NioCorp explores and develops mineral deposits in North America. The company focuses on the Elk Creek niobium/scandium/titanium project in Nebraska. Now — the numbers.
The company is still in the product-building phase: its spending runs far above its sales. That only changes once the product starts selling at scale.
Before the clock runs out, either sales must climb sharply or new money must come in. This is the most critical line in the whole picture.
Executives buying with their own money is usually read as confidence in the company’s future.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Clearly below the class average.
A solid grade overall — yet the debt outweighs the cash. The strength here comes from earnings power.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Price Momentum: The stock has lagged the market in recent months; investor interest is weak right now.
Growth: Sales growth trails the sector average.
angles, checked one by one.
The 2 that stand out are on screen; the rest came back neutral.
The council scores out of 10; report-card grades are out of 100.
Profit per Sale: The profit kept from each sale is thin.
An investor who bought at the very peak is down 67% today. The business is the same; what changed most is the price — and the expectations — the market pins on it.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 34 buys and 3 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
A loss of $16.3M against $0 in annual sales.
At the current pace of spending, the cash lasts about 1.6 years. After that, the company needs to find new money.
On our five-subject report card, NB sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: NB is a high-risk stock — not yet profitable, and its future rides on its product catching on.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.
Analysts’ average target sits above today’s price, yet the valuation grade (35/100) says the stock isn’t cheap.
Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.