A new trading day began on Friday, with Centrus Energy Corp (AMEX: LEU) stock price up 8.70% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $79.90. LEU’s price has ranged from $33.51 to $118.36 over the past 52 weeks.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Energy Sector giant was 10.94%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged -54.90%. With a float of $14.36 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $14.96 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 292 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 24.04%, operating margin of 9.01%, and the pretax margin is 21.19%.
Centrus Energy Corp (LEU) Insider Activity
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Uranium Industry. The insider ownership of Centrus Energy Corp is 12.43%, while institutional ownership is 56.45%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 13 ’24, was worth 112,920. In this transaction SVP, FIELD OPERATIONS of this company sold 3,000 shares at a rate of $37.64, taking the stock ownership to the 13,402 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 26 ’24, when Company’s SVP, Sales & Chief Mktg Officr sold 16,073 for $40.24, making the entire transaction worth $646,778. This insider now owns 0 shares in total.
Centrus Energy Corp (LEU) Earnings and Forecasts
In its latest quarterly report, released on 9/30/2024, the company reported earnings of 3.58 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.18 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -54.90% per share during the next fiscal year.
Centrus Energy Corp (AMEX: LEU) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Centrus Energy Corp’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 0.79. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 3.93.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 4.78, a number that is poised to hit 1.25 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 2.79 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Centrus Energy Corp (LEU)
Looking closely at Centrus Energy Corp (AMEX: LEU), its last 5-days average volume was 1.66 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 0.48 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 52.79%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 9.98.
During the past 100 days, Centrus Energy Corp’s (LEU) raw stochastic average was set at 62.86%, which indicates a significant decrease from 73.23% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 127.74% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 112.77% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $73.19, while its 200-day Moving Average is $49.99. However, in the short run, Centrus Energy Corp’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $90.30. Second resistance stands at $93.74. The third major resistance level sits at $99.64. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $80.95, it is likely to go to the next support level at $75.05. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $71.61.
Centrus Energy Corp (AMEX: LEU) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 1.55 billion, the company has a total of 16,396K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 320,200 K while annual income is 84,400 K. The company’s previous quarter sales were 57,700 K while its latest quarter income was -5,000 K.
