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Best Nuclear Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - November 6th

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Key Points

  • Five nuclear stocks highlighted by MarketBeat for recent high dollar trading volume were Oklo, BWX Technologies, NuScale Power, Centrus Energy, and X-Energy, spanning reactor development, nuclear components, and fuel supply.
  • All five shares rose on Friday: Centrus gained $15.32 to $104.35, while Oklo reached $23.17, BWX Technologies $118.88, NuScale $4.92, and X-Energy $10.06.
  • Despite the daily gains, each stock traded below its 50-day moving average, and all were well below their one-year highs—showing recent price weakness amid the day’s rebound.
  • Five stocks to consider instead of Oklo.

Oklo, BWX Technologies, NuScale Power, Centrus Energy, and X-Energy are the five Nuclear stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. “Nuclear stocks” are shares of publicly traded companies involved in the nuclear energy industry. They may include uranium miners and fuel suppliers, nuclear power plant operators, and companies that build or service reactors. Their performance can be affected by energy demand, government policy, uranium prices, and nuclear safety concerns. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Nuclear stocks within the last several days.

Oklo (OKLO)

Oklo Inc. designs and develops fission power plants to provide reliable and commercial-scale energy to customers in the United States. It also provides used nuclear fuel recycling services. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

Oklo stock traded up $3.97 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $23.17. 13,525,556 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 11,054,905. The firm has a market cap of $4.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -24.41 and a beta of 1.31. Oklo has a 12 month low of $18.53 and a 12 month high of $117.44. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $33.94 and a 200 day moving average of $52.69.

Read Our Latest Research Report on OKLO

BWX Technologies (BWXT)

BWX Technologies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells nuclear components in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Government Operations and Commercial Operations. The Government Operations segment designs and manufactures naval nuclear components, reactors, and nuclear fuel; fabrication activities; and supplies proprietary and sole-source valves, manifolds, and fittings to naval and commercial shipping customers.

NYSE:BWXT traded up $3.92 on Friday, reaching $118.88. The company's stock had a trading volume of 904,585 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,067,898. The firm has a market cap of $10.89 billion, a PE ratio of 29.08, a PEG ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 0.75. BWX Technologies has a 1-year low of $112.54 and a 1-year high of $241.82. The business's 50-day moving average price is $141.31 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $183.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.43, a quick ratio of 2.33 and a current ratio of 1.88.

Read Our Latest Research Report on BWXT

NuScale Power (SMR)

NuScale Power Corporation engages in the development and sale of modular light water reactor nuclear power plants to supply energy for electrical generation, district heating, desalination, hydrogen production, and other process heat applications. It offers NuScale Power Module (NPM), a water reactor that can generate 77 megawatts of electricity (MWe); and VOYGR power plant designs for three facility sizes that are capable of housing from one to four and six or twelve NPMs.

NYSE SMR traded up $0.56 during trading on Friday, reaching $4.92. 18,010,011 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 31,414,908. NuScale Power has a fifty-two week low of $4.28 and a fifty-two week high of $32.09. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.12 billion, a P/E ratio of -1.68 and a beta of 2.42. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $7.54 and a 200-day moving average price of $10.63.

Read Our Latest Research Report on SMR

Centrus Energy (LEU)

Centrus Energy Corp. supplies nuclear fuel components and services for the nuclear power industry in the United States, Belgium, Japan, 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.

Shares of LEU traded up $15.32 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $104.35. The company had a trading volume of 737,981 shares, compared to its average volume of 906,517. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.39, a quick ratio of 4.52 and a current ratio of 5.39. The company has a market capitalization of $2.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.31, a P/E/G ratio of 8.87 and a beta of 1.40. Centrus Energy has a 1-year low of $84.86 and a 1-year high of $345.60. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $137.84 and its 200 day simple moving average is $182.13.

Read Our Latest Research Report on LEU

X-Energy (XE)

X-energy is a leading designer of advanced nuclear reactor technology (commonly referred to as small modular reactors, “SMRs”) and manufacturer of advanced nuclear fuels. We believe these scalable, power generation technologies help satisfy historically unprecedented electricity demand growth, driven by the development of AI and associated data center infrastructure.

XE traded up $1.06 during trading on Friday, reaching $10.06. 3,354,670 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 5,993,466. X-Energy has a one year low of $8.68 and a one year high of $37.10. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.09 billion and a PE ratio of -67.07. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $14.06.

Read Our Latest Research Report on XE

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