Centrus Energy Corp (AMEX: LEU) is 48.96% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $33.51 and a high of $77.49 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The LEU stock was last observed hovering at around $77.39 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 3.66%.
Currently trading at $81.05, the stock is 33.46% and 70.96% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.14 million and changing 4.73% at the moment leaves the stock 79.08% off its SMA200. LEU registered 50.68% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 99.48%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $47.4086 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $45.25835.
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The stock witnessed a 103.54% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 82.75%, and is 45.25% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 11.89% over the week and 8.90% over the month.
Centrus Energy Corp (LEU) has around 292 employees, a market worth around $1.32B and $387.60M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 14.46 and Fwd P/E is 27.60. Profit margin for the company is 22.96%. Distance from 52-week low is 141.87% and 4.59% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (47.02%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -43.75% this year
210.0 institutions hold shares in Centrus Energy Corp (LEU), with institutional investors hold 61.14% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 14.96M, and float is at 13.98M with Short Float at 13.09%. Institutions hold 54.33% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 1.04 million shares valued at $44.58 million. The investor’s holdings represent 6.5567 of the LEU Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS LTD. with 1.02 million shares valued at $43.5 million to account for 6.3975 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 0.86 million shares representing 5.3971 and valued at over $36.7 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.4656 of the shares totaling 0.71 million with a market value of $30.37 million.
Centrus Energy Corp (LEU) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by CUTLIP LARRY B, the company’s SVP, FIELD OPERATIONS. SEC filings show that CUTLIP LARRY B sold 3,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Aug 13 ’24 at a price of $37.64 per share for a total of $0.11 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 13402.0 shares.
Centrus Energy Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 26 ’24 that Donelson John M A (SVP, Sales & Chief Mktg Officr) sold a total of 16,073 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 26 ’24 and was made at $40.24 per share for $0.65 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.0 shares of the LEU stock.
