
USA Rare Earth, Inc.
- Growing?
- Yes: revenue went from $0 in FY22 to $2M in FY25.
- Expensive?
- Price-to-sales (P/S) 187×. Above the peer median of 7.4x. The market pays more per $1 of revenue than for peers.
- Analysts?
- 100% of 9 say buy; average 12-month target $35.13, 335% above today's price.
- Risky?
- Much swingier than most large companies: its price swung 105% over the past year (the S&P 500's 14%), and it fell as much as 81% since Jul 2023.
USA Rare Earth, Inc. (Nasdaq: USAR) is developing a vertically integrated U.S. “mine-to-magnet” supply chain centered on rare earth materials, rare earth metals/alloys (via its Less Common Metals subsidiary), and NdFeB (neodymium-iron-boron) permanent magnet manufacturing, including operations in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
More about USA Rare Earth
The business model is primarily B2B, monetizing through sales of magnets and magnet-related products (and, over time, broader value-chain products such as alloys) as commercial production scales.
Market Position
USAR positions itself as an ex-China supplier targeting customers seeking domestic/secure sourcing for critical magnet applications, with differentiation anchored in vertical integration (materials → alloys → magnets) and manufacturing scale-up in the U.S. Its competitive set overlaps with U.S.-listed rare earth/materials players and emerging domestic supply-chain efforts, but pure-play public U.S. NdFeB magnet manufacturers remain limited.
How has the stock done?
Over the past month USAR fell 31.7%; the materials ETF (XLB) rose 5.9% and the S&P 500 fell 2.7%.
Over the past six months USAR fell 68.4%; the materials ETF (XLB) rose 0.4% and the S&P 500 rose 2.6%.
Over the past year USAR fell 52.3%; the materials ETF (XLB) rose 18.8% and the S&P 500 rose 10.8%.
From Oct 13, 2025 to Nov 5, 2026, the deepest drop from a high since Jul 2023
How much the price swings in a year; the S&P 500's was 14%
When the S&P 500 moves 1%, the stock has moved about 3.8% the same way
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| Released | Quarter | Revenue | EPS vs estimate | Stock, day after | 5 days after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | ended Jun 2026 | $5.8M | −$0.15 vs −$0.13 (missed) | −2.2% | −0.2% |
| May 13, 2026 | ended Mar 2026 | $5.7M | −$0.12 vs −$0.23 (beat) | −2.8% | −11.7% |
| Mar 30, 2026 | ended Dec 2025 | — | −$0.19 vs −$0.14 (missed) | −1.8% | −5.1% |
Change in closing price from the first day shown, or with Price the closing price itself. Prices: Yahoo Finance, to Nov 12, 2026. Dashed lines: the days the company released earnings (its SEC 8-K filings); EPS estimates: Yahoo Finance. The stock's move after a release runs from the last close before its day to the close the day after (or five days after), so a release before the open counts like one after the close.
Is the business growing?
Revenue was $5.8M in the quarter ended Jun 2026.
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| Quarter ended | Revenue | vs a year earlier |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2025 | $0 | — |
| Jun 2025 | $0 | — |
| Mar 2026 | $5.7M | — |
| Jun 2026 | $5.8M | — |
Revenue went from $0 in FY22 to $2M in FY25; net income from −$24M to −$298M.
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| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income |
|---|---|---|
| FY22 | $0 | −$24M |
| FY23 | $0 | −$7M |
| FY24 | $0 | −$16M |
| FY25 | $2M | −$298M |
A year earlier −$1.54
Diluted, from SEC filings
Quarters: USA Rare Earth, Inc.'s SEC filings, named by the month they end. Fiscal years: USA Rare Earth, Inc.'s annual reports to the SEC; FY22, FY23: Yahoo Finance.
How it makes money
The company loses $18110.7 for every $100 of revenue. Operating expenses exceed all of gross profit.
Each margin is that line of the income statement divided by revenue. Fiscal year: USA Rare Earth, Inc.'s annual reports to the SEC; FY22, FY23: Yahoo Finance, operating income as filed with the SEC where its quarters cover the year.
How long can the cash last?
USA Rare Earth had $1.5B in cash and short-term investments at the end of Jun 2026. It burned $246M over the last four quarters (operating cash flow minus capital spending), so at that pace the cash lasts about 25 quarters.
