Uranium Royalty (TSX:URC) Q2 Profitability Relies Heavily on One-Off Gain, Challenging Bull Case

Uranium Royalty (TSX:URC) has just posted its Q2 2026 numbers, with revenue at CA$0.04 million and net income of CA$2.06 million translating to EPS of CA$0.02, as investors watch how these figures play into the stock’s current CA$5.06 share price. The company has seen quarterly revenue swing from CA$0 in Q1 2025 to CA$33.21 million in Q1 2026, while EPS has moved from a loss of CA$0.02 per share in early 2025 to a positive CA$0.02 in the latest quarter. This sets up a story where reported profitability is improving, but the durability of those margins is still the key question.

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Net Margin Slips to 1.3 Percent on Trailing Basis

• Over the last 12 months Uranium Royalty reported a net profit margin of 1.3 percent, down from 17 percent in the prior year, even though Q2 2026 net income excluding extra items was CA$2.06 million on only CA$0.04 million of revenue.
• Bears point to this margin compression as a sign that profitability is less robust than it looks, and the trailing data partly backs that view:
  • Trailing 12 month net income excluding extra items of CA$0.51 million contrasts with several recent quarterly losses, including CA$2.16 million in Q1 2025 and CA$1.91 million in Q3 2025.
  • The shift from a 17 percent margin to 1.3 percent, alongside negative quarterly EPS through most of 2025 before turning positive in 2026, highlights how sensitive URC’s profitability has been over the period.

Over the last year, these thinner margins have skeptics asking how much of URC's recent profit can really be trusted to persist. 🐻 Uranium Royalty Bear Case

CA$2.4 Million One Off Gain Distorts Profit Picture

• The trailing 12 month results include a CA$2.4 million one off gain, while Q2 2026 alone shows CA$2.06 million of net income excluding extra items, so a material slice of reported profit over the year is tied to a single identifiable item.
• Critics highlight that this one off gain complicates valuation, and the numbers reinforce their caution:
  • Across the last six reported quarters, net income excluding extra items swung from a loss of CA$2.16 million in Q1 2025 to a profit of CA$2.06 million in Q2 2026, indicating that the trailing tally is heavily influenced by a few positive periods rather than steady performance.
  • With trailing net income excluding extra items at just CA$0.51 million despite the CA$2.4 million gain, the underlying earnings base looks relatively modest when that gain is considered separately.

Rich 18.4x Sales Multiple Versus Sector

• URC trades on a trailing Price to Sales ratio of 18.4 times, above its peer average of 16.9 times and far above the Canadian Oil and Gas industry average of 2.8 times, even though trailing 12 month revenue is CA$37.95 million and trailing net income excluding extra items is only CA$0.51 million.
• What is surprising is how this premium lines up against both the weaker margin profile and the longer term growth record:
  • On one hand, URC has delivered about 28 percent compound earnings growth per year over the past five years and has been profitable over that stretch, which can help explain why the market is willing to pay more than 16 times sales and well above the 2.8 times sector level.
  • On the other hand, earnings were negative in the most recent year and the trailing margin sits at 1.3 percent, which means today’s CA$5.06 share price is being supported more by that five year growth history than by the most recent 12 month profitability.

Bulls argue that this blend of multi year earnings growth and current valuation could still set up an interesting long term uranium royalty story if margins strengthen again. 📊 Read the full Uranium Royalty Consensus Narrative.

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