USA Rare Earth (USAR) Tumbles 4.3%, Here’s Why

Angelica Ballesteros

Thu, February 19, 2026 at 11:24 PM GMT+9 2 min read

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We recently published 10 Losing Stocks in an Otherwise Optimistic Market. USA Rare Earth Inc. (NASDAQ:USAR) was one of the worst performers on Wednesday.

USA Rare Earth extended losses for a second day on Wednesday, shedding 4.31 percent to finish at $18.20 apiece as investors parked funds amid the absence of fresh catalysts to boost buying appetite.

Despite the decline, USA Rare Earth Inc. (NASDAQ:USAR) was notably up by 53 percent year-to-date, albeit its month-to-date tally showed a decline of 18.8 percent.

Last month, the company announced a series of developments that saw the successful raising of as much as $3.1 billion in fresh funds. This includes the US government’s $1.6 billion financial backing, involving $1.3 billion in senior secured loans under the CHIPS Act, as well as another $277-million in proposed federal funding.

USA Rare Earth (USAR) Tumbles 4.3%, Here’s Why

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Additionally, USA Rare Earth Inc. (NASDAQ:USAR) raised another $1.5 billion from a private investment in public equity (PIPE) financing with strategic investors, covering the sale of 69.8 million common shares at a price of $21.50 per share.

The total capital is expected to help accelerate USA Rare Earth Inc.’s (NASDAQ:USAR) expansion initiatives, which will include the extraction of 40,000 metric tons (MT) per day of rare earth and critical mineral feedstock from its Round Top deposit; processing of a combined 8,000 MT per annum of third-party MREC and heavy rare earth elements, critical mineral oxides and concentrates; reshoring of 10,000 MT per annum of heavy REE metal- and alloy-making and strip-casting capacity; increase in neodymium-iron-boron magnet-making capacity to 10,000 MT per annum; and processing of 2,000 MT per annum of swarf from the NdFeB magnet production.

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