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Centrus Energy Corp (AMEX: LEU) closed the day trading at $68.24 up 2.16% from the previous closing price of $66.80. In other words, the price has increased by $2.16 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.53 million shares were traded. LEU stock price reached its highest trading level at $68.6 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $65.6004.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of LEU, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.79 and its Current Ratio is at 1.39. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.23 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.44.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, ROTH MKM on October 10, 2024, Downgraded its rating to Neutral and sets its target price to $62 from $55 previously.
On October 13, 2023, B. Riley Securities started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $72.
ROTH Capital Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on August 08, 2022, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $45 to $48.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 13 ’24 when CUTLIP LARRY B sold 3,000 shares for $37.64 per share. The transaction valued at 112,920 led to the insider holds 13,402 shares of the business.
Donelson John M A sold 16,073 shares of LEU for $646,778 on Feb 26 ’24. The SVP, Sales & Chief Mktg Officr now owns 0 shares after completing the transaction at $40.24 per share.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, LEU now has a Market Capitalization of 1118890240 and an Enterprise Value of 1071681152. As of this moment, Centrus’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 14.29, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 24.43. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.78 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 14.65. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.72 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.178.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, LEU has reached a high of $118.36, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $33.51. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -16.40%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 27.93%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, LEU traded about 1.26M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, LEU traded about 658650 shares per day. A total of 15.68M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 14.36M. Insiders hold about 12.44% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 56.62% stake in the company. Shares short for LEU as of 1732838400 were 3225257 with a Short Ratio of 2.56, compared to 1730332800 on 2079501. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3225257 and a Short% of Float of 20.629998999999998.
Dividends & Splits
The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 5.94.
