
A challenged mid-cap business trading at a premium valuation. Most frameworks reject it today.
Mkt Cap
$3.27B
P/E
—
PEG
106.92
P/B
12.11
Dividend
—
ROE
-46.6%
About the business
Denison Mines Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of uranium bearing properties in Canada. It holds 95% interest in its flagship project Wheeler River uranium project located in the Athabasca Basin region in northern Saskatchewan. The company was formerly known as International Uranium Corporation and changed its name to Denison Mines Corp. in December 2006. The company was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Who would buy DNN?
Consensus 0/100 · Aligned · Investors mostly agree.
Endorses
· 0 frameworksNo framework reaches a strong endorsement at current metrics.
Rejects
· 3 frameworksPEG < 1 (growth at a discount) is 106.92× — fails "< 1.00×".
ROE > 15% is -46.6% — fails "> 15.0%".
9 insiders sold $4.5M on a discretionary basis. Discretionary selling carries more signal than planned disposals, but insiders sell for many non-thesis reasons (taxes, diversification, life events) — do not over-read it.
In Prism's context
Insider selling is worth flagging but insiders sell for many non-thesis reasons. Read alongside the framework verdict (Fails criteria).
| Insider | Role | Type | Date | Shares | Avg price | Value | Own |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traub (Jennifer June) | Director of Issuer | Option exercise | Mar 24, 2026 | 147,000 | $1.04 | $153K | Direct |
| Traub (Jennifer June) | Director of Issuer | Open-market sell | Mar 24, 2026 | 76,281 | $3.43 | $262K | Direct |
| Cates (David Daniel CPA) | Director of Issuer | Option exercise | Jan 30, 2026 | 120,000 | $1.92 | $230K | Direct |
| Cates (David Daniel CPA) | Director of Issuer | Option exercise | Jan 30, 2026 | 240,000 | $1.09 | $263K | Direct |
| Smith, Mary Joanne | Senior Officer of Issuer | Transaction | Jan 29, 2026 | 10,000 | — | — | Direct |
| Smith, Mary Joanne | Senior Officer of Issuer | Open-market sell | Jan 29, 2026 | 10,000 | $4.35 | $43K | Direct |
| Smith, Mary Joanne | Senior Officer of Issuer | Transaction | Jan 28, 2026 | 5,000 | — | — | Direct |
| Smith, Mary Joanne | Senior Officer of Issuer | Open-market sell | Jan 28, 2026 | 5,000 | $4.18 | $21K | Direct |
| Cates (David Daniel CPA) | Director of Issuer | Open-market sell | Jan 28, 2026 | 360,000 | $4.29 | $1.55M | Direct |
| Neuburger, David Mark | Director of Issuer | Option exercise | Jan 26, 2026 | 69,500 | $1.04 | $72K | Direct |
| Neuburger, David Mark | Director of Issuer | Open-market sell | Jan 26, 2026 | 69,500 | $3.96 | $275K | Direct |
| Neuburger, David Mark | Director of Issuer | Option exercise | Jan 22, 2026 | 4,000 | $1.04 | $4K | Direct |
| Neuburger, David Mark | Director of Issuer | Open-market sell | Jan 22, 2026 | 4,000 | $3.92 | $16K | Direct |
| Sidle (Elizabeth) | Senior Officer of Issuer | Option exercise | Jan 22, 2026 | 65,334 | $1.08 | $71K | Direct |
| Sidle (Elizabeth) | Senior Officer of Issuer | Open-market sell | Jan 22, 2026 | 32,334 | $3.90 | $126K | Direct |
| Sidle (Elizabeth) | Senior Officer of Issuer | Open-market sell | Jan 19, 2026 | 747 | $3.74 | $3K | Direct |
| Sorba (Chad) | Senior Officer of Issuer | Option exercise | Jan 19, 2026 | 13,000 | $1.33 | $17K | Direct |
| Sorba (Chad) | Senior Officer of Issuer | Option exercise | Jan 19, 2026 | 22,666 | $1.07 | $24K | Direct |
| Sorba (Chad) | Senior Officer of Issuer | Option exercise | Jan 19, 2026 | 24,000 | $1.88 | $45K | Direct |
| Sorba (Chad) | Senior Officer of Issuer | Open-market sell | Jan 19, 2026 | 59,666 | $3.74 | $223K | Direct |
| Switzer (Janna) | Senior Officer of Issuer | Option exercise | Jan 19, 2026 | 30,000 | $0.91 | $27K | Direct |
| Switzer (Janna) | Senior Officer of Issuer | Open-market sell | Jan 19, 2026 | 30,000 | $3.71 | $111K | Direct |
| Willett (Amanda) | Senior Officer of Issuer | Option exercise | Jan 19, 2026 | 29,667 | $1.88 | $56K | Direct |
| Willett (Amanda) | Senior Officer of Issuer | Option exercise | Jan 19, 2026 | 27,000 | $1.33 | $36K | Direct |
| Willett (Amanda) | Senior Officer of Issuer | Open-market sell | Jan 19, 2026 | 56,667 | $3.66 | $207K | Direct |
| Cates (David Daniel CPA) | Director of Issuer | Option exercise | Jan 16, 2026 | 315,000 | $1.32 | $416K | Direct |
| Sidle (Elizabeth) | Senior Officer of Issuer | Option exercise | Jan 16, 2026 | 69,000 | $1.32 | $91K | Direct |
| Sidle (Elizabeth) | Senior Officer of Issuer | Open-market sell | Jan 16, 2026 | 64,000 | $3.49 | $224K | Direct |
