Arafura Rare Earths' (ASX:ARU) shares fell 5% in recent trading on Thursday after the firm reported late Wednesday that its fiscal first-half loss of AU$0.004 per share, compared with a loss of AU$0.008 a year earlier.
Analysts polled by Visible Alpha/FactSet expected a loss of AU$0.01.
Other income for the six months ended Dec. 31, 2025, was AU$2.2 million, compared with AU$705,559 a year earlier.