Executive Summary
Energy Fuels Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the extraction, recovery, exploration, and sale of conventional and in situ uranium recovery in the United States.
Rewards
Risk Analysis
Currently unprofitable and not forecast to become profitable over the next 3 years
Snowflake Analysis
Excellent balance sheet and slightly overvalued.
Similar Companies
Share Price & News
How has Energy Fuels's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: EFR's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
6.4%
EFR
2.8%
CA Oil and Gas
4.5%
CA Market
1 Year Return
-68.3%
EFR
-44.8%
CA Oil and Gas
-24.5%
CA Market
Return vs Industry: EFR underperformed the Canadian Oil and Gas industry which returned -44.8% over the past year.
Return vs Market: EFR underperformed the Canadian Market which returned -24.5% over the past year.
Shareholder returns
| EFR | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Day | 6.4% | 2.8% | 4.5% |
| 30 Day | -9.1% | -37.8% | -20.1% |
| 90 Day | -39.5% | -44.8% | -24.9% |
| 1 Year | -68.3%-68.3% | -42.0%-44.8% | -22.0%-24.5% |
| 3 Year | -45.7%-45.7% | -46.4%-52.6% | -14.2%-22.2% |
| 5 Year | -72.0%-72.0% | -48.0%-56.8% | -1.9%-16.5% |
Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is Energy Fuels's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
Simply Wall St News
2 months ago | Simply Wall St
The Energy Fuels (TSE:EFR) Share Price Is Down 62% So Some Shareholders Are Wishing They Sold2 months ago | Simply Wall St
Have Insiders Been Selling Energy Fuels Inc. (TSE:EFR) Shares This Year?4 months ago | Simply Wall St
How Much Of Energy Fuels Inc. (TSE:EFR) Do Institutions Own?Valuation
Is Energy Fuels undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
>50%
Undervalued compared to fair value
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: EFR (CA$1.5) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CA$25.17)
Significantly Below Fair Value: EFR is trading below fair value by more than 20%.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: EFR is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the Oil and Gas industry average.
PE vs Market: EFR is unprofitable, so we can't compare its PE Ratio to the Canadian market.
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate EFR's PEG Ratio to determine if it is good value.
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: EFR is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (0.8x) compared to the CA Oil and Gas industry average (0.4x).
Next Steps
Future Growth
How is Energy Fuels forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 1 analyst?
-3.6%
Forecasted Energy industry annual growth in earnings
Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts
Analyst Future Growth Forecasts
Earnings vs Savings Rate: Insufficient data to determine if EFR's forecast earnings growth is above the savings rate (1.4%).
Earnings vs Market: Insufficient data to determine if EFR's earnings are forecast to grow faster than the Canadian market
High Growth Earnings: Insufficient data to determine if earnings are expected to grow significantly over the next 3 years.
Revenue vs Market: Insufficient data to determine if EFR's revenue is forecast to grow faster than the Canadian market.
High Growth Revenue: Insufficient data to determine if EFR's revenue is forecast to grow faster than 20% per year.
Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts
Future Return on Equity
Future ROE: Insufficient data to determine if EFR's Return on Equity is forecast to be high in 3 years time
Next Steps
Past Performance
How has Energy Fuels performed over the past 5 years?
25.3%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: EFR is currently unprofitable.
Growing Profit Margin: EFR is currently unprofitable.
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: EFR is unprofitable, but has reduced losses over the past 5 years at a rate of 25.3% per year.
Accelerating Growth: Unable to compare EFR's earnings growth over the past year to its 5-year average as it is currently unprofitable
Earnings vs Industry: EFR is unprofitable, making it difficult to compare its past year earnings growth to the Oil and Gas industry (-2.5%).
Return on Equity
High ROE: EFR has a negative Return on Equity (-29.17%), as it is currently unprofitable.
Next Steps
Financial Health
How is Energy Fuels's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: EFR's short term assets ($43.2M) exceed its short term liabilities ($22.6M).
Long Term Liabilities: EFR's short term assets ($43.2M) exceed its long term liabilities ($22.5M).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: EFR's debt to equity ratio (12.9%) is considered satisfactory.
Reducing Debt: EFR's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 15.6% to 12.9% over the past 5 years.
Balance Sheet
Inventory Level: EFR has a high level of physical assets or inventory.
