Centrus Energy Corp (AMEX:LEU) price closed lower on Friday, June 27, and dropping -3.61% below its previous close.
A look at the daily price movement shows that the last close reads $174.96, with intraday deals fluctuated between $161.74 and $177.09. The company’s 5Y monthly beta was ticking 1.374 while its P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period read 26.44. Taking into account the 52-week price action we note that the stock hit a 52-week high of $211.31 and 52-week low of $33.51. The stock added 32.03% on its value in the past month.
Centrus Energy Corp, which has a market valuation of $2.87 billion, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on 2025-May-07.
Technical indicators in stocks provide crucial insights into market trends, guiding investors with precise entry and exit points based on price movements for informed decision-making.On the technical perspective front, indicators give LEU a short term outlook of 100% Buy on average. Looking at the stock’s medium term indicators we note that it is averaging as a 100% Buy, while an average of long term indicators are currently assigning the stock as 100% Buy.
Here is a look at the average analyst rating for the stock as represented on a scale of 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock is strong buy or strong sell respectively. Specifically, 3 analysts have assigned LEU a recommendation rating as follows: 0 rate it as a Hold; 3 advise Buy while 0 analyst(s) assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged the Centrus Energy Corp (LEU) stock as Underweight, with 0 recommending Sell. In general, analysts have rated the stock Buy, a scenario likely to bolster investors out for an opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
The overview shows that LEU’s price is at present 5.49% off the SMA20 and 46.28% from the SMA50. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) metric on the 14-day timeframe is pointing at 63.28, with weekly volatility standing at 12.91%. The indicator jumps to 8.89% when calculated based on the past 30 days. Centrus Energy Corp (AMEX:LEU)’s beta value is holding at 1.43. Considering analysts have assigned the stock a price target range of $129-$145 as the low and high respectively, we find the trailing 12-month average consensus price target to be $137. Based on this estimate, we see that current price is roughly 23.51% off the estimated low and 14.02% off the forecast high. Investors will no doubt be excited to see the share price rise to $137, which is the median consensus price, and at that level LEU would be 18.77% from current price.
An analysis of the Centrus Energy Corp (AMEX:LEU) stock in terms of its daily trading volume indicates that the 3-month average is 1.08 million. However, this figure increases on the past 10-day timeline to an average of 1.73 million.
Current records show that the company has 16.32M in outstanding shares. The insiders’ percentage holdings are 8.30% of outstanding shares while the percentage share held by institutions stands at 74.74%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2025-06-13, stood at 3.28 million shares, which puts the short ratio at the time at 2.89. From this we can glean that short interest is 2033.00 of company’s current outstanding shares. Notably, we see that shares short in June rose slightly given the previous month’s figure stood at 2.77 million. But the 278.05% upside, the stock’s price has registered year-to-date as of last trading, will likely reignite investor interest given the prospect of it rallying even higher.
