FY2026 EPS Forecast for Uranium Energy Decreased by Analyst

Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSEAMERICAN:UEC - Free Report) - Equities researchers at National Bank Financial lowered their FY2026 earnings estimates for shares of Uranium Energy in a research note issued on Wednesday, March 12th. National Bank Financial analyst M. Sidibe now anticipates that the basic materials company will earn $0.19 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of $0.23. National Bank Financial has a "Strong-Buy" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Uranium Energy's current full-year earnings is $0.01 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Uranium Energy's FY2027 earnings at $0.51 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $0.57 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently commented on UEC. National Bankshares set a $10.00 target price on shares of Uranium Energy and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 12th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $10.50 target price on shares of Uranium Energy in a research report on Wednesday, March 12th. HC Wainwright reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $12.25 price target on shares of Uranium Energy in a report on Thursday, March 13th. Finally, Stifel Canada raised shares of Uranium Energy to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 11th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $10.60.

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Uranium Energy Price Performance

Shares of UEC remained flat at $5.52 during mid-day trading on Friday. 7,227,660 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 7,354,037. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $6.61 and a 200-day moving average price of $6.88. Uranium Energy has a 52-week low of $4.06 and a 52-week high of $8.93. The company has a market cap of $2.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -46.00 and a beta of 1.88.

Institutional Trading of Uranium Energy

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in UEC. US Bancorp DE increased its stake in shares of Uranium Energy by 62.0% in the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 20,700 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $129,000 after acquiring an additional 7,923 shares during the period. Farther Finance Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Uranium Energy by 5,130.4% in the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 4,812 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $30,000 after acquiring an additional 4,720 shares during the period. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D grew its position in Uranium Energy by 46.5% during the third quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D now owns 374,260 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $2,324,000 after buying an additional 118,786 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its position in Uranium Energy by 1.2% during the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 3,554,149 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $22,071,000 after buying an additional 42,904 shares during the period. Finally, Lifeworks Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Uranium Energy during the third quarter valued at $85,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 62.28% of the company's stock.

Uranium Energy Company Profile

Uranium Energy Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in exploration, pre-extraction, extraction, and processing uranium and titanium concentrates in the United States, Canada, and Paraguay. It owns interests in the Palangana mine, Goliad, Burke Hollow, Longhorn, and Salvo projects located in Texas; Anderson, Workman Creek, and Los Cuatros projects situated in Arizona; Dalton Pass and C de Baca project located in New Mexico; Roughrider, Shea Creek, Christie Lake, Horseshoe-Raven, Hidden Bay, Diabase, West Bear, JCU, and other project located in Canada; and Yuty, Oviedo, and Alto Paraná titanium projects in Paraguay.