Debt Coverage by Assets: EFR's debt is covered by short term assets (assets are 2.6x debt).
Cash Runway Analysis
For companies that have on average been loss making in the past we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.
Stable Cash Runway: EFR has less than a year of cash runway based on its current free cash flow.
Forecast Cash Runway: EFR has sufficient cash runway for 1.1 years if free cash flow continues to reduce at historical rates of -13.2% each year.
Next Steps
Dividend
What is Energy Fuels's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate EFR's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate EFR's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any payouts.
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if EFR's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if EFR's dividend payments have been increasing.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of EFR's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the Canadian market.
Next Steps
Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
2.0yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Mark Chalmers (61yo)
2s
Tenure
US$2,425,675
Compensation
Mr. Mark S. Chalmers, B.Sc, P.E., SME has been the President of Energy Fuels Inc. since July 1, 2017 and has been its Chief Executive Officer and Director since February 1, 2018. Mr. Chalmers has been the ...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Mark's total compensation ($USD2.43M) is above average for companies of similar size in the Canadian market ($USD159.13K).
Compensation vs Earnings: Mark's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.
Leadership Team
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | 2yrs | US$2.43m | 0.41% $709.0k | |
| CFO, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | 2yrs | US$1.22m | 0.19% $319.8k | |
| Chief Operating Officer | 2yrs | US$1.23m | 0.33% $562.3k | |
| Vice President of Marketing & Corporate Development | 4.67yrs | US$369.96k | 0.12% $200.8k | |
| Chief Accounting Officer & Controller | 2yrs | no data | 0.039% $67.2k | |
| Chief Geologist of Conventional Mining | no data | no data | no data | |
| Vice President of Mining - Energy Fuels Resources (USA) Inc | no data | US$349.60k | no data |
2.0yrs
Average Tenure
59yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: EFR's management team is considered experienced (2 years average tenure).
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | 2yrs | US$2.43m | 0.41% $709.0k | |
| Independent Director | 13.17yrs | US$112.00k | 0.12% $206.9k | |
| Independent Director | 4.67yrs | US$92.00k | 0.27% $462.0k | |
| Director | 0.58yr | no data | 0.072% $123.8k | |
| Independent Chairman | 13.42yrs | US$120.00k | 0.094% $161.9k | |
| Independent Director | 2yrs | US$75.97k | 0.030% $51.8k | |
| Independent Director | 2.83yrs | US$121.57k | 0.055% $95.3k | |
| Independent Director | 2.83yrs | US$143.01k | 0.47% $814.4k |
2.8yrs
Average Tenure
61yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: EFR's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 2.8 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: EFR insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Recent Insider Transactions
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 14.6%.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Energy Fuels Inc.'s company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Energy Fuels Inc.
- Ticker: EFR
- Exchange: TSX
- Founded: 1987
- Industry: Coal and Consumable Fuels
- Sector: Energy
- Market Cap: CA$172.418m
- Shares outstanding: 114.95m
- Website: https://www.energyfuels.com
Number of Employees
Location
- Energy Fuels Inc.
- 225 Union Boulevard
- Suite 600
- Lakewood
- Colorado
- 80228
- United States
Listings
| Ticker | Exchange | Primary Security | Security Type | Country | Currency | Listed on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VO51 | DB (Deutsche Boerse AG) | Yes | Common Shares | DE | EUR | Sep 1988 |
| EFR | TSX (The Toronto Stock Exchange) | Yes | Common Shares | CA | CAD | Sep 1988 |
| UUUU | AMEX (NYSE MKT LLC) | Yes | Common Shares | US | USD | Sep 1988 |
| 0UU0 | LSE (London Stock Exchange) | Yes | Common Shares | GB | CAD | Sep 1988 |
Biography
Energy Fuels Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the extraction, recovery, exploration, and sale of conventional and in situ uranium recovery in the United States. The company owns and operates the Nichols Ranch uranium recovery facility located in Wyoming; the Alta Mesa project located in Texas; and the White Mesa Mill located in Utah. It also holds interests in uranium and uranium/vanadium properties and projects in various stages of exploration, permitting, and evaluation located in Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado. 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.
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2020/03/31 01:41 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2020/03/30 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2019/12/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2019/12/31 |
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.