Ivanhoe Electric vs USA Rare Earth
IE and USAR side by side, both in materials. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How IE and USAR compare
USA Rare Earth is the larger company, worth 1.9 times as much as Ivanhoe Electric ($2.0B against $1.1B).
USA Rare Earth keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of −717% compared with −1498% at Ivanhoe Electric.
Ivanhoe Electric scores higher on the StockData Score (3 against 1 for USA Rare Earth), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | IE | USAR |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $1.1B | $2.0B |
| Share price | $6.75 | $8.16 |
| Change, 1 year | −49.7% | −51.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.93 | 0.03 |
| Employees | 286 | 132 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 0 | 0 |
| Performance score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 338× | 124× (better) |
| P/B | 2.2× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 74.4× | – |
| FCF yield | −10.9% (better) | −23.2% |
| Fair value | $3.73 | – |
| Margin of safety | −80.9% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −13.4% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 59.0% (better) | −131% |
| Operating margin | 286% (better) | −1550% |
| Net margin | −1498% | −717% (better) |
| FCF margin | −3693% | −2864% (better) |
| Return on equity | −12.3% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 2.8% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Interest coverage | 4.0× | – |
| Current ratio | 4.37 | 6.62 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 10.67 (better) | 0.53 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | −15.3% | – |
| Shareholder yield | −15.3% | 0.00% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 74.3% | 56.5% |
| Held by insiders | 19.7% | 43.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$4.3M | $662K (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 9.0% | 42.1% |
Go deeper
- IE stock overview
- IE income statement
- IE valuation and score
- USAR stock overview
- USAR income statement
- USAR valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.