Institutional and Insider Ownership
14.4% of Western Uranium shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.9% of New Era Helium shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of Western Uranium shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of New Era Helium shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Profitability
This table compares Western Uranium and New Era Helium’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Western Uranium | -5,936.42% | -33.47% | -29.26% |
| New Era Helium | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Western Uranium and New Era Helium”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Western Uranium | $180,000.00 | 187.91 | -$10.11 million | ($0.15) | -3.45 |
| New Era Helium | $530,024.00 | 11.69 | -$13.78 million | N/A | N/A |
Western Uranium has higher earnings, but lower revenue than New Era Helium.
Risk & Volatility
Western Uranium has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, New Era Helium has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
New Era Helium beats Western Uranium on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Western Uranium
Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp. engages in exploring, developing, mining, and production of uranium and vanadium resource properties in the United States. The company holds interests in the San Rafael uranium project located in Emery County, Utah; the Sunday Mine Complex situated in western San Miguel County, Colorado; the Van 4 mine located in western Montrose County, Colorado; the Sage mine project situated in San Juan County, Utah, and San Miguel County, Colorado; and the Dunn Project located in San Juan County, Utah. It also has interests in the Hansen, North Hansen, High Park, and Hansen Picnic Tree projects located in Fremont and Teller Counties, Colorado; the Keota uranium project situated in Weld County, Colorado; and the Ferris Haggerty project located in Carbon County, Wyoming. The company was formerly known as Western Uranium Corporation and changed its name to Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp. in October 2018. Western Uranium & Vanadium Corp. is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
About New Era Helium
New Era Helium, Inc. is an exploration and production company that sources helium produced in association with the production of natural gas reserves in North America. The company was founded in 2023 and is headquartered in Midland, TX.
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