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ENERGY FUELS INC.

UUUU · Materials · $2.8B mkt cap · FY2025 filings · No moat ·

Doesn't clear the bar

21/ 100
No moat

The four filters

Pricing power35

Median gross margin 37.4% over 10y, variable.

Returns on capital0

Median ROIC -15.8%, above the 9% hurdle in 0% of years.

Balance-sheet safety28

Net debt/EBITDA n/ax, interest coverage -43x.

Capital discipline24

Owner earnings trend unclear, share count growing (dilution).

Margin of safety

Above valueOn sale
No price data
Owner earnings (normalized)
—
Est. intrinsic value / share
—
Recent price
$11.48
Discount to value
No price data

Conservative model: 9% discount rate, 0% assumed growth (capped at 4%), maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A).

13 years of fundamentals

The business, in plain English

ENERGY FUELS INC. booked $65.9M of revenue in FY2025 in the Materials sector and kept 20.9% of it as gross profit — a moderate-margin business by that measure. After every other cost, −129.9% of each revenue dollar reached the bottom line.

Across the filed record, revenue grew from $46.3M (FY2014) to $65.9M (FY2025) — about 3.3% a year compounded over 11 years.

It earned −13.0% on invested capital in FY2025, with a median of −18.4% across 12 filed years. The Returns on Capital filter above scores it 0/100.

The balance sheet carried $0 of total debt in FY2020. Balance-Sheet Safety scores it 28/100.

The share count rose 416.7% between FY2015 and FY2025 — existing owners have been diluted over the record. Capital Discipline scores it 24/100.

Put together: Pricing Power is the strongest of the four filters (35/100) and Returns on Capital the weakest (0/100), which is how UUUU lands at 21/100 — a None moat.

This breakdown is generated from the filed numbers and sub-scores above — no outside narrative, no estimates. Where a filing doesn’t disclose an input, the sentence that would need it is omitted instead of guessed.

FY2013–FY2025 · 13 fiscal years, normalized from UUUU’s SEC filings

RevenueSales, as filed$65.9M FY2025
$0$50M2013201720212025
Gross marginRevenue kept after cost of goods20.9% FY2025
0%50%100%2013201720212025
Return on invested capitalOperating profit on the capital employed−13.0% FY2025
−50%0%2013201720212025
Owner earningsCash an owner could take out−$85.6M FY2025
−$100M$0$100M2013201720212025

Gaps in a line mean that item isn’t in UUUU’s filings for that year — the series is never interpolated or estimated. The Table view lists every filed value, including operating and net margins, total debt, and share count.

Moat Score history

3 logged readings since Jul 17, 2026 · append-only, never rewritten

Moat Score over timeLast scored reading of each day, on the 0–100 scale20.8 / 100
0406080100WideNarrowShallowNo moatJul 17, 2026

Score history begins Jul 17, 2026 — the record builds from here and can’t be backfilled.

Tier changesSame-methodology crossings of the Wide / Narrow / Shallow bars

None yet — UUUU has read No moat for every logged capture since Jul 17, 2026.

Scores are logged append-only and never overwritten — this record can’t be backfilled, which is exactly why it’s worth keeping.

Materials context

#184 of 214 scored Materials companies, ranked by Moat Score.

Nearest peers by Moat Score

  1. #182FTK FLOTEK INDUSTRIES INC/CN21.2No moat
  2. #183NESR NATIONAL ENERGY SERVICES REUNITED CORP.21.1No moat
  3. #185MUX McEWEN INC.20.7No moat
  4. #186KARX Karbon-X Corp.20.6No moat

Compare UUUU with its nearest peers →All Materials companies on the Index →

Common questions about UUUU

Does ENERGY FUELS INC. have an economic moat?
Based on its FY2025 SEC filings, the Moat Index scores ENERGY FUELS INC. (UUUU) 20.8 out of 100 — below the Shallow-moat bar, so no moat. The four filters behind that score (each 0–100): pricing power 35, returns on capital 0, balance-sheet safety 28, capital discipline 24.
How has UUUU's Moat Score changed over time?
The record logs 3 readings since Jul 17, 2026; the latest reads 20.8 out of 100 (no moat). No tier changes on record yet. The history is append-only — readings are only ever added, never rewritten.
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