Cash and short-term investments over the average quarterly burn
Operating cash flow minus capital spending
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| Quarter ended | Cash and short-term investments | Free cash flow | Raised selling shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2024 | $119K | −$4.3M | — |
| Sep 2024 | $141K | −$2.4M | — |
| Dec 2024 | $17M | −$4.4M | — |
| Mar 2025 | $23M | −$12M | — |
| Jun 2025 | $122M | −$11M | — |
| Sep 2025 | $258M | −$10M | — |
| Dec 2025 | $360M | −$52M | — |
| Mar 2026 | $1.7B | −$57M | — |
| Jun 2026 | $1.5B | −$127M | — |
From USA Rare Earth, Inc.'s SEC filings: cash and cash equivalents plus short-term investments (none where none is filed) at each quarter end; free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital spending; shares are each quarter's diluted weighted average as filed, since the stock's listing and its latest split (a 10-K gives no fourth-quarter figure). Shown while the last four quarters' operating cash flow and net income are both negative.
Customers and suppliers
In its latest annual report USA Rare Earth buys from Fluor, WSP Global, OTB and 1 more; sells to Permag, Arnold Magnetic Technologies; two customers it does not name account for 73% and 18% of its revenue. Since then its 8-K filings name TC Liberty Development as a supplier (Jun 2, 2026).
Their suppliers
Suppliers
Customers
USA Rare Earth's 10-Q for the quarter to Jun 2026 gives four customers' shares of its revenue: Customer Two (29%), Customer One (26%), Customer Three (23%) and Customer Four (18%). Separately, it gives a group of customers: All Other Customers (3%).
Show the filings' numbers
| Period | Customer | Share of revenue | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year ended Dec 2025 | Customer One | 73% | 10-K filed Mar 30, 2026 |
| Year ended Dec 2025 | Customer Two | 18% | 10-K filed Mar 30, 2026 |
| Year ended Dec 2025 | All Other Customers (group) | 9% | 10-K filed Mar 30, 2026 |
| Quarter ended Mar 2026 | Customer One | 49% | 10-Q filed May 14, 2026 |
| Quarter ended Mar 2026 | Customer Three | 16% | 10-Q filed May 14, 2026 |
| Quarter ended Mar 2026 | Customer Two | 16% | 10-Q filed May 14, 2026 |
| Quarter ended Mar 2026 | Customer Four | 13% | 10-Q filed May 14, 2026 |
| Quarter ended Jun 2026 | Customer Two | 29% | 10-Q filed Aug 10, 2026 |
| Quarter ended Jun 2026 | Customer One | 26% | 10-Q filed Aug 10, 2026 |
| Quarter ended Jun 2026 | Customer Three | 23% | 10-Q filed Aug 10, 2026 |
| Quarter ended Jun 2026 | Customer Four | 18% | 10-Q filed Aug 10, 2026 |
| Quarter ended Jun 2026 | All Other Customers (group) | 3% | 10-Q filed Aug 10, 2026 |
From USA Rare Earth, Inc.'s 10-Q and 10-K filings (XBRL): each customer whose share of revenue a filing tags, under the filing's own label, so “Customer A” in one filing can be another company in the next; a later filing's figures for a period replace an earlier one's. A dash is a group of customers the filing gives (a government's agencies, the largest customers together, all the others): it can include the customers beside it, so the shares need not add up. Rings are fiscal years: a 10-K gives the year, not its fourth quarter.
