Stocks · Basic Materials · Gold
U.S. Gold Corp. USAU
$14.47 -1.23% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $238.8M
Expensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Dec 9, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count rose 19.2% in a year.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The stock is 36% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 3%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 27%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 22%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 14%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 10%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 31%
- 6-month returnBottom 45%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 30%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 34%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 14%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 50%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 6%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 17%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 41%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 35%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 7%
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capital | -43.9% | — | Bottom 3% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -2.8%
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -15.13%
- Shareholder yield
- -15.13%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +19.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +21.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 11, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -89.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 7
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $26.75
- Target vs current price
- +84.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 4
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 100%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | +33.3% | +0.9% | +1.1% | — | — |
| Jul 28, 2026 | -83.3% | -5.4% | +4.5% | +20.5% | — |
| Mar 16, 2026 | -169.2% | +4.1% | -15.6% | -7.8% | -11.7% |
| Dec 10, 2025 | -138.5% | -0.7% | +0.4% | +20.9% | +2.7% |
| Sep 15, 2025 | +25.0% | -4.3% | +0.7% | +11.3% | +5.2% |
| Jul 28, 2025 | -306.7% | -3.5% | -9.9% | +6.3% | +65.2% |
| Mar 17, 2025 | -237.5% | +5.3% | +15.2% | +19.2% | +46.4% |
| Dec 16, 2024 | +13.0% | -3.2% | -6.7% | +1.4% | +29.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2026 | -$0.28 | -$0.42 | +33.3% | — |
| Jul 28, 2026 | -$0.33 | -$0.18 | -83.3% | — |
| Mar 16, 2026 | -$0.35 | -$0.13 | -169.2% | — |
| Dec 10, 2025 | -$0.31 | -$0.13 | -138.5% | — |
| Sep 15, 2025 | -$0.15 | -$0.20 | +25.0% | — |
| Jul 28, 2025 | -$0.61 | -$0.15 | -306.7% | — |
| Mar 17, 2025 | -$0.54 | -$0.16 | -237.5% | — |
| Dec 16, 2024 | -$0.20 | -$0.23 | +13.0% | — |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free-cash-flow yield | -8.53% | — | — | Bottom 14% |
| Earnings yield | -8.85% | — | — | Bottom 22% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -11.9%
- RSI (14)
- 39.2
- Relative volume
- 0.92×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 47.1%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 12th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.93
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.39
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -36.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -44.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2020 | Oct 12, 2023 | -81.7% | 699 days | 493 days (Oct 1, 2025) |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Jul 28, 2026 | -44.0% | 127 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 20, 2025 | Nov 20, 2025 | -23.5% | 23 days | 21 days (Dec 22, 2025) |
| Dec 26, 2025 | Jan 2, 2026 | -18.0% | 4 days | 14 days (Jan 23, 2026) |
| Oct 9, 2020 | Oct 30, 2020 | -15.6% | 15 days | 18 days (Nov 25, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $238.8M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.28
- Revenue (TTM)
- $0
- 52-week range
- $12.23 – $23.75
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Gross profit | $0 | -$1.8M | -$1.4M | -$120,639 | $0 |
| Operating income | -$15.0M | -$9.4M | -$7.3M | -$13.0M | -$19.0M |
| Net income | -$13.9M | -$7.6M | -$6.9M | -$20.6M | -$17.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$1.61 | -$0.90 | -$0.74 | -$1.80 | -$1.15 |
| Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | Q1 2027 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net income | -$2.1M | -$6.4M | -$7.8M | -$2.1M | -$4.5M | -$5.3M | -$5.4M | -$4.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.20 | -$0.54 | -$0.61 | -$0.15 | -$0.31 | -$0.35 | -$0.34 | -$0.28 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$12.6M | -$8.7M | -$7.1M | -$9.9M | -$18.2M |
| Capital expenditure | -$178,972 | -$177,513 | $0 | -$6,158 | -$1.9M |
| Free cash flow | -$12.8M | -$8.9M | -$7.1M | -$9.9M | -$20.1M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $7.2M | $4.8M | $4.8M | $12.5M | $42.6M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $27.1M
- Total assets
- $46.5M
- Total liabilities
- $1.6M
- Total debt
- $81,903
- Net debt
- -$27.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $44.9M
As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Sep 11, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2017 | $0.21 | Jan 19, 2018 |
| Feb 27, 2008 | $0.06 | Mar 14, 2008 |
| Nov 28, 2007 | $0.06 | Dec 14, 2007 |
| Aug 31, 2007 | $0.06 | Sep 19, 2007 |
| Jun 11, 2007 | $0.06 | Jun 27, 2007 |
| Mar 5, 2007 | $0.06 | Mar 21, 2007 |
| Nov 27, 2006 | $0.06 | Dec 13, 2006 |
| Sep 1, 2006 | $0.06 | Sep 20, 2006 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,703,378
- Days to cover
- 12.05
- Change vs previous report
- +12.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Mar 20, 2020
- 1-for-10
- May 8, 2017
- 1-for-4
- Jul 11, 2016
- 1-for-3
- Mar 18, 2013
- 1-for-6
- Dec 16, 1999
- 3-for-2