--- title: "Weekly Recap | USA Rare Earth -1.22%, most brokers rate it buy" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/299516136.md" description: "USA Rare Earth (USAR) fell 1.22% this week to close at $15.37, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.08%, leaving the stock about 1.14 percentage points behind. It was a choppy sideways week: Monday (Sep 14) opened strong and closed at $15.71, Tuesday and Wednesday pulled back, with Wednesday (Sep 16) hitting the week’s low of $14.88 before finishing at $15.10. Thursday and Friday bounced to $15.63 and $15.37, with the week’s high at $16.077 and low at $14.88, an intraweek range of 7.85%." datetime: "2026-09-19T07:07:45.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/299516136.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/299516136.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/299516136.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Weekly Recap | USA Rare Earth -1.22%, most brokers rate it buy ## The Week USA Rare Earth (USAR) fell 1.22% this week to close at $15.37, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.08%, leaving the stock about 1.14 percentage points behind. It was a choppy sideways week: Monday (Sep 14) opened strong and closed at $15.71, Tuesday and Wednesday pulled back, with Wednesday (Sep 16) hitting the week’s low of $14.88 before finishing at $15.10. Thursday and Friday bounced to $15.63 and $15.37, with the week’s high at $16.077 and low at $14.88, an intraweek range of 7.85%. Volume came in at 62.9m shares, with the daily average roughly 9.9% above the trailing 60-day median, a moderately busy week for the name. ## Key Events Two storylines shaped the week. On Thursday (Sep 17), USA Rare Earth was reported to have partnered with Pasqal and Riven Systems to develop quantum machine-learning rare earth separation technology; a follow-up piece on Friday (Sep 18) called it an ‘unlikely quantum AI partnership’. On the risk side, a Wednesday (Sep 16) report highlighted the company’s development and exploration stage risks. That same day saw two EFFECT filings, and a 424B3 filing landed on Sep 18 — routine registration documents rather than a fundamental corporate disclosure. The quantum AI collaboration was the week’s most substantive company-specific event, while the filings added little beyond housekeeping. ## Analyst Ratings Nine brokers cover USA Rare Earth: eight rate it buy and one rates it overweight, with no hold, underweight or sell ratings. The consensus rating is strong buy, with a consensus target of $35.55556, implying roughly 131.3% above the current price. Target prices range widely from $21 to $45, showing a notable spread of views on the company’s long-term value even within a uniformly constructive rating set. Among 64 names in the diversified metals and mining industry, USA Rare Earth ranks 8th by analyst rating, placing it towards the upper end. ## The Week Ahead There are no company-specific earnings or event dates for USA Rare Earth in the coming week, so attention shifts to macro data and the broader rare earth narrative. The Richmond Fed composite index lands on Tuesday (Sep 22), EIA weekly crude and Cushing inventories on Wednesday (Sep 23), and initial jobless claims, the current account balance, new home sales and EIA natural gas storage on Thursday (Sep 24). For USAR, the key to watch is whether the Pasqal and Riven Systems quantum AI collaboration moves from announcement to operational detail, and whether the development and exploration stage risk disclosure gets picked up by more brokers or media. ## In Short USAR slipped this week and lagged the S&P 500, yet the sell-side view is uniformly constructive: all nine covering brokers rate the stock buy or overweight, with a strong buy consensus and a consensus target more than double the spot price. On the latest trading day, large-lot and medium-lot money were net buyers while small-lot flows were mixed, so capital direction is not one-sided. At the same time, the company’s development and exploration stage risks were back in the news, and the shares trade at about 1.48x book with a negative P/E. The tension to watch going forward is between the ambitious analyst targets and the near-term execution risk of a pre-revenue miner — and whether the quantum machine-learning tie-up becomes a real technical path or stays a headline partnership. *This article is generated by LongbridgeAI from market data, for information only and not investment advice.* ### Related Stocks - [USAR.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/USAR.US.md) - [USAX.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/USAX.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [USA Rare Earth Highlights Development and Exploration Stage Risks](https://longbridge.com/en/news/299101068.md) - [USA Rare Earth Stock Surges as Federal Battery and Critical Mineral Grants Boost Sector](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296648169.md) - [USA Rare Earth Stock (USAR) – U.S. Chess Champion Makes New Addition to Portfolio](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296775853.md) - [USAR: Serra Verde acquisition, robust funding, and facility ramp-ups drive growth amid rare earth scarcity](https://longbridge.com/en/news/295449551.md) - [USA Rare Earth Completes Merger With Texas Mineral Resources](https://longbridge.com/en/news/295281272.md) --- > **Disclaimer: This article is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.**