Centrus Energy Corp. (LEU)Energy | Uranium | Bethesda, United States | NYSE
175.78 USD
-19.00
(-9.755%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 176.59 +0.81 (0.461%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 8 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:29 a.m. EDT
Centrus Energy presents a classic high-risk, high-reward profile in the uranium sector. While the stock has delivered a staggering 5,200% cumulative return over the last nine years, driven largely by a massive 397% surge in 2025, the underlying financial health is fragile. Free cash flow is negative, debt-to-equity is high, and earnings growth is currently contracting sharply. Despite the negative earnings trend, revenue is expanding at 14%, and analyst consensus remains bullish with a target price implying nearly 40% upside. The options market reflects this tension, with heavy call positioning targeting higher prices but elevated implied volatility signaling fear of a correction. For investors, this is a speculative play on the nuclear energy thesis rather than a stable income or value investment. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.048151 |
| MSTL | 0.062398 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.063244 |
| AutoETS | 0.063245 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 36% |
| H-stat | 0.58 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.925 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.08 |
| 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 | 3,507,313,408 |
| Trailing P/E | 102.80 |
| Forward P/E | 45.98 |
| Beta | 1.35 |
| Profit Margins | 10.23% |
| Website | https://www.centrusenergy.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:29 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for significant upside volatility with heavy OTM call open interest at 250 and 300 strikes, suggesting a target range well above current levels. However, put volume remains substantial, indicating hedging against downside risk. Implied volatility is elevated across all expiries, reflecting uncertainty around the company's execution and earnings trajectory.
| 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 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.13786846 |
| Address1 | 6,901 Rockledge Drive |
| Address2 | Suite 800 |
| All Time High | 7,046.703 |
| All Time Low | 1.0 |
| Ask | 175.99 |
| Ask Size | 100 |
| Audit Risk | 5 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.8 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 583,020 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 794,960 |
| Average Volume | 794,960 |
| Average Volume10Days | 583,020 |
| Beta | 1.35 |
| Bid | 176.0 |
| Bid Size | 100 |
| Board Risk | 4 |
| Book Value | 42.37 |
| City | Bethesda |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 6 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 175.78 |
| Current Ratio | 5.395 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 195.31 |
| Day Low | 173.4001 |
| Debt To Equity | 139.283 |
| Display Name | Centrus Energy |
| 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 | 278.843 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 5.943 |
| Enterprise Value | 2,816,313,344 |
| Eps Current Year | 3.49126 |
| Eps Forward | 3.82257 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.71 |
| 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 | 174.9802 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.7998047 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.0045708297 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -13.786846 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 464.25 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -288.47 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.6213678 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 142.13 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 33.649994 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.23675503 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 142.13 - 464.25 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 901,200,600,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 5.94 |
| Float Shares | 19,189,063 |
| Forward Eps | 3.82257 |
| Forward P E | 45.984768 |
| Free Cashflow | -127,300,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 467 |
| Fullday Change | -19.0 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -9.75459 |
| Fullday Price | 176.59 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.23655 |
| Gross Profits | 112,100,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.043119997 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.89241 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 19,952,858 |
| 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 | 3,507,313,408 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| 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 | 3,886,417,681 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 16 |
| Open | 193.42 |
| Operating Cashflow | -55,000,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.053379998 |
| Overall Risk | 8 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 2.87 |
| Phone | 301 564 3200 |
| Post Market Change | 0.80999756 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.4608019 |
| Post Market Price | 176.59 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,600 |
| Previous Close | 194.78 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 50.348583 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 4.14869 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 7.4009566 |
| Profit Margins | 0.102340005 |
| Quick Ratio | 4.41 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.77778 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -19.0 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -9.75459 |
| Regular Market Day High | 195.31 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 173.4001 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 173.4001 - 195.31 |
| Regular Market Open | 193.42 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 194.78 |
| Regular Market Price | 175.78 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,203 |
| Regular Market Volume | 814,761 |
| Return On Assets | 0.00016000001 |
| Return On Equity | 0.08053 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.14 |
| Revenue Per Share | 24.672 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20204377 |
| Sector | Energy |
| Sector Disp | Energy |
| Sector Key | energy |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 10 |
| Shares Outstanding | 19,233,658 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.2791 |
| Shares Short | 5,568,234 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 4,995,257 |
| Short Name | Centrus Energy Corp. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.2916 |
| Short Ratio | 8.2 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | MD |
| Symbol | LEU |
| Target High Price | 340.0 |
| Target Low Price | 180.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 253.25 |
| Target Median Price | 240.0 |
| 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 | 1.71 |
| Trailing P E | 102.79532 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 212.8252 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -37.045197 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.17406397 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 814,761 |
| Website | https://www.centrusenergy.com |
| Zip | 20,817 |