USA Rare Earth (NASDAQ:USAR) Shares Up 9.1% – What’s Next?

USA Rare Earth Inc. (NASDAQ:USAR) shot up 9.1% during mid-day trading on Friday . The stock traded as high as $25.27 and last traded at $24.77. 26,467,005 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 66% from the average session volume of 15,973,866 shares. The stock had previously closed at $22.71.

Key Headlines Impacting USA Rare Earth

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

• Positive Sentiment: Selected Fluor and WSP as EPCM partners to advance the Definitive Feasibility Study and commercialization for the Round Top project — this reduces project execution risk and signals progress toward production. USA Rare Earth Selects Fluor and WSP as EPCM Partners (GlobeNewswire)
• Positive Sentiment: Market reaction to the Fluor/WSP announcement: shares extended a multi‑day winning streak and surged after the partnership, reflecting investor enthusiasm for de‑risking and advancing Round Top. USA Rare Earth Soars 17% on New Partnership (InsiderMonkey)
• Positive Sentiment: Heavy call-option buying has been reported, indicating bullish speculative positioning that can amplify price moves on positive news. Stock Traders Purchase Large Volume of USA Rare Earth Call Options (AmericanBankingNews)
• Positive Sentiment: Project momentum at Round Top is being highlighted in market coverage as the stock goes “parabolic,” reinforcing momentum trading interest around project milestones. USA Rare Earth stock goes parabolic as Texas project gains momentum (MSN)
• Positive Sentiment: Technical strength: the stock’s Relative Strength (RS) rating was reported to jump to 91, a bullish signal that often attracts momentum traders and institutional screens. USA Rare Earth shows rising price performance with jump to 91 RS rating (MSN)
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic expansion: plans for a France-based metal and alloy facility with LCM Europe aim to strengthen ex‑China rare‑earth processing capacity — a long‑term commercial and geopolitical positive. Will USAR’s Expansion Plan in France Boost ex-China Rare-Earth Supply Chains? (Zacks)
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts and commentators are urging reassessment after strong year‑to‑date gains — highlights valuation and volatility risks despite project progress. This is cautionary but not new company news. Is It Time To Reassess USA Rare Earth After Strong Yearlong Share Price Gains (Yahoo Finance)

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Roth Mkm set a $40.00 price objective on shares of USA Rare Earth in a research note on Friday, October 10th. William Blair assumed coverage on USA Rare Earth in a research report on Monday, October 20th. They issued an “outperform” rating for the company. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of USA Rare Earth in a report on Monday, December 8th. Benchmark assumed coverage on USA Rare Earth in a report on Wednesday. They set a “buy” rating for the company. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group upped their price target on USA Rare Earth from $22.00 to $23.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 7th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $26.33.

USA Rare Earth Stock Up 9.1%

The company’s 50-day moving average is $15.26 and its two-hundred day moving average is $16.81. The company has a market capitalization of $3.29 billion, a P/E ratio of -47.63 and a beta of 0.96.

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On USA Rare Earth

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its position in USA Rare Earth by 158.2% in the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 2,324 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 1,424 shares during the last quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. grew its position in USA Rare Earth by 10,448.0% during the second quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 2,637 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,000 after acquiring an additional 2,612 shares during the last quarter. National Bank of Canada FI grew its position in USA Rare Earth by 110.0% during the third quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 2,100 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 1,100 shares during the last quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. purchased a new position in shares of USA Rare Earth during the second quarter worth approximately $38,000. Finally, KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS bought a new stake in shares of USA Rare Earth in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $69,000.

About USA Rare Earth

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.