NB vs USAR vs METC Stock Comparison

Niocorp Developments, USA Rare Earth and Ramaco Resources Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
USAR USA Rare Earth, Inc.
$10.40 -31.5% 1M -51.9% 1Y
Market cap
$2.38B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
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Rare Earths Basic Materials
2 wins

Head to Head

4 decided of 12

USA Rare Earth leads on 2 of the 12 questions below (USA Rare Earth 2, Ramaco Resources 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionNBUSARMETCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $406.73M $2.38B $478.92M USAR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -8.4x -6.6x -7.7x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — — -17.7% –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — — -12.0% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — -6.9% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 16.8x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -53.4% -51.9% -77.4% USAR
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — — -13.6%/yr –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 87.8% 103.3% 85.1% METC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 44/100 45/100 METC

Percentile Scorecard

NBUSARMETC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisNBUSARMETC
Valuation 48 #84 of 162 46 #88 of 162 41 #14 of 23
Growth – 3 #142 of 147 10 #19 of 21
Profitability – 32 #83 of 122 59 #8 of 18
Financial Health 95 #10 of 164 94 #11 of 164 14 #19 of 22
Shareholder Returns – – 100 #1 of 10
Overall – 44 45
  • NB ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • USAR ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • METC ranked among 25 companies in Coal and Uranium

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodNBUSARMETCSPY
1 month -3.7%-31.5%-15.0% -0.2%
3 months -15.4%-26.0%-21.3% +3.9%
6 months -39.6%-54.3%-47.3% +8.2%
Year to date -35.7%-12.6%-57.4% +12.9%
1 year -53.4%-51.9%-77.4% +12.3%
3 years -30.1%+1.7%-35.8% +87.4%
3 years, per year -11.3%+0.6%-13.7% +23.3%
5 years ——-51.7% +67.9%
5 years, per year ——-13.6% +10.9%

Risk

MeasureNBUSARMETCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 87.8%103.3%85.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 86.6%93.9%92.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 3.434.001.34 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.61-0.50-0.91 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -82.8%-77.0%-87.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -57.2%-66.1%-77.4% -1.2%
52-week high $7.96$30.70$33.97 $779.14
52-week low $2.90$8.91$6.91 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleNBUSARMETC
P/E now vs peer median -8.4xmedian 13.3x -6.7xmedian 13.3x -8.0xmedian 28.4x
P/S now vs peer median 43.7xmedian 3.2x 437.1xmedian 3.2x 0.9xmedian 7.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 7.3x —median 7.3x 64.9xmedian 29.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median -8.9xmedian 14.7x —median 14.7x -4.3xmedian 11.0x
P/B now vs peer median 0.9xmedian 2.2x 1.0xmedian 2.2x 1.3xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.31 —median 0.31 0.21median 50.46

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsNBUSARMETC
Revenue – – $515.42M
Gross profit – – $69.82M
Operating income – -$97.10M -$72.64M
Net income – -$362.17M -$61.75M
Free cash flow – – -$114.19M
R&D – $24.96M –
EPS (diluted) – $-1.56 $-0.96
Cash & equivalents $415.00M $1.53B $282.54M
Total debt – – $452.81M
Shares (diluted) 117.21M 230.08M 64.59M
Enterprise value -$502.95M $110.72M -$793.01M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricNBUSARMETC
P/E -8.4x -6.7x -8.0x
P/FCF -8.9x – -4.3x
P/Operating cash flow – – -11.5x
P/S 43.7x 437.1x 0.9x
P/B 0.9x 1.0x 1.3x
P/Tangible book 0.9x 1.0x 1.3x
EV/EBITDA – – 64.9x
EV/EBIT – -10.4x -9.0x
EV/Revenue – – 1.3x
EV/FCF – – -5.7x
EV/Operating cash flow – – -15.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – – 0.21

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNBUSARMETC
Revenue growth (1Y) – – -17.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – – -3.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – -34.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – -28.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) – -282.3% -305.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – -40.1%
Net income growth (1Y) – -262.5% -211.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – – -41.5%
EPS growth (1Y) – -63.4% -152.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – – -38.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – – -156.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -32.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – -772.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – -131.8%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNBUSARMETC
Gross margin – – 13.5%
EBITDA margin – – 2.0%
Operating margin – – -14.1%
Pretax margin – – -14.8%
Net margin – – -12.0%
FCF margin – – -22.2%
Operating cash flow margin – – -8.2%
Return on equity – -23.9% -15.2%
Return on assets – -19.6% -5.8%
Return on invested capital – – -6.9%
Return on capital employed – -5.4% -7.7%
Asset turnover – – 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – – 0.7x
Stock comp / revenue – – 3.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNBUSARMETC
Debt / assets – – 44.2%
Debt / equity – – 1.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 16.8x
Debt / FCF – – -4.0x
Liabilities / assets 7.6% 15.4% 63.3%
Equity / assets 92.4% 84.6% 36.7%
Interest coverage – – -185.8x
Current ratio 25.4x 32.8x 4.2x
Quick ratio 25.1x 30.1x 3.2x
Cash ratio 25.1x 30.0x 2.6x
Altman Z-score – – 1.08

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNBUSARMETC
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – – 13.6%
Shareholder yield – – 13.6%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusNBUSARMETC
EPS, next fiscal year $-0.22FY2027 $-0.56FY2026 $-0.91FY2026
Revenue, next fiscal year $0.00FY2027 $72.57MFY2026 $535.87MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +4,324.7%FY2026 -0.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +719.4% +37.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNBUSARMETC
Held by institutions 33.4% 60.0% 70.2%
Institutions holding 213 392 200
Change in shares held, QoQ -7.0% +8.2% -5.7%
Institutions buying 121 271 106
Institutions selling 44 64 48
Buyers to sellers 2.75 4.23 2.21

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

NBUSARMETC
NB 1.00 0.76 0.55
USAR 0.76 1.00 0.50
METC 0.55 0.50 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, NB, USAR and METC?

USA Rare Earth (USAR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Niocorp Developments (NB) $406.73M, USA Rare Earth (USAR) $2.38B, Ramaco Resources (METC) $478.92M.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year USA Rare Earth (USAR) returned the most: Niocorp Developments (NB) -53.4%, USA Rare Earth (USAR) -51.9%, Ramaco Resources (METC) -77.4%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Ramaco Resources (METC) has been the steadiest (Niocorp Developments (NB) 87.8%, USA Rare Earth (USAR) 103.3%, Ramaco Resources (METC) 85.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, NB, USAR and METC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, USA Rare Earth (USAR) leads on 2. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.