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Nuclear Stocks To Follow Now - November 12th

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Key Points

  • Five nuclear stocks drew the highest recent dollar trading volume: Oklo (OKLO), NuScale Power (SMR), X-Energy (XE), BWX Technologies (BWXT), and Centrus Energy (LEU), spanning reactor developers, nuclear component manufacturers, and fuel suppliers.
  • Thursday trading was mostly lower: Oklo, NuScale, BWX Technologies, and Centrus Energy fell, while X-Energy rose to $11.50. Centrus dropped $5.09 to $107.08, and Oklo fell $0.85 to $25.01.
  • Nuclear stocks offer exposure to the industry’s role in electricity generation, but investors should weigh risks including regulation, project costs, and uranium-price changes.
  • MarketBeat previews the top five stocks to own by December 1st.

Oklo, NuScale Power, X-Energy, BWX Technologies, and Centrus 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, such as uranium miners, reactor operators, and firms that build or service nuclear power plants. Investors may use them to gain exposure to nuclear power’s role in electricity generation, while considering risks such as regulation, project costs, and uranium-price changes. 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 OKLO traded down $0.85 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $25.01. The stock had a trading volume of 4,346,666 shares, compared to its average volume of 11,119,042. The company's fifty day moving average is $32.73 and its two-hundred day moving average is $51.40. Oklo has a 52 week low of $18.53 and a 52 week high of $115.72. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -26.11 and a beta of 1.31.

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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.

Shares of SMR traded down $0.14 on Thursday, hitting $5.08. The company's stock had a trading volume of 20,781,103 shares, compared to its average volume of 31,536,215. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $7.21 and a 200 day moving average price of $10.34. The company has a market capitalization of $2.19 billion, a PE ratio of -4.31 and a beta of 2.42. NuScale Power has a fifty-two week low of $4.28 and a fifty-two week high of $25.57.

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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.

Shares of X-Energy stock traded up $0.56 during trading on Thursday, reaching $11.50. The company's stock had a trading volume of 4,239,809 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,993,018. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $13.48. X-Energy has a one year low of $8.68 and a one year high of $37.10. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.67 billion and a PE ratio of -76.67.

Read Our Latest Research Report on XE

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 down $0.23 on Thursday, hitting $125.45. 274,096 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,070,003. BWX Technologies has a 1-year low of $112.54 and a 1-year high of $241.82. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $138.85 and a two-hundred day moving average of $181.41. 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 company has a market cap of $11.49 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.75, a P/E/G ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 0.75.

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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.

LEU traded down $5.09 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $107.08. The company had a trading volume of 244,503 shares, compared to its average volume of 905,690. Centrus Energy has a twelve month low of $84.86 and a twelve month high of $345.60. The company has a market capitalization of $2.14 billion, a PE ratio of 31.35, a P/E/G ratio of 10.53 and a beta of 1.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.27, a quick ratio of 7.99 and a current ratio of 8.61. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $132.49 and its 200-day simple moving average is $178.26.

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