	N/A	-0.22%	-0.21%
Uranium Royalty Competitors	-41.99%	-24.92%	-4.00%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

24.2% of Uranium Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 40.6% of shares of all “Other Alt Energy” companies are owned by institutional investors. 18.4% of shares of all “Other Alt Energy” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Uranium Royalty and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Uranium Royalty	$31.62 million	$7.24 million	N/A
Uranium Royalty Competitors	$17.56 billion	$332.42 million	8.96

Uranium Royalty’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Uranium Royalty.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Uranium Royalty and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Uranium Royalty	0	1	2	1	3.00
Uranium Royalty Competitors	255	976	1627	53	2.51

Uranium Royalty presently has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 61.94%. As a group, “Other Alt Energy” companies have a potential downside of 4.35%. Given Uranium Royalty’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Uranium Royalty is more favorable than its rivals.

Volatility & Risk

Uranium Royalty has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Uranium Royalty’s rivals have a beta of -71.88, meaning that their average stock price is 7,288% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Uranium Royalty beats its rivals on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

Uranium Royalty Company Profile

Uranium Royalty Corp. operates as a pure-play uranium royalty company. It acquires, accumulates, and manages a portfolio of geographically diversified uranium interests. The company has royalty interests in the McArthur River, Cigar Lake / Waterbury Lake, Roughrider, Russell Lake, Russell Lake south, and Dawn Lake projects in Saskatchewan, Canada; Anderson and San Rafael projects in Arizona; Lance and Reno Creek projects in Wyoming; Church Rock and Roca Honda projects in New Mexico; Dewey-Burdock project in South Dakota; Slick Rock project in Colorado; Langer Heinrich project in Namibia; and Michelin project in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; Energy Queen and Whirlwind project in Utah; and Workman Creek projects in Arizona. Uranium Royalty Corp. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.