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After finishing at $70.83 in the prior trading day, Centrus Energy Corp (AMEX: LEU) closed at $69.76, down -1.51%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.51 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.58 million shares were traded. LEU stock price reached its highest trading level at $72.31 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $68.1.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of LEU by taking a closer 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 1161357568 and an Enterprise Value of 1120214528. As of this moment, Centrus’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 14.60, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 24.97. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.90 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 14.97. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.843 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.73.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for LEU is 1.16, which has changed by 0.29844177 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.22263205 over the same period for the S&P500. 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 -11.14%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 26.12%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 1.27M shares per day over the past 3-months and 588040 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. 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 56.56% stake in the company. Shares short for LEU as of 1734048000 were 3446086 with a Short Ratio of 2.73, compared to 1731628800 on 3397497. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3446086 and a Short% of Float of 22.040000000000003.
Dividends & Splits
The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 5.94. The current Payout Ratio is 0.00% for LEU, which recently paid a dividend on 2005-11-22 with an ex-dividend date of 1132617600. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2014-09-30 when the company split stock in a 91:1000 ratio.