Partners
Changes since the previous annual report (10-K filed Mar 31, 2025)
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| Company | Role | In the filing's words |
|---|---|---|
| TMRC | partner · joint venture with it | “Round Top Mountain Development (“RTMD”) is our joint venture with Texas Mineral Resources Corporation (“TMRC”) that is driving the research and development of the Round Top Project. As of December 31, 2025, we held an 81.3% interest and TMRC held the remaining 18.7% interest in RTMD.” |
| Solvay | partner | “Less Common Metals has a strategic partnership with Solvay SA (“Solvay”), a multinational chemical company, to supply rare earth metals to Permag LLC, a leader in high-precision magnets and magnetic assemblies, and Arnold Magnetic Technologies Corporation, a producer of advanced permanent magnets.” |
| Permag | customer | “Less Common Metals has a strategic partnership with Solvay SA (“Solvay”), a multinational chemical company, to supply rare earth metals to Permag LLC, a leader in high-precision magnets and magnetic assemblies, and Arnold Magnetic Technologies Corporation, a producer of advanced permanent magnets.” |
| Arnold Magnetic Technologies | customer | “Less Common Metals has a strategic partnership with Solvay SA (“Solvay”), a multinational chemical company, to supply rare earth metals to Permag LLC, a leader in high-precision magnets and magnetic assemblies, and Arnold Magnetic Technologies Corporation, a producer of advanced permanent magnets.” |
| Fluor | supplier | “The pilots’ results will form the basis of our pre-feasibility study (“PFS”), which is currently underway and has been contracted to Fluor Corporation and WSP Global Inc. and is expected to be completed in the second half of 2026.” |
| WSP Global | supplier | “The pilots’ results will form the basis of our pre-feasibility study (“PFS”), which is currently underway and has been contracted to Fluor Corporation and WSP Global Inc. and is expected to be completed in the second half of 2026.” |
| OTB | supplier | “Pursuant to that certain marketing services agreement, dated March 17, 2025, by and between the Company and Outside the Box Capital Inc. (“OTB”), the Company issued 25,000 shares of Common Stock to OTB on April 15, 2025 as consideration for certain marketing services.” |
| Customer 1 (unnamed) | customer | “Customer 1 73 %” |
| Customer 2 (unnamed) | customer | “Customer 2 18 %” |
| Vendor 1 (unnamed) | supplier | “Vendor 1 81 %” |
| Hatch | partner · invested in USA Rare Earth | “Upon closing of the Merger, the Hatch’s 0.68 million USARE LLC Class A common units converted into 0.14 million shares of Common Stock.” |
| Collective Capital Management | partner · invested in USA Rare Earth | “On January 31, 2025, the Company and certain accredited investors, including USARE LLC Class A-2 Convertible Preferred Unit investors, Mr. Blitzer, and Collective Capital Management LLC entered into SPAs for such investors to purchase (i) USARE LLC Class A-2 Convertible Preferred Units and (ii) USARE LLC Class A Preferred Investor Warrants for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $15.3 million which closed on February 3, 2025.” |
| Inflection Point Fund | partner · invested in USA Rare Earth | “On March 11, 2025, Inflection Point entered into that certain securities purchase agreement with Inflection Point Fund, an affiliate of Michael Blitzer and the Sponsor, pursuant to which, at the Closing, Inflection Point Fund purchased 294,118 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and a Preferred Investor Warrant initially exercisable for 294,118 shares for an aggregate purchase price of $3,000,000.” |
| IP Freedom Fund | partner · invested in USA Rare Earth | “Michael Blitzer, the Chairman of our Board, is a member of the investment committee of Inflection Point Freedom Fund LP (“IP Freedom Fund”), one of our recent PIPE investors....IP Freedom Fund purchased 13,955,000 shares of Common Stock in a PIPE, for an aggregate purchase price of $300,032,500.” |
| Bayshore Rare Earths II | partner · invested in USA Rare Earth | “In September and October of 2023, Bayshore Rare Earths II, LLC, an entity beneficially owned by Tready Smith, purchased 2,889,839 USARE Class C-1 Convertible Preferred Units for an aggregate of $5.0 million and The Critical Mineral Trust, an entity beneficially owned by Mordechai Gutnick, purchased 2,889,839 USARE Class C-1 Convertible Preferred Units for an aggregate of $5.0 million, in each case at a price per unit of $1.7302.” |
| The Critical Mineral Trust | partner · invested in USA Rare Earth | “In September and October of 2023, Bayshore Rare Earths II, LLC, an entity beneficially owned by Tready Smith, purchased 2,889,839 USARE Class C-1 Convertible Preferred Units for an aggregate of $5.0 million and The Critical Mineral Trust, an entity beneficially owned by Mordechai Gutnick, purchased 2,889,839 USARE Class C-1 Convertible Preferred Units for an aggregate of $5.0 million, in each case at a price per unit of $1.7302.” |
| TC Liberty Development (8-K filed Jun 2, 2026) | supplier | “On June 1, 2026, USA Rare Earth, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Lease Agreement (the “Lease”) with TC Liberty Development, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Landlord”), for the lease of a to-be-constructed specialty rare earth magnet manufacturing facility located on Bear Den Road in Blacksburg, Cherokee County, South Carolina (the “Premises”).” |
Only the companies USA Rare Earth names in its 10-K filed Mar 30, 2026 (SEC) and in the 8-Ks it filed since, each with its date. The supply chain joins the latest annual reports of the companies on it and the 8-Ks they filed since: a link shows when either side's report names the other, so it grows as more reports are read. Hover a name for the filing's own words. Customers it does not name are listed as the filing describes them.
