USA Rare Earth Sees Unusually Large Options Volume (NASDAQ:USAR)

USA Rare Earth Inc. (NASDAQ:USAR) saw unusually large options trading on Wednesday. Stock investors acquired 96,043 call options on the stock. This represents an increase of approximately 69% compared to the average volume of 56,944 call options.

Insider Transactions at USA Rare Earth

In other news, Director Michael Blitzer acquired 100,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, January 29th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $21.44 per share, with a total value of $2,144,000.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 847,500 shares in the company, valued at approximately $18,170,400. This trade represents a 13.38% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Carolyn Trabuco acquired 1,300 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 29th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $22.60 per share, with a total value of $29,380.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 1,300 shares in the company, valued at approximately $29,380. The trade was a ∞ increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase is available in the SEC filing. 46.60% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On USA Rare Earth

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. increased its holdings in shares of USA Rare Earth by 44.0% in the 3rd quarter. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. now owns 12,799,325 shares of the company’s stock valued at $219,034,000 after purchasing an additional 3,909,455 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in USA Rare Earth by 533.3% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 6,036,486 shares of the company’s stock worth $71,834,000 after buying an additional 5,083,288 shares during the period. UBS Group AG increased its holdings in USA Rare Earth by 10.2% in the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,279,378 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,225,000 after buying an additional 118,812 shares in the last quarter. Altfest L J & Co. Inc. lifted its position in shares of USA Rare Earth by 53.9% during the 4th quarter. Altfest L J & Co. Inc. now owns 1,213,854 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,445,000 after acquiring an additional 425,377 shares during the period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of USA Rare Earth by 2,437.5% during the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 653,290 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,160,000 after acquiring an additional 627,545 shares in the last quarter.

USA Rare Earth Stock Performance

NASDAQ USAR opened at $25.97 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $17.02 and its two-hundred day moving average is $17.56. USA Rare Earth has a one year low of $5.56 and a one year high of $43.98. The firm has a market cap of $3.44 billion, a PE ratio of -49.94 and a beta of 0.93.

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

Key Headlines Impacting USA Rare Earth

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

• Positive Sentiment: Federal policy tailwinds — Trump’s Project Vault and the new U.S. critical-minerals reserve explicitly include rare earths, boosting demand visibility and re-rating of domestic suppliers. This broader policy push is the main driver behind lifting rare-earth stocks, including USAR. Trump Project Vault stockpile will include any minerals listed as ‘critical’ by Interior Department
• Positive Sentiment: Federal financing/White House interest — coverage highlights a reported nonbinding LOI for roughly $1.6 billion in federal financing and a potential White House stake, which materially improves USAR’s access to capital and execution runway if finalized. This $25 Stock Could Be Your Ticket to Millionaire
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst/upside momentum — at least one published update lifted USAR’s price target materially (reported +62% target increase), and market commentators are spotlighting USAR as a top-fit for the federal-catalyst trade, supporting momentum buying. USA Rare Earth (USAR) price target increased by 62.64% to 37.74
• Neutral Sentiment: Industry narrative & positioning — several pieces explain why USAR is well-positioned for Project Vault demand and renewed federal industrial policy; these are supportive but depend on implementation and contracting timelines. USA Rare Earth Positioned For Project Vault Demand And Policy Support
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation check after run-up — independent pieces urge caution, assessing USAR’s stretched multiples after a sharp rally and noting elevated trading volume; these remind investors to weigh execution risk vs. policy optionality. Assessing USA Rare Earth (USAR) Valuation After A Sharp Run In Recent Returns
• Negative Sentiment: Near-term earnings and spending risk — Zacks warns USAR will report wider losses for Q4 as it accelerates spending on the Stillwater NdFeB magnet plant and pre-commissioning activity ahead of 2026; the company also missed EPS estimates in its last print, highlighting execution and cash-burn risks before revenue scales. USA Rare Earth Q4 Earnings on the Deck: How to Approach the Stock Now?

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

USAR has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Cantor Fitzgerald boosted their target price on USA Rare Earth from $28.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday. William Blair assumed coverage on shares of USA Rare Earth in a research report on Monday, October 20th. They issued an “outperform” rating on the stock. Canaccord Genuity Group lifted their price target on shares of USA Rare Earth from $23.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Benchmark assumed coverage on shares of USA Rare Earth in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. They issued a “buy” rating for the company. Finally, UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of USA Rare Earth in a research report on Monday, December 8th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, USA Rare Earth presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $34.33.

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.