Westwater Resources, Inc. (WWR)Basic Materials | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | Centennial, United States | NYSE American
0.58 USD
-0.02
(-2.759%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 0.58 0.00 (-0.002%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:55 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:01 a.m. EDT
The investment case here is fundamentally broken. While the company boasts a 'strong buy' analyst recommendation and a lofty $3.00 price target, these figures are disconnected from the reality of a business generating negative free cash flow, negative operating cash flow, and negative returns on both assets and equity. The stock has erased nearly 99% of its value over the last decade, a structural decline confirmed by seven consecutive years of negative annual returns. The recent price action shows volatility but remains trapped well below its moving averages, indicating a lack of genuine buying interest. The options market confirms this pessimism, with traders stacking massive amounts of puts to hedge against further collapse. There is no dividend to provide income, and the balance sheet offers no safety net given the ongoing cash burn. The analyst optimism appears to be pricing in a miraculous turnaround in construction execution and cost control that the current financial statements do not yet reflect. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.142816 |
| MSTL | 0.145443 |
| AutoTheta | 0.163954 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.209002 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 33% |
| H-stat | 5.20 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.247 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.73 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 1.339 |
| Market Cap | 74,310,472 |
| Forward P/E | -19.27 |
| Beta | 1.61 |
| Website | https://westwaterresources.net |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:01 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioning for downside protection rather than upside participation. Put open interest is massive relative to calls, particularly at the $1.00 strike where deep out-of-the-money puts dominate the order book. This heavy put weight suggests a consensus expectation of significant further decline, likely testing the $0.38 lows, despite some speculative call activity at lower strikes.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.2625 |
| Address1 | 6,950 South Potomac Street |
| Address2 | Suite 300 |
| All Time High | 90,000.0 |
| All Time Low | 0.25 |
| Ask | 0.5769 |
| Ask Size | 300 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,540,880 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 3,511,080 |
| Average Volume | 3,511,080 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,540,880 |
| Beta | 1.607 |
| Bid | 0.5753 |
| Bid Size | 500 |
| Book Value | 1.539 |
| City | Centennial |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 0.578 |
| Current Ratio | 5.136 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 0.6089 |
| Day Low | 0.5709 |
| Debt To Equity | 1.339 |
| Display Name | Westwater Resources |
| Dividend Date | 1,555,977,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,633,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,633,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,365,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,794,486,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,794,486,600 |
| Ebitda | -16,501,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.0 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -2.332 |
| Enterprise Value | 38,478,472 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.12 |
| Eps Forward | -0.03 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.29 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | ASE |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 0.4976 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.08040002 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.1615756 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -26.249998 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 3.75 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -3.172 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.8458666 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 0.38 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.19800001 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.52105266 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 0.38 - 3.75 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 884,615,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 122,835,984 |
| Forward Eps | -0.03 |
| Forward P E | -19.266668 |
| Free Cashflow | -17,560,750 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE American |
| Full Time Employees | 20 |
| Fullday Change | -0.0164 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -2.75908 |
| Fullday Price | 0.5765 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.0 |
| Gross Profits | -39,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.053740002 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.12205 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 128,564,833 |
| Industry | Other Industrial Metals & Mining |
| Industry Disp | Other Industrial Metals & Mining |
| Industry Key | other-industrial-metals-mining |
| Ir Website | http://urre.client.shareholder.com/ |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,555,977,600 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:50 |
| Long Business Summary | Westwater Resources, Inc., an energy technology company, focuses on developing battery-grade natural graphite materials in the United States. It primarily holds interests in the Coosa Graphite project covering an area of approximately 41,965 acres situated in east-central Alabama, near the western end of Coosa County; and the Kellyton Graphite plant located near Kellyton, Alabama. The company was formerly known as Uranium Resources, Inc. and changed its name to Westwater Resources, Inc. in August 2017. The company was incorporated in 1977 and is headquartered in Centennial, Colorado. |
| Long Name | Westwater Resources, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 74,310,472 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_311174 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -29,771,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 76,418,936 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 0.6089 |
| Operating Cashflow | -11,772,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.0 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | -1.39 |
| Phone | 303 531 0516 |
| Post Market Change | -0.0015000105 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.25951737 |
| Post Market Price | 0.5765 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,315 |
| Previous Close | 0.5944 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -4.816667 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.37556854 |
| Profit Margins | 0.0 |
| Quick Ratio | 5.051 |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.0164 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -2.75908 |
| Regular Market Day High | 0.6089 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 0.5709 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 0.5709 - 0.6089 |
| Regular Market Open | 0.6089 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 0.5944 |
| Regular Market Price | 0.578 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 776,386 |
| Return On Assets | -0.06435 |
| Return On Equity | -0.19096 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Sector Disp | Basic Materials |
| Sector Key | basic-materials |
| Shares Outstanding | 128,564,833 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0379 |
| Shares Short | 4,873,218 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,284,364 |
| Short Name | Westwater Resources, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.039300002 |
| Short Ratio | 0.65 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CO |
| Symbol | WWR |
| Target High Price | 3.0 |
| Target Low Price | 1.5 |
| Target Mean Price | 2.16667 |
| Target Median Price | 2.0 |
| Total Cash | 38,202,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.297 |
| Total Debt | 2,370,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.29 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 0.727 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.14899999 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.20495184 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 776,386 |
| Website | https://westwaterresources.net |
| Zip | 80,112 |