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How USA Rare Earth, Inc. stacks up
USAR · against 320 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Valuation
20/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #294 of 321 · scores higher than 8% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score25 peers with a valuation score of 20–29, including USAR · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 20?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly because of its earnings yield and free cash flow yield, which are weaker than most Basic Materials peers.
- Cash exceeds market value plus debt, so EBITDA yield is not meaningful and is left out.
- Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price. Earnings yield: -8.7% vs peer median 3.6%
- Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price. Free cash flow yield: -7.5% vs peer median 2.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = USAR, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | USAR | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 317 reported | -30.9% | 4.7% | 1% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 325 reported | -79.5% | 9.8% | 0% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 93 reported | -7.5% | 3.9% | 7% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 309 reported | 98.9% | 54.5% | 81% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around USAR| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.73T KRW (≈$2.0B) | 99 | 57 | |
| 1 | 2.6B USD | 99 | 81 | |
| 3 | 69.8B ZAR (≈$3.8B) | 98 | 76 | |
| 3 | 5.3B USD | 98 | 81 | |
| 3 | 4.7B AUD (≈$3.1B) | 98 | 87 | |
| 287 | 2.0B USD | 22 | 29 | |
| 291 | 32.9B CNY (≈$4.6B) | 21 | 64 | |
| 291 | 506.8B INR (≈$6.1B) | 21 | 45 | |
| 291 | 2.7B EUR (≈$3.0B) | 21 | 15 | |
| 294 | 3.3B USD | 20 | 38 | |
| 295 | 20.9B CNY (≈$2.9B) | 19 | 30 | |
| 296 | 18.6B CNY (≈$2.6B) | 18 | 55 | |
| 296 | 17.3B CNY (≈$2.4B) | 18 | 44 | |
| 296 | 22.8B CNY (≈$3.2B) | 18 | 65 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score