On the stock market since 2000, it operates in the world of raw materials. It has 101 employees. Now — the numbers.
The company is still in the product-building phase: its spending runs above its sales. That only changes once the product starts selling at scale.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
Average growth of 50% a year over the last 4 years. Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.
Before the clock runs out, either sales must climb sharply or new money must come in. For now, time is on the company’s side.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Debt is low and cash is strong; the finances stand solid.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly below the class average.
Business Quality: Profit power and business quality trail similar companies in the sector.
Valuation: The stock trades at a price that looks expensive next to its earnings; that can cap future returns.
An investor who bought at the very peak is down 70% today. The business is the same; what changed most is the price — and the expectations — the market pins on it.
Over the last 3 years, sales grew about 53% a year on average.
Sales run at $39.3M a year. A small number, but proof the product has real buyers.
There is $30.5M in the vault; even if every debt were paid off, $30.3M would remain.
A loss of $4.3M against $39.3M in annual sales.
Measured against its sector, the quality of the business sits below the class average. Report-card grade: 8/100.
Today’s price already includes part of tomorrow’s optimism. Report-card grade: 10/100.
On our five-subject report card, UAMY sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: UAMY 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 (10/100) says the stock isn’t cheap.