The trading price of Lightbridge Corp (NASDAQ:LTBR) closed lower on Monday, April 14, and closing at $7.60, -5.59% lower than its previous close.
Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it fluctuated between $7.571 and $8.438. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $16.90 and a 52-week low of $2.21. Over the past month, the stock has lost -18.72% in value.
Lightbridge Corp, whose market valuation is $158.76 million at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in May. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable.
On the technical side, indicators suggest LTBR has a Hold on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 50% Buy, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 50% Buy.
A quick review shows that LTBR’s price is currently -4.87% off the SMA20 and -20.13% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 45.77, and weekly volatility stands at 13.38%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 11.62%. Lightbridge Corp (NASDAQ:LTBR)’s beta value is currently sitting at 1.75, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 1.05.
To see how Lightbridge Corp stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: LTBR stock’s performance was -5.59% in the latest trading, and 171.43% in the past year.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of Lightbridge Corp (NASDAQ:LTBR) indicates that the 3-month average is 2.62 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 1.2.
Currently, records show that 20.89 million of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 7.35% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 16.74%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2025-03-31, stood at 2.72 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 1.76 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 1455.00 of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in March were up slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 2.33 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen 60.68% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
