The trading price of Centrus Energy Corp (AMEX:LEU) closed higher on Tuesday, January 21, and closing at $88.53, 13.75% higher than its previous close.
Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it fluctuated between $79.0743 and $89.3831. The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 18.53, while its 5Y monthly beta was 1.195. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $118.36 and a 52-week low of $33.51. Over the past month, the stock has gained 23.13% in value.
Centrus Energy Corp, whose market valuation is $1.45 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in February. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable.
On the technical side, indicators suggest LEU has a 50% Buy on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 100% Buy, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 100% Buy.
Here is the average analyst rating on the stock as represented by 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock should be considered as either strong buy or strong sell respectively. The number of analysts that have assigned LEU a recommendation rating is 3. Out of them, 0 rate it a Hold, while 3 recommend Buy, whereas 0 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged Centrus Energy Corp (LEU) as Underweight, while 0 advise Sell. Analysts have rated the stock Buy, likely urging investors to take advantage of the opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
A quick review shows that LEU’s price is currently 21.51% off the SMA20 and 15.30% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 65.06, and weekly volatility stands at 7.14%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 7.33%. Centrus Energy Corp (AMEX:LEU)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.17, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 5.99. With analysts defining $58-$58 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $58 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about 34.49% off the estimated low and 34.49% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if LEU’s share price rises to $58, which is the median consensus price. At that level, LEU’s share price would be 34.49% above current price.
To see how Centrus Energy Corp stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: LEU stock’s performance was 13.75% in the latest trading, and 60.99% in the past year. Centrus Energy Corp has a P/E ratio of 18.53.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Centrus Energy Corp (AMEX:LEU) indicates that the 3-month average is 1.20 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 0.58.
Currently, records show that 15.68 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 8.58% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 57.36%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2024-12-31, stood at 3.47 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 5.23 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 2221.00 of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in December were up slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 3.23 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen 32.91% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
