NioCorp Developments (NB)
Advancing Elk Creek for planned niobium, scandium, titanium, and potential rare-earth products.
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Develops the Elk Creek critical-minerals project in southeast Nebraska, targeting planned niobium, scandium, titanium, and possible magnetic rare-earth products. The business has one U.S. operating segment, no current operating revenue, and depends on project financing, technical work, offtake, permitting, construction, and infrastructure execution.
Develops Elk Creek, a southeast Nebraska underground mine and processing project planned around ferroniobium and niobium products, scandium oxide and related forms, titanium products, and possible magnetic rare earths if technical and economic work supports them.
Operates through one United States segment focused on exploration, development, and care-and-maintenance activities at Elk Creek. Commercial production has not started, and the company reports no operating revenue from its properties.
Executes a financing-and-engineering agenda: project financing, EXIM due diligence, feasibility updates, offtake arrangements, and construction-readiness work. The business depends on securing full project financing, completing permitting and infrastructure steps, and moving Elk Creek from development-stage property to commercial operation.
Company facts
Target rangeAs of Sep 22, 2026
Latest analyst notes
| Date | Firm | Action | Prior | Current |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2026 | Jefferies | Initiate | Rating: —Target: — | Target: $4.70 |
| Apr 9, 2026 | H.C. Wainwright | Target | Target: $11.25 | Target: $10 |
| Jan 12, 2026 | H.C. Wainwright | Target | Target: $9.50 | Target: $11.25 |
| Jan 7, 2026 | Loop Capital Markets | Target | Target: — | Target: $8.70 |
| Dec 8, 2025 | H.C. Wainwright | Target | Target: — | Target: $9.50 |
EPSReportedEstimate
RevenueReportedEstimate
Balance sheet, Mar 31, 2026Cash & short-term investments $421.3M · Total debt $379.0K · Total assets $469.0M · Shareholders' equity $435.4M
- Revenue
- $0
- Operating income
- −$7.3M
- Net income
- $669.0K
No dividends on record.
| Institutions | 33.71% | 49.08M shares | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 223 holders · as of Jun 30, 2026 | |||
| Insiders | 2.35% | 3.43M shares | |
| 4 holders · as of Dec 15, 2025 | |||
| Other | 63.94% | 93.08M shares | |
| remainder | |||
145.59M company shares as of Sep 22, 2026 · institutions as of Jun 30, 2026 · holders as of their latest filing
1 position filed across a stock split leaves its adjustment unstated and stays out of the bar.
Top shareholders13F · 13D/G · Form 4
| Holder | Stake | Shares | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
BlackRock, Inc.Institution | 6.33% | 9.22M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Brevan Howard Capital Management LPInstitution | 4.86% | 7.08M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
State Street CorpInstitution | 1.72% | 2.50M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Mark A. SmithInsiderdirector, officer: President & CEO | 1.59% | 2.32M | filed Dec 15, 2025 |
Private Management Group IncInstitution | 1.47% | 2.15M | as of Jun 30, 2026 |
Insider tradesForm 4
No open-market trades in the last 12 months.
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CompareAfter hours
| Company | Price | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NioCorp Developments | $3.75 | +0.40% | $541.6M | — | — | — | — |
| MP Materials | $51.00 | −0.10% | $8.90B | — | 154.9 | 29.1 | +89.0% |
| Rio Tinto (ADR) | $97.49 | −0.01% | $157.69B | 13.2 | — | 2.6 | +57.4% |
| Energy Fuels | $12.17 | +0.16% | $3.07B | — | — | 29.1 | +496.1% |
| Tronox | $4.40 | +0.11% | $687.5M | — | — | 0.2 | +18.7% |
| USA Rare Earth | $17.01 | +0.15% | $2.23B | — | — | 169.1 | — |
| Median | 13.2 | 154.9 | 29.1 | +73.2% |