Is it expensive?
A P/E is not available, so we look at price-to-sales instead: 187x, above the peer median of 7.4x.
Above the peer median of 7.4x. The market pays more per $1 of revenue than for peers.
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| Company | Price-to-sales (P/S) |
|---|---|
| SSMR · Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining Company | 4565× |
| USAR · USA Rare Earth, Inc. | 187× |
| MP · MP Materials Corp. | 12.9× |
| MTRN · Materion Corporation | 2.0× |
| NEXA · Nexa Resources S.A. | 0.4× |
| ALM · Almonty Industries Inc. | — |
USA Rare Earth, Inc. has very small earnings, so P/E would be misleading. We use price-to-sales instead: market cap as a multiple of revenue.
What analysts expect
The average analyst price target is $35.13, 335% above the current price; 100% of 9 analysts rate it a buy; earnings beat estimates in 1 of the last 4 quarters.
Buy or Strong Buy: 9 analysts (100%). Sell or Strong Sell: 0.
Over the past year the average of the analysts' latest price targets went from $18.00 to $28.50 (+58%), while USAR went from $14.85 to $8.07 (−46%). In the past three months targets were cut once and never raised. No firm upgraded or downgraded it over the year.
Show every change
| Date | Firm | Change | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 2026 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Target cut | Overweight | $30.00, was $40.00 |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Jefferies | Began coverage | Buy | $21.00 |
| Jul 22, 2026 | Needham | Target cut | Buy | $33.00, was $39.00 |
| Jul 21, 2026 | Roth Capital | Target cut | Buy | $30.00, was $40.00 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Needham | Began coverage | Buy | $39.00 |
| May 14, 2026 | Wedbush | Target kept | Outperform | $35.00 |
| May 14, 2026 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Target raised | Overweight | $35.00, was $30.00 |
| May 12, 2026 | Wedbush | Target raised | Outperform | $35.00, was $29.00 |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Canaccord Genuity | Target raised | Buy | $32.00, was $29.00 |
| Apr 20, 2026 | Wedbush | Began coverage | Outperform | $29.00 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Canaccord Genuity | Target cut | Buy | $29.00, was $33.00 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Target raised | Overweight | $35.00, was $28.00 |
| Jan 27, 2026 | Roth Capital | Target raised | Buy | $35.00, was $25.00 |
| Jan 27, 2026 | Canaccord Genuity | Target raised | Buy | $33.00, was $23.00 |
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| Quarter | Estimate | Reported | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec ’25 | −$0.14 | −$0.19 | −35.7% |
| Mar ’26 | −$0.23 | −$0.12 | +47.8% |
| Jun ’26 | −$0.13 | −$0.15 | −15.4% |
| Sep ’26 | −$0.15 | −$0.44 | −193.3% |
The day after each of these reports the stock moved −1.8% (Dec 2025, missed); −2.8% (Mar 2026, beat); −2.2% (Jun 2026, missed).
For the quarter ending Dec 2026, analysts expect an adjusted loss of $0.10 a share, against a loss of $0.19 a year earlier, and revenue of $45M. For the fiscal year ending Dec 2027, they expect revenue of $713M, up 933% on the year before's estimate.
