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Centrus Energy Corp. (LEU)

Energy | Uranium | Bethesda, United States | NYSE
159.38 USD +3.33 (2.134%) ⇧ (July 14, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★⯪☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 4:04 a.m. EDT

Centrus Energy sits at a critical inflection point where a decade-long bull run meets deteriorating quarterly earnings. While the balance sheet remains fortress-like with net cash and a massive 6,000% price appreciation over nine years, the company is currently burning cash and reporting negative earnings growth. The valuation is stretched at 62x trailing earnings, though the forward P/E moderates to 43x. Options flow reveals a defensive posture with heavy put buying at lower strikes, yet call walls at $200 suggest the market still prices in significant upside. Until earnings stabilize, the high beta and negative free cash flow keep the short-term outlook cautious, despite the long-term strategic value in the uranium supply chain.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.266188
AutoETS0.274515
AutoARIMA0.274527
AutoTheta0.325684

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 35%
H-stat 2.06
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.497
Excess Kurtosis -0.33
Attribute Value
Sector Energy
Ex Dividend Date 2005-11-21
Last Dividend Date 2005-11-21
Debt to Equity Ratio 152.038
Revenue per Share 24.233
Market Cap 3,135,450,112
Trailing P/E 57.75
Forward P/E 40.42
Beta 1.36
Profit Margins 13.40%
Website https://www.centrusenergy.com

As of July 11, 2026, 4:04 a.m. EDT: Implied volatility remains elevated across all expirations, suggesting uncertainty. Call open interest clusters around the $200-$240 strikes, indicating upside targets, while put open interest is heavy at $100-$150, signaling downside protection. The mix suggests a 'long with a hedge' sentiment rather than pure directional conviction.


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
exDividendDate 2005-11-22
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 37.912086
lastDividendDate 2005-11-22

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.27506274
Address1 6,901 Rockledge Drive
Address2 Suite 800
All Time High 7,046.703
All Time Low 1.0
Ask 163.0
Ask Size 100
Audit Risk 5
Average Analyst Rating 1.7 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 924,520
Average Daily Volume3 Month 933,795
Average Volume 933,795
Average Volume10Days 924,520
Beta 1.359
Bid 159.47
Bid Size 300
Board Risk 4
Book Value 39.407
City Bethesda
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 6
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 159.38
Current Ratio 5.72
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 165.4799
Day Low 156.98
Debt To Equity 152.038
Display Name Centrus Energy
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,070,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,070,600
Earnings Growth -0.719
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.632
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,011,200
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,873,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,873,600
Ebitda 34,200,000
Ebitda Margins 0.07561
Enterprise To Ebitda 71.516
Enterprise To Revenue 5.408
Enterprise Value 2,445,849,856
Eps Current Year 3.974
Eps Forward 3.94333
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.76
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,132,617,600
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fax 240 630 7808
Fifty Day Average 179.9802
Fifty Day Average Change -20.60019
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.11445809
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -27.506273
Fifty Two Week High 464.25
Fifty Two Week High Change -304.87
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.6566936
Fifty Two Week Low 144.65
Fifty Two Week Low Change 14.730011
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.10183209
Fifty Two Week Range 144.65 - 464.25
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 901,200,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 5.94
Float Shares 18,304,354
Forward Eps 3.94333
Forward P E 40.417618
Free Cashflow -10,875,000
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 467
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.25669
Gross Profits 116,100,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.04318
Held Percent Institutions 0.85876
Implied Shares Outstanding 19,672,794
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 3,135,450,112
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_36096
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common 60,600,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 3,069,939,503
Number Of Analyst Opinions 15
Open 163.25
Operating Cashflow -20,600,000
Operating Margins -0.00261
Overall Risk 8
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 2.87
Phone 301 564 3200
Pre Market Change 1.7799988
Pre Market Change Percent 1.1144495
Pre Market Price 161.5
Pre Market Time 1,784,111,899
Previous Close 156.05
Price Eps Current Year 40.10569
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 4.044459
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 6.9322357
Profit Margins 0.13397999
Quick Ratio 4.76
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.70588
Region US
Regular Market Change 3.33
Regular Market Change Percent 2.13393
Regular Market Day High 165.4799
Regular Market Day Low 156.98
Regular Market Day Range 156.98 - 165.4799
Regular Market Open 163.25
Regular Market Previous Close 156.05
Regular Market Price 159.38
Regular Market Time 1,784,059,203
Regular Market Volume 640,609
Return On Assets 0.00792
Return On Equity 0.12254
Revenue Growth 0.049
Revenue Per Share 24.233
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20365608
Sector Energy
Sector Disp Energy
Sector Key energy
Share Holder Rights Risk 10
Shares Outstanding 18,953,594
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.2226
Shares Short 4,379,396
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 4,155,985
Short Name Centrus Energy Corp.
Short Percent Of Float 0.2328
Short Ratio 4.61
Source Interval 15
State MD
Symbol LEU
Target High Price 390.0
Target Low Price 170.0
Target Mean Price 264.73334
Target Median Price 264.0
Total Cash 1,868,199,936
Total Cash Per Share 94.964
Total Debt 1,178,599,936
Total Revenue 452,300,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps 2.76
Trailing P E 57.74638
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 242.3902
Two Hundred Day Average Change -83.01019
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.34246513
Type Disp Equity
Volume 640,609
Website https://www.centrusenergy.com
Zip 20,817