Nuclear Stocks To Keep An Eye On - November 3rd

Key Points

• Oklo, BWX Technologies, NuScale Power, Centrus Energy, and X-Energy are highlighted as nuclear stocks with the highest recent dollar trading volume, offering exposure to reactor technology, nuclear fuel, components, and advanced power systems.
• The group showed mixed trading on Tuesday: Oklo and NuScale declined, while BWXT, Centrus Energy, and X-Energy gained. Most remain well below their 52-week highs, reflecting substantial volatility across the sector.
• Investors should weigh the sector’s potential benefits from rising electricity demand and clean-energy initiatives against risks including regulation, project delays, commodity prices, nuclear-safety concerns, and several companies’ lack of profitability.

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 nuclear energy, including uranium mining, reactor design and construction, nuclear fuel, equipment, and utility operations. Investors may view them as a way to gain exposure to growing electricity demand and clean-energy initiatives, but they can be affected by regulation, project delays, commodity prices, and public concerns about nuclear safety. 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 down $0.34 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $23.18. The stock had a trading volume of 4,809,122 shares, compared to its average volume of 10,972,789. Oklo has a one year low of $22.93 and a one year high of $123.44. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.31 billion, a P/E ratio of -24.66 and a beta of 1.20. The firm's 50 day moving average is $35.15 and its 200 day moving average is $53.77.

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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.

Shares of BWXT traded up $2.49 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $132.96. 655,052 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,047,921. The stock has a market cap of $12.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.42, a PEG ratio of 1.91 and a beta of 0.74. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $142.99 and a 200-day moving average of $184.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.51, a quick ratio of 2.33 and a current ratio of 2.40. BWX Technologies has a 52 week low of $123.05 and a 52 week high of $241.82.

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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.

SMR traded down $0.03 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $5.33. The company's stock had a trading volume of 12,022,918 shares, compared to its average volume of 31,375,459. The business's 50-day moving average price is $7.80 and its 200-day moving average price is $10.85. NuScale Power has a 12 month low of $5.20 and a 12 month high of $40.15. The stock has a market cap of $2.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1.82 and a beta of 2.36.

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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 $1.18 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $96.08. The company had a trading volume of 314,238 shares, compared to its average volume of 902,624. Centrus Energy has a one year low of $94.43 and a one year high of $345.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.39, a current ratio of 5.39 and a quick ratio of 4.52. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $143.47 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $185.47. The stock has a market cap of $1.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 43.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 10.73 and a beta of 1.53.

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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.

X-Energy stock traded up $0.60 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $10.97. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,939,861 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,960,751. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $14.57. X-Energy has a one year low of $10.04 and a one year high of $37.10. The company has a market capitalization of $4.46 billion and a PE ratio of -73.13.

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