| Cates (David Daniel CPA) | Director of Issuer | Open-market sell | Jan 14, 2026 | 315,000 | $3.47 | $1.09M | Direct |
| Smith, Mary Joanne | Senior Officer of Issuer | Option exercise | Jan 14, 2026 | 21,667 | $1.88 | $41K | Direct |
| Smith, Mary Joanne | Senior Officer of Issuer | Open-market sell | Jan 14, 2026 | 21,667 | $3.50 | $76K | Direct |
| Sterritt (Laurie) | Director of Issuer | Option exercise | Jan 2, 2026 | 56,000 | $1.34 | $75K | Direct |
| Sterritt (Laurie) | Director of Issuer | Option exercise | Jan 2, 2026 | 40,000 | $1.09 | $43K | Direct |
| Sterritt (Laurie) | Director of Issuer | Open-market sell | Jan 2, 2026 | 96,000 | $2.98 | $287K | Direct |
Insider activity from Yahoo Finance (quoteSummary: insiderTransactions + netSharePurchaseActivity). Cached 6 hours. · Insiders hold 0.3% of shares outstanding.
Net 6M: +0 sh
Price history
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What this means: A significant rerating — the valuation-sensitive frameworks below will have tightened since this move.
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Sign in to run this simulationDNN: 40% estimated probability of outperforming over the next 12M window. 0 of 6 signal families negative (low confidence). Main risk to monitor: 1111% above fair value.
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P/B 12.11× · FCF yield -2.4%
1111% above fair value
Indicative only. Probabilities are model-implied weights for stress-testing — not forecasts.
A turnaround takes hold: margin recovers toward peer averages, revenue stabilises, and the market re-prices the asset value rather than the running earnings.
No deterioration, no surprise re-acceleration. -1553% operating margin and 4% top-line growth chug along; the multiple slowly converges to the central fair-value estimate.
Sector: Energy. MENA-aware investors can sanity-check whether the US name is offering value relative to regional peers.
| Metric | DNN | GCC median | MENA median | Global ex-US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (TTM) | — | 14.8× | — | 9.0× |
| P/B | 12.11× | 2.60× | — | 1.20× |
| Dividend yield | — | 5.20% | — | 5.50% |
| ROE | -46.6% |
Reported EPS $-0.03 vs $-0.02 expected — a material miss. The bar of the next two prints will be lower, but the multiple that was bid up to today's level usually does not survive an unexplained shortfall this size. Trailing operating margin: -1552.7%.
A material miss is incompatible with a quality-compounder narrative until proven otherwise. Two more prints needed before that label is restored.
Multiple compression typically follows. The risk is not the miss itself, it's that consensus needs to re-rate forward estimates lower.
Even cheap stocks get cheaper after this kind of print — wait for capitulation rather than catching the falling knife.
Next earnings
Tue, May 12 · consensus EPS $-0.02 · last actual $-0.03
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/A
PEG Ratio
106.92
P/B Ratio
12.11
EPS Growth
N/A
Revenue Growth
4.4%
Debt / Equity
1.67
Net Cash / Share
$-0.08
Return on Equity
-46.6%
Gross Margin
-15.1%
Operating Margin
-1552.7%
FCF / Share
$-0.09
Current Ratio
10.75
ROE > 20% is -46.6% — fails "> 20.0%".
Trades meaningfully above the fair-value range — limited margin of safety.
Returns are sub-cost-of-capital; quality bar not met.
Leverage is high relative to coverage — balance-sheet risk on the table.
Price trend is unremarkable — neither tailwind nor headwind.
Behavioural read is mixed — some accumulation, some distribution.
Recent miss and / or risk patterns weigh on the catalyst path.
No positive drivers identified.
Among 89 historical setups with similar Prism Score and signal-agreement profiles, 42% beat the benchmark over the next 12 months, with average excess return of -4.1% / yr.
ROE -47% · Op margin -1553%
D/E 1.67 · CR 10.75
Net selling — 9 insiders
1 tracked holder · peak 24.1%
Buyback runway via FCF
73% through 52w range
EPS — · Rev 4%
Already-thin margins compress further on input-cost or pricing pressure; revenue softens; the market questions whether the current earnings power is structural or one-off. Multi-year drawdown plausible.
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| 13.0% |
Institutional Own.
61.7%
Insider Own.
0.3%
Dividend Yield
N/A
Book Value / Share
$0.30
Superinvestor ownership
Held by 1 tracked superinvestor · peak weight 4.1%
Weights reflect each investor's latest 13F or factsheet snapshot. Data lags real time by 45+ days.