Analysts Issue Forecasts for USA Rare Earth FY2028 Earnings

USA Rare Earth Inc. (NASDAQ:USAR) – Equities research analysts at Northland Securities issued their FY2028 earnings estimates for USA Rare Earth in a report issued on Tuesday, August 11th. Northland Securities analyst J. Grampp anticipates that the company will earn $0.01 per share for the year. Northland Securities has a “Outperform” rating and a $45.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for USA Rare Earth’s current full-year earnings is ($0.47) per share.

USA Rare Earth (NASDAQ:USAR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 10th. The company reported ($0.15) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.07) by ($0.08). The firm had revenue of $5.82 million for the quarter.

A number of other research analysts also recently issued reports on USAR. Roth Capital cut their price objective on USA Rare Earth from $40.00 to $30.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, July 21st. Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating on shares of USA Rare Earth in a research note on Wednesday, June 3rd. Canaccord Genuity Group lifted their target price on shares of USA Rare Earth from $29.00 to $32.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Needham & Company LLC cut their price target on USA Rare Earth from $39.00 to $33.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, July 22nd. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered USA Rare Earth from a “sell (d)” rating to a “sell (d-)” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, USA Rare Earth has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $35.83.

USA Rare Earth Stock Performance

NASDAQ:USAR opened at $18.61 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $18.91 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $20.45. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.15 billion, a PE ratio of -7.66 and a beta of 2.55. USA Rare Earth has a 52-week low of $11.45 and a 52-week high of $43.98.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in USAR. Sterling Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of USA Rare Earth by 29.1% in the first quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC now owns 3,676 shares of the company’s stock worth $56,000 after buying an additional 829 shares in the last quarter. Pier 88 Investment Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of USA Rare Earth by 2.5% during the 4th quarter. Pier 88 Investment Partners LLC now owns 34,700 shares of the company’s stock valued at $413,000 after acquiring an additional 840 shares during the last quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. boosted its position in shares of USA Rare Earth by 20.4% during the 4th quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 5,522 shares of the company’s stock valued at $66,000 after acquiring an additional 936 shares during the last quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC grew its holdings in shares of USA Rare Earth by 2.0% in the third quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 52,366 shares of the company’s stock valued at $900,000 after purchasing an additional 1,032 shares in the last quarter. Finally, National Bank of Canada FI grew its holdings in shares of USA Rare Earth by 110.0% in the third quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 2,100 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 1,100 shares in the last quarter.

Insider Activity at USA Rare Earth

In related news, Director Carolyn Trabuco sold 13,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $22.77, for a total transaction of $296,010.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 18,783 shares in the company, valued at approximately $427,688.91. This represents a 40.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 9.10% of the company’s stock.

USA Rare Earth News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting USA Rare Earth this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst remains bullish: Northland Securities maintained an “Outperform” rating and a $45 price target, substantially above the stock’s recent level near $18.61. The firm also projects USA Rare Earth could reach positive earnings of $0.01 per share in fiscal 2028, suggesting a longer-term profitability outlook. Analysts Are Bullish on These Materials Stocks
• Positive Sentiment: Cantor Fitzgerald issued a Buy rating: The additional bullish coverage reinforces investor optimism around USA Rare Earth’s rare-earth materials strategy and potential growth. USA Rare Earth Gets a Buy from Cantor Fitzgerald
• Neutral Sentiment: Losses are expected to persist: Northland forecasts quarterly losses of $0.16 to $0.19 per share through fiscal 2026 and the first half of fiscal 2027, with a fiscal 2027 loss of $0.66 per share. The firm expects profitability only by fiscal 2028.
• Negative Sentiment: Near-term estimate was cut: Northland lowered its fiscal third-quarter 2026 EPS forecast to a loss of $0.16 from a loss of $0.12. The revision adds pressure after USA Rare Earth’s latest reported quarterly loss of $0.15 per share exceeded the consensus loss estimate of $0.07.

About USA Rare Earth

USA Rare Earth (NASDAQ: USAR) is a development-stage critical minerals company focused on advancing a fully integrated rare earth element (REE) and lithium project in the United States. Its flagship asset is the Round Top deposit in West Texas, a large, polymetallic concentration of light and heavy rare earth elements, lithium and other co-products. The company seeks to move this asset through resource delineation, pilot-scale processing and eventual commercial production to address growing domestic demand for secure REE supply chains.

In addition to exploration, USA Rare Earth is engineering an on-site separation facility that will utilize dry magnetic separation and hydrometallurgical flowsheets to produce mixed rare earth carbonates.