Head-To-Head Review: Uranium Royalty (UROY) & Its Rivals

Uranium Royalty (NASDAQ:UROY) is one of 1,051 publicly-traded companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Uranium Royalty to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

24.2% of Uranium Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by institutional investors. 15.3% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Uranium Royalty and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Uranium Royalty	0	2	3	0	2.60
Uranium Royalty Competitors	5976	26971	40824	2413	2.52

Uranium Royalty presently has a consensus price target of $4.25, suggesting a potential upside of 51.25%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 29.07%. Given Uranium Royalty’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Uranium Royalty is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Uranium Royalty and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Uranium Royalty	25.88%	10.86%	7.44%
Uranium Royalty Competitors	-469.71%	19.37%	6.42%

Risk & Volatility

Uranium Royalty has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its stock price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Uranium Royalty’s competitors have a beta of -3.76, suggesting that their average stock price is 476% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Uranium Royalty and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Uranium Royalty	$214.35 million	$40.25 million	31.22
Uranium Royalty Competitors	$273.05 billion	$5.52 billion	-0.42

Uranium Royalty’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Uranium Royalty. Uranium Royalty is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Uranium Royalty beats its competitors on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

Uranium Royalty Company Profile

Uranium Royalty Corp. operates as a pure-play uranium royalty company. It acquires, accumulates, and manages a portfolio of geographically diversified uranium interests. The company has royalty interests in the McArthur River, Cigar Lake / Waterbury Lake, Roughrider, Russell Lake, Russell Lake south, and Dawn Lake projects in Saskatchewan, Canada; Anderson and San Rafael projects in Arizona; Lance and Reno Creek projects in Wyoming; Church Rock and Roca Honda projects in New Mexico; Dewey-Burdock project in South Dakota; Slick Rock project in Colorado; Langer Heinrich project in Namibia; and Michelin project in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; Energy Queen and Whirlwind project in Utah; and Workman Creek projects in Arizona. Uranium Royalty Corp. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.