Head to Head Comparison: Western Uranium (WSTRF) vs. Its Competitors

Profitability

This table compares Western Uranium and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Western Uranium	-5,854.39%	-34.27%	-30.05%
Western Uranium Competitors	-976.23%	-12.49%	-5.16%

Risk and Volatility

Western Uranium has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Western Uranium’s peers have a beta of 0.49, meaning that their average stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

14.4% of Western Uranium shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.9% of shares of all “MINING – MISC” companies are held by institutional investors. 17.7% of Western Uranium shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of shares of all “MINING – MISC” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Western Uranium and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Western Uranium	$180,000.00	-$10.11 million	-3.35
Western Uranium Competitors	$8.55 billion	$464.40 million	-2.96

Western Uranium’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Western Uranium. Western Uranium is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Western Uranium peers beat Western Uranium on 7 of the 9 factors compared.

Western Uranium Company Profile

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.