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UECNYSE American·Uranium

Uranium Energy Corp. UEC

Market cap $4.7BP/E —no earnings to divide byGross margin 42.3%Reports Tue 29 Sep, before the open
$9.54
+0.08 (+0.85%)live 11:20 ET
52-wk $8.90 – $20.34
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Orin's take
0.55conviction · moderate
Refreshed 31 Aug · take v3. A new filing or a print queues the next refresh.

UEC holds its hold rating as FY2025 revenue rebounded to $66.8M from near-zero in FY2024, and BlackRock's reported $432.7M new position is a significant institutional vote of confidence in the uranium thesis. However, the company still burned $70.2M in free cash flow and posted an $87.7M net loss for FY2025, and at a P/S of 303.8x versus a 7.03x peer median, the valuation premium is not yet earned on current fundamentals.

The stock has reclaimed its 50-day MA at $10.77 with a positive MACD histogram, but still trades 6% below its 200-day MA at $13.27, leaving the longer-term downtrend unresolved.

What could go wrong

  • Sustained cash burn. FY2025 free cash flow was -$70.2M and operating cash flow was -$64.5M; with only $2.3M in total debt the balance sheet is clean, but persistent negative cash flow erodes the $983.9M equity base over time.
  • Uranium price sensitivity. FY2024 revenue was just $224K, demonstrating that UEC will tolerate near-zero revenue periods rather than sell at unfavorable uranium prices — a strategy that pressures the stock during commodity downturns.
  • Extreme valuation premium. P/S of 303.8x is 4221% above the 7.03x peer median, leaving the stock highly vulnerable to multiple compression if the nuclear renaissance narrative cools.
  • Insider selling. On 2026-07-31 the CEO, CFO, SVP, and EVP all sold shares at $9.60; the 24-month insider net value is -$6.93M, suggesting limited insider conviction at recent prices.

What would change my mind

Positive quarterly operating cash flow. UEC reports a quarter of positive operating cash flow, last achieved in FY2023 at $72.6M annualized, confirming the revenue rebound is translating to cash generationbullish
Sustained break above 200-day MA. Stock closes above $13.27 (200-day MA) on meaningful volume, reversing the long-term downtrend and signaling institutional accumulation beyond BlackRock's initial positionbullish
Uranium spot price decline. Uranium prices retreat to levels where UEC again withholds production, repeating the FY2024 near-zero revenue scenario and extending cash burnbearish
Smart money outflows. 13F fund count declines from the current 43 and the SM score turns meaningfully negative, indicating institutional investors are exiting despite the BlackRock headlinebearish

Where this comes from: FMP fundamentals, fiscal year ended 2025-07-31 · FMP fundamentals, fiscal year ended 2025-07-31 · peer relative data, as of 2026-08-28 · Defense World, published 2026-08-26. Orin's read on UEC; not advice.

Twelve months actual closes to 2026-09-24 · actual filings

Sept 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26

50-day average 200-day average · volume below

Largest holders · 13F Q2 2026

Money flow
FilerPositionOf fund
Price T Rowe Associates /Md/$800.9M0.1% of fund
Mirae Asset Global Etfs Holdings$369.9M0.4% of fund
State Street$335.9M0.0% of fund
Vanguard Portfolio Management$255.4M0.0% of fund
Vanguard Capital Management$235.7M0.0% of fund
Norges Bank$186.5M0.0% of fund

55 filers · quarter ended Q2 2026 · positions, not flows

Insiders, last 24 months: 161 Form 4 filings, net −$7.2M. Of the 50 on hand, none was an open-market trade— the rest are grants, option exercises and tax withholding.

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Where it trades

· Energy
MetricNowOwn medianSector
P/S232.00×——
P/B3.3×——

What Wall Street published

8 firms · 2026-09-24
Consensus target

$18

$12 – $27 · +89% against today's price

How they rate it
  • 7 buy or overweight
  • 1 hold
  • 0 underweight or sell

The analysts’ consensus and their own ratings, not Orin’s. A target is a twelve-month opinion published by the firm that wrote it.

Against the companies it is compared to

median P/E 36.0× of 2 peers
CompanyMarket capP/EEV/EBITDAGrossNetROE
UECUranium Energy Corp.$5B——42.3%-513.2%-8%
HESMHess Midstream LP$8B13.3×9.4×80.8%23.3%69%
LEUCentrus Energy Corp.$3B58.7×28.9×23.3%10.2%7%
UUUUEnergy Fuels Inc.$3B——43.2%-77.3%-11%

The median is of the 2 peers listed above and nothing else — check it against the column. The peer set is the vendor’s, so a company can appear here that a person would not have chosen.

What it has traded at

P/E by fiscal year

What its sector has traded at

Energy
FY14 27.3×FY26 19.8×

Two scales, drawn separately on purpose: a sector median and one company’s multiple are not the same number and putting them on one axis invites a comparison neither series supports.

Every estimate on one scale

price $9.54
52-week range$9 – $20
Analyst targets$12 – $27

The vertical rule is the current price. Ranges and point estimates are the backend’s, published as they were calculated; an arrow means the estimate sits beyond this scale, and its number is on the right.