USA Rare Earth (NASDAQ:USAR) Director Buys $29,380.00 in Stock

USA Rare Earth Inc. (NASDAQ:USAR) Director Carolyn Trabuco purchased 1,300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 29th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $22.60 per share, for a total transaction of $29,380.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 1,300 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $29,380. This trade represents a ∞ increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website.

USA Rare Earth Price Performance

Shares of USA Rare Earth stock opened at $22.42 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -43.12 and a beta of 0.96. USA Rare Earth Inc. has a 12 month low of $5.56 and a 12 month high of $43.98. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $16.55 and its 200-day simple moving average is $17.42.

USA Rare Earth (NASDAQ:USAR) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The company reported ($0.25) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.06) by ($0.19).

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts recently commented on USAR shares. Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their price objective on shares of USA Rare Earth from $23.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday. Benchmark initiated coverage on shares of USA Rare Earth in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. They set a “buy” rating for the company. Cantor Fitzgerald upped their target price on USA Rare Earth from $28.00 to $35.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday. William Blair assumed coverage on shares of USA Rare Earth in a research report on Monday, October 20th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. Finally, UBS Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of USA Rare Earth in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $34.33.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On USA Rare Earth

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of USAR. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of USA Rare Earth by 158.2% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 2,324 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 1,424 shares during the last quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. lifted its position in shares of USA Rare Earth by 10,448.0% in the 2nd quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 2,637 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,000 after buying an additional 2,612 shares during the last quarter. National Bank of Canada FI lifted its holdings in USA Rare Earth by 110.0% in 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 during the last quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. bought a new stake in shares of USA Rare Earth in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $38,000. Finally, KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS bought a new stake in USA Rare Earth in the third quarter valued at $69,000.

USA Rare Earth News Summary

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

• Positive Sentiment: Director Michael Blitzer bought 100,000 shares (~$2.14M at $21.44), raising his stake to ~847,500 shares — a notable insider vote of confidence. SEC Filing: Insider Purchase
• Positive Sentiment: USA Rare Earth closed a $1.5 billion PIPE financing — supplies substantial near-term capital to fund development of Round Top and downstream processing, reducing immediate financing uncertainty. GlobeNewswire: PIPE Closing
• Positive Sentiment: Federal engagement continues — Commerce Dept. LOI and reported loan/funding support from the administration reinforce policy backing for a domestic rare-earth supply chain, which underpins long-term demand expectations. ExecutiveGov: Commerce, USA Rare Earth Collaborate
• Positive Sentiment: Smaller insider buy: Director Carolyn Trabuco purchased 1,300 shares at $22.60 — adds to the insider-buying narrative supporting sentiment. SEC Filing: Trabuco Purchase
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage paints USA Rare Earth as a “test case” for U.S.-backed mine-to-magnet supply chains — increases visibility but leaves timing and commercialization risks unresolved. Yahoo Finance: Test Case Article
• Neutral Sentiment: MarketBeat and other outlets note strong YTD momentum and multiple buy ratings/raised price targets (consensus target roughly $28) — bullish analyst framing may already be partially priced in. MarketBeat: Analyst Coverage
• Negative Sentiment: A Barron’s report that the U.S. might reconsider rare-earth price-floor support sparked sector selling and heightened near-term policy risk — this macro/policy uncertainty is the clearest immediate downside pressure on USAR. Barron’s: Price-Floor Fears

About USA Rare Earth

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.