Lightbridge (LTBR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Lightbridge Corporation (NASDAQ:LTBR) is a nuclear technology company developing advanced nuclear fuel designs for commercial nuclear reactors. Its primary focus is metallic fuel technology intended to improve reactor performance, safety characteristics and operating efficiency compared with conventional nuclear fuel.

Lightbridge is developing fuel assemblies and related fuel technologies for both existing light-water reactors and potential next-generation reactor designs. The company’s work includes fuel-rod and fuel-assembly concepts designed to support higher power output and improved accident tolerance, with the goal of enabling deployment through partnerships with reactor operators, fuel manufacturers and government research organizations.

Founded as Thorium Power, the company adopted the Lightbridge name in 2010 as it focused on advanced nuclear fuel development. Lightbridge is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, and its technology development activities are directed toward the global nuclear energy market. Seth Grae serves as the company’s president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $6.71 to $6.97
• 50-Day Range: $6.47 to $9.47
• 52-Week Range: $6.33 to $31.33
• Volume: 661,027 shs
• Average Volume: 788,991 shs
• Market Capitalization: $256.60 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Sell

Lightbridge Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Lightbridge scored higher than 4% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 252nd out of 253 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Sell

Consensus Rating

Lightbridge has received a consensus rating of Sell. The company's average rating score is 1.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Lightbridge has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Lightbridge is -8.67, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Lightbridge is -8.67, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Lightbridge has a P/B Ratio of 1.10. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

13.81% of the float of Lightbridge has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Lightbridge has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.32.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Lightbridge has recently increased by 9.33%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Lightbridge does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Lightbridge does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.83

News Sentiment

Lightbridge has a news sentiment score of 0.83. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.67 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Lightbridge this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 11 people have searched for LTBR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Lightbridge insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $134,850.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

5.40% of the stock of Lightbridge is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

9.14% of the stock of Lightbridge is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2026
• Today: 9/27/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
• Sub-Industry: Coal & Consumable Fuels
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:LTBR
• CIK: 1084554
• Web: www.ltbridge.com
• Phone: (571) 730-1200
• Fax: 571-730-1260
• Employees: 13
• Year Founded: 2009

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.79)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$19.58 million
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -11.51%
• Return on Assets: -11.43%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 116.57
• Quick Ratio: 116.57

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $6.22 per share
• Price / Book: 1.10

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 37,460,000
• Free Float: 35,435,000
• Market Cap: $256.60 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 2.13