Adjusted. Dec 2025: a loss of $0.19; range −$0.13 to −$0.06; 3 analysts
Range $31M to $65M; 6 analysts
The year to Dec 2026: $69M expected; range $484M to $1.0B; 6 analysts
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| Period | Figure | Expected | Low to high | Analysts | A year earlier | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarter ending Dec 2026 | EPS (adjusted) | −$0.10 | −$0.13 to −$0.06 | 3 | −$0.19 (Dec 2025) | — |
| Quarter ending Dec 2026 | Revenue | $45M | $31M to $65M | 6 | — | — |
| Quarter ending Mar 2027 | EPS (adjusted) | $0.06 | −$0.01 to $0.13 | 2 | −$0.12 (Mar 2026) | — |
| Quarter ending Mar 2027 | Revenue | $122M | $66M to $194M | 5 | $5.7M (Mar 2026) | +2049% |
| Year ending Dec 2026 | Revenue | $69M | $48M to $108M | 7 | — | — |
| Year ending Dec 2027 | Revenue | $713M | $484M to $1.0B | 6 | $69M (expected, year to Dec 2026) | +933% |
Targets, ratings and earnings estimates: Yahoo Finance. Rating and target changes: Yahoo Finance's list of upgrades and downgrades. The average target on each day is the average of every listed firm's latest target set in the 180 days before it, so it counts fewer analysts than the average target above, and the band is the middle half of those targets (a quarter of the firms are above it, a quarter below); a target set before a stock split is divided by the split. Expected figures: the average of the analysts' estimates (Yahoo Finance). Their EPS is adjusted, as analysts estimate it, so it is set against the adjusted EPS Yahoo reports for the same quarters, not the GAAP EPS of the growth and valuation sections; revenue against the SEC filings. No change is given against a quarter whose reported EPS was more than 50% off its own estimate (often a one-off gain or charge), nor against a year that counts one. Each estimate is pinned to its fiscal period by the report date or the period's end, and one that cannot be is left out.
Where the cash goes
Capex of $140M exceeds operating cash flow of −$106M, leaving free cash flow of −$246M. The gap has to be covered with cash on hand or borrowing.
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| Line | Amount |
|---|---|
| Op. cash flow | −$106M |
| Capex | −$140M |
| Free cash flow | −$246M |
| Dividends | — |
| Buybacks | — |
| Cash retained | −$246M |
Free cash flow is negative, so the company is burning cash.
No dividend today; cash goes to growth and share buybacks.
Free cash flow: operating cash flow minus capital spending on property, plant and equipment, from SEC filings.
Financial health
Current ratio 10.2, no pressure to repay short-term debt; debt-to-equity 0.0, debt is very low and the balance sheet is solid.
Assets that can be turned into cash soon are 10.2x what is owed within a year. 1.5 or higher is comfortable; below 1 needs watching.
For every $1 of shareholder funds, there is $0.0 of debt (leases not counted). The higher the number, the more pressure when the economy weakens.
Cash and short-term investments of $360M against debt of $2M. Lease obligations of $1M are not counted: they are rent owed, not money borrowed.
Latest fiscal year balance sheet. Source: Yahoo Finance.
What did the funds Hunch tracks do?
Of the 83 funds whose 13F filings Hunch reads, 6 held USAR at the end of their latest quarter (for most, Q2 2026). Over that quarter 4 added shares, 1 cut, 1 sold all and 1 held the same. The largest of them is Renaissance Technologies, 2.98M shares worth $42.0M at Sep 30, 2026, 24.6% fewer than a quarter earlier.
Over their latest quarter
1 of them sold all
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| Fund | Quarter | Shares | Value | Change in shares | Change | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renaissance Technologies | Q3 2026 | 2.98M | $42.0M | −970,500 | −25% | Nov 12, 2026 |
| Korea Investment | Q2 2026 | 839,126 | $18.1M | +384,267 | +84% | Aug 12, 2026 |
| UNICOM Systems | Q3 2026 | 459,374 | $6.5M | 0 | 0.0% | Oct 13, 2026 |
| Swiss National Bank | Q3 2026 | 383,400 | $5.4M | +33,500 | +9.6% | Nov 12, 2026 |
| Bridgewater Associates | Q2 2026 | 186,950 | $4.0M | +12,486 | +7.2% | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Tudor Investment Corp Et Al | Q2 2026 | 0 | — | −84,550 | Sold all | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Soros Fund Management | Q2 2026 | 31,221 | $674K | +10,230 | +49% | Aug 14, 2026 |
From the 13F filings of the 83 funds Hunch tracks, not of every institution: each fund's shares of USAR at its latest quarter end against the quarter before, as filed (long positions only, options left out), the quarter before put on the latest quarter's share count across a split. A fund files 45 days after its quarter ends, so some have a newer quarter than others. Value is at the quarter end.