Best Nuclear Stocks Worth Watching - November 9th

Key Points

• Five nuclear-energy stocks flagged for elevated trading activity are Oklo (OKLO), NuScale Power (SMR), BWX Technologies (BWXT), Centrus Energy (LEU), and X-Energy (XE), spanning reactor developers, nuclear equipment makers, and fuel suppliers.
• All five shares rose in Monday’s trading cited in the article, with Centrus up $12.30 to $116.90 and BWX Technologies up $9.21 to $128.73; these moves came amid trading volumes below each stock’s stated average.
• The stocks remained well below their reported 52-week highs and, where listed, their 50- or 200-day moving averages. Oklo and X-Energy focus on advanced reactor technology, while NuScale develops modular reactors and Centrus supplies nuclear fuel.

Oklo, NuScale Power, BWX Technologies, 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 nuclear energy. They can include uranium miners, nuclear power plant operators, reactor and equipment makers, and companies providing nuclear fuel or services. Their performance may be affected by energy demand, regulation, uranium prices, and public attitudes toward nuclear power. 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.

Shares of NYSE OKLO traded up $3.31 during trading on Monday, hitting $26.86. 8,895,014 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 11,100,451. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.00 billion, a P/E ratio of -27.93 and a beta of 1.31. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $33.56 and a 200-day moving average price of $52.36. Oklo has a 1 year low of $18.53 and a 1 year high of $117.44.

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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.

NuScale Power stock traded up $0.45 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $5.53. The stock had a trading volume of 14,219,016 shares, compared to its average volume of 31,443,164. NuScale Power has a twelve month low of $4.28 and a twelve month high of $32.09. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.37 billion, a PE ratio of -4.69 and a beta of 2.42. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $7.44 and its 200 day simple moving average is $10.56.

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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 $9.21 on Monday, hitting $128.73. 522,372 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,071,227. The stock has a market cap of $11.79 billion, a PE ratio of 31.57, a PEG ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 0.75. The company has a current ratio of 1.88, a quick ratio of 1.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.43. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $140.58 and a 200-day moving average of $182.63. BWX Technologies has a fifty-two week low of $112.54 and a fifty-two week high of $241.82.

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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 NYSE LEU traded up $12.30 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $116.90. The stock had a trading volume of 486,212 shares, compared to its average volume of 907,285. The company has a quick ratio of 7.99, a current ratio of 8.61 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.27. Centrus Energy has a 1-year low of $84.86 and a 1-year high of $345.60. The company has a market capitalization of $2.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.16, a PEG ratio of 10.02 and a beta of 1.40. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $136.02 and a 200 day moving average price of $181.07.

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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.

NASDAQ XE traded up $0.76 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $11.19. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,633,448 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,997,430. X-Energy has a 52-week low of $8.68 and a 52-week high of $37.10. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $13.90. The stock has a market cap of $4.55 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of -74.60.

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