USA Rare Earth Inc. (NASDAQ:USAR) Given Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Brokerages

USA Rare Earth Inc. (NASDAQ:USAR) has received a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the ten brokerages that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation and nine have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price target among brokerages that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $36.00.

Several equities research analysts have commented on USAR shares. Roth Mkm set a $30.00 target price on shares of USA Rare Earth in a research note on Monday, April 20th. Needham & Company LLC started coverage on shares of USA Rare Earth in a research note on Monday. They issued a “buy” rating and a $39.00 target price for the company. Canaccord Genuity Group upped their target price on shares of USA Rare Earth from $29.00 to $32.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Weiss Ratings raised shares of USA Rare Earth from a “sell (d-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald upped their target price on shares of USA Rare Earth from $30.00 to $35.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 14th.

Trending Headlines about USA Rare Earth

Here are the key news stories impacting USA Rare Earth this week:

• Positive Sentiment: USA Rare Earth announced plans to expand its commitment to France with more than €175 million (roughly $200 million) of additional investment through 2030, aimed at scaling metal, alloy and magnet production. The move suggests a larger international footprint and stronger long-term growth potential. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: The company was selected for potential Department of Energy funding of up to $19.3 million to advance a pilot rare earth separation facility and expand U.S. processing capacity, which could help offset development costs and support domestic supply-chain buildout. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Investors also reacted to broader sector enthusiasm after Needham initiated coverage on rare-earth names with Buy ratings, reinforcing optimism around the industry’s strategic importance. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: USA Rare Earth also announced it will present at the William Blair 46th Annual Growth Stock Conference, which keeps the company in front of investors but is not a major operational catalyst by itself. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Additional coverage highlighting the France expansion and the company’s role in the rare-earth ecosystem helped keep the stock in focus, but these were mostly follow-up reports on the same news. Article Title

Institutional Investors Weigh In On USA Rare Earth

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Ascentis Independent Advisors bought a new stake in shares of USA Rare Earth during the first quarter worth $27,000. Larson Financial Group LLC increased its position in shares of USA Rare Earth by 217.5% during the fourth quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 2,092 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 1,433 shares in the last quarter. National Bank of Canada FI increased its position in shares of USA Rare Earth by 110.0% during the third quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 2,100 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,000 after acquiring an additional 1,100 shares in the last quarter. KBC Group NV bought a new stake in shares of USA Rare Earth during the first quarter worth $35,000. Finally, NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of USA Rare Earth by 158.2% during the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 2,324 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after acquiring an additional 1,424 shares in the last quarter.

USA Rare Earth Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:USAR opened at $29.43 on Tuesday. USA Rare Earth has a 52 week low of $8.77 and a 52 week high of $43.98. The company has a market capitalization of $6.56 billion, a PE ratio of -7.51 and a beta of 2.38. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $21.38 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $18.96.

USA Rare Earth (NASDAQ:USAR) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 13th. The company reported ($0.12) EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.16) by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $5.70 million during the quarter. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that USA Rare Earth will post -0.33 earnings per share for the current year.

USA Rare Earth Company Profile

USA Rare Earth (NASDAQ: USAR) is a development-stage critical minerals company focused on advancing a fully integrated rare earth element (REE) and lithium project in the United States. Its flagship asset is the Round Top deposit in West Texas, a large, polymetallic concentration of light and heavy rare earth elements, lithium and other co-products. The company seeks to move this asset through resource delineation, pilot-scale processing and eventual commercial production to address growing domestic demand for secure REE supply chains.

In addition to exploration, USA Rare Earth is engineering an on-site separation facility that will utilize dry magnetic separation and hydrometallurgical flowsheets to produce mixed rare earth carbonates.