Centrus Energy Corp (AMEX: LEU) is 40.52% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $33.51 and a high of $122.94 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 $88.46 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 5.14%.
Currently trading at $93.60, the stock is 32.34% and 31.35% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.27 million and changing 5.81% at the moment leaves the stock 34.51% off its SMA200. LEU registered 111.29% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 23.60%.
The stock witnessed a 45.45% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -14.06%, and is 27.49% 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 7.13% over the week and 6.33% over the month.
Centrus Energy Corp (LEU) has around 322 employees, a market worth around $1.59B and $471.40M in sales. Current P/E ratio is 14.68 and Fwd P/E is 28.17. Profit margin for the company is 22.59%. Distance from 52-week low is 179.32% and -23.87% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (16.86%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -16.97% this year.
Centrus Energy Corp (LEU) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 16.32M, and float is at 15.62M with Short Float at 20.48%.
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 6.4437% 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 6.2872 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are VANGUARD GROUP INC which holds 0.86 million shares representing 5.3041% and valued at over $36.7 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.3886 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 4,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 12 ’25 at a price of $120.31 per share for a total of $0.48 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 9402.0 shares.
Centrus Energy Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Aug 13 ’24 that CUTLIP LARRY B (SVP, FIELD OPERATIONS) sold a total of 3,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Aug 13 ’24 and was made at $37.64 per share for $0.11 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 13402.0 shares of the LEU stock.
