The analysis reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 52%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. The street (9 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $19.
Uranium Energy Corp.
UEC · NYSE American · USD · Market cap $3.7B · 171 employees
Uranium Energy Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in exploration, pre-extraction, extraction, and processing of uranium and titanium concentrates properties in the United States, Canada, and the Republic of Paraguay.
FAIL · Does not pass the screenPrice as of 26 Oct 2026Daily close, not a live quote
Screened 2026-10-26 · the tape above runs as of 10:09 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
Key facts today
- Price7.44 USD at the 26 Oct 2026 close
- Ethical screenDoes not pass
- OptionsOpen interest leans to puts (put/call 1.10)
- Last reviewed26 Oct 2026 (3 days ago)
A summary of the dated readings below, not a live quote and not advice.
What this means: price 7.44 against the desk's fair-value range, base estimate 10.04, over the last year.
- Trend Markdown
- Insiders no filings inside 60 days, left as found
- Positioning no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
- Options put/call open interest 1.10, read 2026-10-27
- Ethical does not pass the values gate
Our analytic regime reads on this name, dated and marked against the screened price. Small sample per name, and separate from the daily-framework accuracy on the Track Record page.
This name holds its markdown label.
Uranium Energy Corp. holds its Markdown at $7.44. Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 52 days.
| Phase | Markdown · caution |
| Quantitative state | Consolidating, no directional conviction, held for 52 days |
| Price at the screen | $7.44 |
| Valuation | N/A trailing · -100.54 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 70.0 |
| Beta | 1.39 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Revenue purity
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business activity | Permissible | Core business clean | Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending. | Pass |
| Debt load | Excluded | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows. | Fail |
| Interest-bearing cash | 2.57% | Below 33% | Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 2.6% of assets, under the one-third limit. | Pass |
| Receivables | 13.97% | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is 14.0% of assets, under the 49% limit. | Pass |
| Revenue purity | 6.02% | Below 5% | 6.0% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, over the 5% line. | Fail |
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
The Ethical ReadWhy It Falls Short, in Plain English
Uranium Energy clears the business-activity screen. Where it falls short is income purity: around 6% of its income right now is interest earned on a large cash position, against a roughly 5% ceiling, so it does not pass. That reflects what it earns today, not the business itself, and it could clear the screen if its operating revenue grows and the interest share falls.
Read as at 2026-10-28. It updates when the underlying figures move, and past reads are kept below.
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The Fair Value Range
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-10-26 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 35.0% margin of safety to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 11 covering, consensus Buy. The average target sits +102% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.
Price History & ProjectionsWhere it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-10-26 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain WordsUranium Name Sits in a Classic Trap
Picture a miner waiting for the next price spike in a market that has already burned investors twice this century. Uranium Energy shows a forward multiple deep in negative territory, zero profit margins and a negative return on equity, which tells you the current cycle has not yet delivered real earnings. We pass because the apparent margin of safety sits on top of peak-cycle assumptions that rarely hold once supply responds.
The business remains pre-profit and exposed to the classic uranium trap where low multiples simply reflect the risk that earnings will collapse again when new mines come online. Nine analysts may see upside to seventeen dollars, yet those forecasts rest on continued price strength rather than proven cash generation or a durable moat.
Execution risk in Paraguay and Canada adds another layer, alongside the usual swings in nuclear fuel demand. Ethical screen clears, but the numbers still flag a business that rewards timing more than ownership. Analysis, not advice.
| Forward P/E | -100.5x |
| EPS, trailing | -0.28 |
| EPS, forward | -0.07 |
| Profit margin | 0.0%currently unprofitable |
| Return on equity | -11.6%not currently earning a positive return on equity |
| FCF yield | -1.94% |
| Debt to equity | 0.21minimal debt: a conservative balance sheet |
| Current ratio | 17.26comfortably covers its short-term bills |
| Beta | 1.39moves a little more than the market |
| Short interest, float | 0.15% |
| 52-week range | 6.75 - 20.34 |
| Market cap | $3.7B |
| Employees | 171 |
The risks · The things to watch: it already moves more than the market on an average day.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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Every Entry, As Written
The analysis reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved down 25.5% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D. Technically it is holding around 2% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are up 52%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. The street (9 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $19.
Our analysis reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is holding around 2% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are up 52%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. The street (9 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $19.
The framework has shifted from distribution to markdown since the last review. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved down 22.2% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is holding around 2% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are up 52%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. The street (9 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $19. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
Our analysis reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is holding around 2% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are up 52%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. The street (9 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $19. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
Our analysis reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is holding around 2% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are up 52%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. The street (9 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $19. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
Our analysis reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is holding around 2% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are up 52%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. The street (9 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $19. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
Our analysis reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is holding around 2% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are up 52%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. The street (9 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $19. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The framework has shifted from accumulation to distribution since the last review. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved up 23.3% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is holding around 2% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are up 52%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. The street (9 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $19.
The framework has shifted from distribution to accumulation since the last review. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 2.4% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C. Technically it is holding around 2% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading bearish. Over the past year the shares are up 52%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 36%. The street (9 analysts) rates it strong buy, with a mean price target of $19.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
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| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $16.47 | -42.9% | · | $571 | -42.9% |
| 2 months | $13.53 | -30.5% | · | $696 | -30.5% |
| 3 months | $14.09 | -33.2% | · | $668 | -33.2% |
| 6 months | $14.15 | -33.5% | · | $665 | -33.5% |
| 1 year | $6.19 | +52.0% | · | $1,520 | +52.0% |
| 2 years | $6.06 | +55.3% | · | $1,553 | +55.3% |
| 3 years | $3.10 | +203.6% | · | $3,036 | +203.6% |
| 5 years | $3.20 | +194.1% | · | $2,941 | +194.1% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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