USA Rare Earth Q3 EPS Forecast Cut by Northland Securities

USA Rare Earth Inc. (NASDAQ:USAR) – Research analysts at Northland Securities decreased their Q3 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of USA Rare Earth in a report issued on Tuesday, August 11th. Northland Securities analyst J. Grampp now expects that the company will post earnings of ($0.16) per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of ($0.12). Northland Securities currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $45.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for USA Rare Earth’s current full-year earnings is ($0.35) per share. Northland Securities also issued estimates for USA Rare Earth’s Q4 2026 earnings at ($0.16) EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at ($0.19) EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at ($0.18) EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at ($0.14) EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at ($0.15) EPS and FY2027 earnings at ($0.66) EPS.

USAR has been the subject of a number of other reports. Benchmark reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of USA Rare Earth in a report on Wednesday, June 3rd. Needham & Company LLC dropped their target price on shares of USA Rare Earth from $39.00 to $33.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, July 22nd. Roth Capital reduced their target price on shares of USA Rare Earth from $40.00 to $30.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, July 21st. Wall Street Zen upgraded USA Rare Earth from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 16th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of USA Rare Earth in a report on Tuesday. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, USA Rare Earth has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $35.83.

USA Rare Earth Stock Down 2.6%

Shares of USAR opened at $18.41 on Thursday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $19.08 and its 200-day moving average is $20.49. USA Rare Earth has a 12 month low of $11.45 and a 12 month high of $43.98. The firm has a market cap of $4.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.58 and a beta of 2.55.

USA Rare Earth (NASDAQ:USAR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 10th. The company reported ($0.15) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.07) by ($0.08). The company had revenue of $5.82 million for the quarter.

Insider Activity at USA Rare Earth

In other news, Director Carolyn Trabuco sold 13,000 shares of USA Rare Earth stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $22.77, for a total transaction of $296,010.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 18,783 shares in the company, valued at approximately $427,688.91. The trade was a 40.90% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders own 9.10% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On USA Rare Earth

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in USAR. BlackRock Inc. bought a new stake in shares of USA Rare Earth in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $335,795,000. Bayshore Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in USA Rare Earth in the 4th quarter valued at $102,378,000. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of USA Rare Earth by 533.3% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 6,036,486 shares of the company’s stock valued at $71,834,000 after acquiring an additional 5,083,288 shares during the period. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. grew its holdings in shares of USA Rare Earth by 44.0% in the 3rd quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 12,799,325 shares of the company’s stock worth $219,034,000 after purchasing an additional 3,909,455 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Inflection Point Holdings II LLC bought a new stake in USA Rare Earth during the 4th quarter worth about $37,188,000.

USA Rare Earth Company 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.