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Centrus Energy Corp. (LEU)

Energy | Uranium | Bethesda, United States | NYSE
127.01 USD +7.06 (5.886%) ⇧ (Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★★★☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 5:44 a.m. EDT

Centrus Energy sits at a precarious inflection point where the massive nine-year price surge masks deteriorating financial health. While the stock has gained nearly tenfold over the past decade, the company is currently burning cash with negative operating flows and a valuation that demands significant future growth to justify. Analysts remain optimistic with a target price nearly double the current level, but the balance sheet shows strain with debt-to-equity nearing 140 percent. The options market reflects this uncertainty, with heavy positioning at the $140 support level and speculative bets on a binary outcome. Until the cash burn turns positive, this remains a high-risk speculative play rather than a core holding.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.093625
AutoARIMA0.093892
MSTL0.094363
AutoTheta0.103482

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 33%
H-stat 2.80
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.098
Excess Kurtosis -1.12
Attribute Value
Sector Energy
Ex Dividend Date 2005-11-21
Last Dividend Date 2005-11-21
Debt to Equity Ratio 139.283
Revenue per Share 24.672
Market Cap 2,597,749,248
Trailing P/E 59.35
Forward P/E 33.23
Beta 1.54
Profit Margins 10.23%
Website https://www.centrusenergy.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 5:44 a.m. EDT: Implied volatility is elevated across all expirations, indicating speculators anticipate significant price swings. There is a dense wall of open interest at the $140 strike, suggesting a key support level, while significant volume in deep out-of-the-money calls and puts indicates a belief in a binary event. Call volume outweighs put volume at the furthest strikes, implying a slight bullish skew in speculative positioning despite the recent price weakness.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2005-11-22 37.912086 1.191710
2005-08-24 37.912086 1.205240
2005-05-25 37.912086 1.116505
2005-02-23 37.912086 0.984308
2004-11-23 37.912086 1.309298
2004-08-25 37.912086 1.600928
2004-05-26 37.912086 1.780645
2004-02-25 37.912086 1.701603
2003-11-25 37.912086 1.842456
2003-08-20 37.912086 1.927374
2003-05-21 37.912086 2.266010
2003-02-26 37.912086 2.300000
2002-11-20 37.912086 2.075188
2002-08-21 37.912086 1.760204
2002-05-22 37.912086 1.682927
2002-02-20 37.912086 2.211538
2001-11-20 37.912086 1.762452
2001-08-22 37.912086 1.930070
2001-05-23 37.912086 1.346341
2001-02-21 37.912086 2.319328
2000-11-21 37.912086 2.905263
2000-08-23 37.912086 3.109859
2000-05-24 37.912086 3.154286
2000-02-23 37.912086 3.450000
1999-11-23 75.549450 3.235294
1999-08-25 75.549450 2.365591
1999-05-26 75.549450 2.458101
1999-02-24 75.549450 1.955556
1998-11-23 75.549450 1.981982
Additional Data
dividendYield 0.0
exDividendDate 2005-11-22
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 37.912086
lastDividendDate 2005-11-22

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.66592145
Address1 6,901 Rockledge Drive
Address2 Suite 800
All Time High 7,046.703
All Time Low 1.0
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 300
Audit Risk 5
Average Analyst Rating 1.8 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 903,950
Average Daily Volume3 Month 714,801
Average Volume 714,801
Average Volume10Days 903,950
Beta 1.536
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 200
Board Risk 4
Book Value 42.37
City Bethesda
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 5
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 127.01
Current Ratio 5.395
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 127.11
Day Low 112.7801
Debt To Equity 139.283
Display Name Centrus Energy
Dividend Yield 0.0
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,019,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,019,400
Earnings Growth -0.516
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.419
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,960,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,822,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,822,400
Ebitda 10,100,000
Ebitda Margins 0.02131
Enterprise To Ebitda 182.496
Enterprise To Revenue 3.889
Enterprise Value 1,843,212,544
Eps Current Year 3.4514
Eps Forward 3.82257
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.14
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,132,617,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 20
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 240 630 7808
Fifty Day Average 162.2224
Fifty Day Average Change -35.212395
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.21706247
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -66.59215
Fifty Two Week High 411.51
Fifty Two Week High Change -284.5
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.6913562
Fifty Two Week Low 112.78
Fifty Two Week Low Change 14.230003
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.12617488
Fifty Two Week Range 112.78 - 411.51
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 901,200,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 4.12
Float Shares 19,207,818
Forward Eps 3.82257
Forward P E 33.226337
Free Cashflow -127,300,000
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 467
Fullday Change -3.6200027
Fullday Change Percent -2.8501713
Fullday Price 123.39
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.23655
Gross Profits 112,100,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.01036
Held Percent Institutions 0.89217
Implied Shares Outstanding 20,453,108
Industry Uranium
Industry Disp Uranium
Industry Key uranium
Ir Website http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=93662&p=irol-irhome
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,132,617,600
Last Dividend Value 37.912086
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,412,035,200
Last Split Factor 91:1000
Long Business Summary Centrus Energy Corp. supplies nuclear fuel components for the nuclear power industry in the United States, Japan, the Netherlands, and internationally. The company operates through two segments: Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU) and Technical Solutions. The LEU segment sells separative work units (SWU) components of LEU; natural uranium hexafluoride, uranium concentrates, and uranium conversion; and enriched uranium products to utilities that operate nuclear power plants. The Technical Solutions segment offers technical, manufacturing, engineering, and operations services to public and private sector customers. The company was formerly known as USEC Inc. and changed its name to Centrus Energy Corp. in September 2014. Centrus Energy Corp. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.
Long Name Centrus Energy Corp.
Market us_market
Market Cap 2,597,749,248
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_36096
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 48,500,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 3,228,114,035
Number Of Analyst Opinions 18
Open 115.39
Operating Cashflow -55,000,000
Operating Margins 0.053379998
Overall Risk 8
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 2.87
Phone 301 564 3200
Pre Market Change -3.6200027
Pre Market Change Percent -2.8501713
Pre Market Price 123.39
Pre Market Time 1,792,155,754
Previous Close 119.95
Price Eps Current Year 36.79956
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.99764
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 5.4816403
Profit Margins 0.102340005
Quick Ratio 4.41
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.84211
Region US
Regular Market Change 7.06001
Regular Market Change Percent 5.88579
Regular Market Day High 127.11
Regular Market Day Low 112.7801
Regular Market Day Range 112.7801 - 127.11
Regular Market Open 115.39
Regular Market Previous Close 119.95
Regular Market Price 127.01
Regular Market Time 1,792,094,402
Regular Market Volume 1,381,874
Return On Assets 0.00016000001
Return On Equity 0.08053
Revenue Growth 0.14
Revenue Per Share 24.672
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16207206
Sector Energy
Sector Disp Energy
Sector Key energy
Share Holder Rights Risk 10
Shares Outstanding 19,733,908
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.2903
Shares Short 5,937,802
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 5,448,943
Short Name Centrus Energy Corp.
Short Percent Of Float 0.303
Short Ratio 7.97
Source Interval 15
State MD
Symbol LEU
Target High Price 340.0
Target Low Price 167.0
Target Mean Price 240.82056
Target Median Price 217.0
Total Cash 1,868,499,968
Total Cash Per Share 93.646
Total Debt 1,177,500,032
Total Revenue 473,900,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 2.14
Trailing P E 59.350464
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 195.55205
Two Hundred Day Average Change -68.542046
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.35050538
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,381,874
Website https://www.centrusenergy.com
Zip 20,817