Energy Fuels (TSE:EFR) Shareholders Have Enjoyed A -54% Share Price Gain

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Energy Fuels Inc. (TSE:EFR) shareholders should be happy to see the share price up 10% in the last month. But that doesn't change the fact that the returns over the last half decade have been disappointing. In that time the share price has delivered a rude shock to holders, who find themselves down 54% after a long stretch. So we're hesitant to put much weight behind the short term increase. We'd err towards caution given the long term under-performance.

Check out our latest analysis for Energy Fuels

Because Energy Fuels is loss-making, we think the market is probably more focussed on revenue and revenue growth, at least for now. Generally speaking, companies without profits are expected to grow revenue every year, and at a good clip. That's because fast revenue growth can be easily extrapolated to forecast profits, often of considerable size.

In the last five years Energy Fuels saw its revenue shrink by 6.7% per year. While far from catastrophic that is not good. The share price decline of 14% compound, over five years, is understandable given the company is losing money, and revenue is moving in the wrong direction. The chance of imminent investor enthusiasm for this stock seems slimmer than Louise Brooks. Ultimately, it may be worth watching - should revenue pick up, the share price might follow.

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A Different Perspective

It's good to see that Energy Fuels has rewarded shareholders with a total shareholder return of 39% in the last twelve months. There's no doubt those recent returns are much better than the TSR loss of 14% per year over five years. The long term loss makes us cautious, but the short term TSR gain certainly hints at a brighter future. If you would like to research Energy Fuels in more detail then you might want to take a look at whether insiders have been buying or selling shares in the company.

We will like Energy Fuels better if we see some big insider buys. While we wait, check out this free list of growing companies with considerable, recent, insider buying.

Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on CA exchanges.

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