Pier 88 Investment Partners LLC Has $582,000 Stock Position in USA Rare Earth Inc. $USAR

Pier 88 Investment Partners LLC cut its stake in shares of USA Rare Earth Inc. (NASDAQ:USAR) by 36.9% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 33,860 shares of the company’s stock after selling 19,800 shares during the period. Pier 88 Investment Partners LLC’s holdings in USA Rare Earth were worth $582,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Altfest L J & Co. Inc. acquired a new position in shares of USA Rare Earth in the third quarter valued at approximately $13,554,000. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in USA Rare Earth by 2,437.5% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 653,290 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,160,000 after buying an additional 627,545 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in USA Rare Earth by 465.7% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 242,726 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,659,000 after buying an additional 199,819 shares in the last quarter. Sovran Advisors LLC bought a new position in USA Rare Earth during the 3rd quarter worth $3,832,000. Finally, Calamos Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of USA Rare Earth during the third quarter worth $3,283,000.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

USAR has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Roth Mkm reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $35.00 price target on shares of USA Rare Earth in a research report on Monday. Canaccord Genuity Group increased their target price on shares of USA Rare Earth from $22.00 to $23.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 7th. Benchmark assumed coverage on shares of USA Rare Earth in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. They set a “buy” rating on the stock. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of USA Rare Earth in a research note on Monday, December 8th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of USA Rare Earth in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $24.67.

USA Rare Earth Stock Performance

Shares of USAR stock opened at $26.72 on Tuesday. USA Rare Earth Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $5.56 and a fifty-two week high of $43.98. The company has a market cap of $3.54 billion, a PE ratio of -51.38 and a beta of 0.96. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $15.71 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $17.13.

USA Rare Earth (NASDAQ:USAR) last released its earnings results on Thursday, November 6th. The company reported ($0.25) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.06) by ($0.19).

USA Rare Earth News Roundup

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

• Positive Sentiment: U.S. government-backed LOI for ~ $1.6B (senior loan + grants) and an implied ~10% equity stake — the Department of Commerce/CHIPS program letter of intent provides a large, explicit funding commitment and government validation that reduces execution risk for USAR’s mine-to-magnet plan. Washington’s $1.6B Endorsement Turns USA Rare Earth Into a Force
• Positive Sentiment: $1.5B PIPE anchored by institutional investors (Inflection Point) brings total committed liquidity to >$3.1B — funds are intended to accelerate Round Top and the Stillwater magnet plant (Line 1a commissioning underway, commercial targets advanced). Press release
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic positioning: Round Top’s heavy rare earths (dysprosium, terbium) are critical for high‑temperature magnets used in defense and aerospace — government backing signals strong policy support and potential durable demand. CNBC coverage
• Neutral Sentiment: Investor outreach: company held shareholder/analyst calls and posted transcripts/presentation material — useful for technical and timeline details but not a fresh catalyst beyond the funding news. Call presentation
• Neutral Sentiment: CEO public comments describe prior outreach to Commerce/DOE that led to the LOI — provides color on relationship-building but does not guarantee final terms. CEO interview
• Negative Sentiment: The agreement is a non‑binding LOI subject to conditions and final documentation — funding could be delayed, altered, or not finalized; markets have already priced in much of the upside, raising execution risk. Reuters report
• Negative Sentiment: Potential dilution and long timeline to meaningful revenue — USAR remains largely pre‑revenue, has recent quarterly EPS misses, and the business will require years to reach commercial production, so valuation and volatility remain high.

USA Rare Earth Profile

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.