Energy Fuels (UUUU) Jumps 14.7% as Winter Energy Demand Heats Up

We recently published 10 Stocks Powering Into 2026 With Explosive Gains. Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSEAmerican:UUUU) is one of the top performers on Friday.

Energy Fuels jumped by 14.72 percent on Friday to finish at $16.68 apiece, as investors loaded positions in uranium stocks, placing bets on a seasonal strength during the winter season.

Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSEAmerican:UUUU) rallied alongside its counterparts, namely Cameco Corp., Uranium Energy Corp., and NexGen Energy, among others, primarily buoyed by households and businesses’ increasing consumption of power for their heating needs.

The White Mesa Mill—owned and operated by Energy Fuels Inc. Photo from Energy Fuels website

In other news, Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSEAmerican:UUUU) announced last week that it has exceeded its previous guidance for uranium production and sales in full-year 2025.

According to the company, its Pinyon Plain Mine in Arizona and La Sal Complex in Utah produced a combined 1.6 million pounds of uranium in 2025, exceeding the higher range of its target.

Additionally, it plans to complete drilling in the Juniper Zone at the Pinyon Plain in 2026 to further delineate the ore body and potentially expand the mineable resource at the mine.

Further development work continues at its fully permitted and substantially developed Whirlwind, Energy Queen, and Nichols Ranch Mines for future mining.

Lastly, Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSEAmerican:UUUU) said that it has completed two new long-term uranium sales contracts with US nuclear power generating companies, adding to its triuranium octoxide between 2027 and 2032.

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