Analyzing Energy Fuels (NYSE:UUUU) & Summit Materials (NYSE:SUM)

Summit Materials (NYSE:SUM) and Energy Fuels (NYSE:UUUU) are both construction companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

48.2% of Energy Fuels shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Summit Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Energy Fuels shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Summit Materials and Energy Fuels’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Summit Materials	8.06%	7.00%	3.55%
Energy Fuels	-27.23%	-6.56%	-6.24%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Summit Materials and Energy Fuels, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Summit Materials	0	4	9	0	2.69
Energy Fuels	0	2	2	0	2.50

Summit Materials presently has a consensus price target of $47.17, indicating a potential upside of 17.04%. Energy Fuels has a consensus price target of $8.67, indicating a potential upside of 29.55%. Given Energy Fuels’ higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Energy Fuels is more favorable than Summit Materials.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Summit Materials and Energy Fuels”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Summit Materials	$2.62 billion	2.70	$289.63 million	$2.14	18.83
Energy Fuels	$45.60 million	23.66	$99.86 million	($0.07)	-95.57

Summit Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Energy Fuels. Energy Fuels is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Summit Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Summit Materials has a beta of 1.17, indicating that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Fuels has a beta of 1.61, indicating that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Summit Materials beats Energy Fuels on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Summit Materials

Summit Materials, Inc. operates as a vertically integrated construction materials company in the United States and Canada. It operates in three segments: West, East, and Cement. The company offers aggregates, cement, ready-mix concrete, asphalt paving mixes, and concrete products, as well as plastics components. It also provides asphalt paving and related services. In addition, the company operates municipal waste, construction, and demolition debris landfills; and liquid asphalt terminals. The company serves the public infrastructure, and residential and nonresidential end markets. Summit Materials, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

About Energy Fuels

Energy Fuels Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the extraction, recovery, recycling, exploration, permitting, evaluation, and sale of uranium mineral properties in the United States. The company produces and sells vanadium pentoxide, rare earth elements, and heavy mineral sands, such as ilmenite, rutile, zircon, and monazite. The company was formerly known as Volcanic Metals Exploration Inc. and changed its name to Energy Fuels Inc. in May 2006. Energy Fuels Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Lakewood, Colorado.