Lightbridge (LTBR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Lightbridge Corporation is a nuclear technology company focused on developing advanced nuclear fuel designs for commercial nuclear reactors. Its primary technology is a proprietary metallic fuel intended for use in existing light-water reactors and certain advanced reactor concepts.

The company’s fuel technology is designed to support higher reactor power output, improved fuel performance and enhanced safety characteristics compared with conventional nuclear fuel designs. Lightbridge is also developing fuel rod and fuel assembly concepts and has worked with research and government organizations, including Idaho National Laboratory, to advance testing and commercialization efforts.

Founded in 1992 as Thorium Power, the company adopted the Lightbridge name in 2010. It is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, and its activities are centered on developing nuclear fuel technology for potential deployment in domestic and international nuclear power markets. Lightbridge is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Seth Grae.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $4.50 to $4.82
• 50-Day Range: $3.99 to $7.89
• 52-Week Range: $3.91 to $20.85
• Volume: 582,418 shs
• Average Volume: 779,701 shs
• Market Capitalization: $174.42 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 240th out of 242 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: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Lightbridge has a P/B Ratio of 0.74. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

12.49% 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 7.13.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Lightbridge has recently increased by 2.04%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

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: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.33

News Sentiment

Lightbridge has a news sentiment score of 0.33. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.60 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

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

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for LTBR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -78% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

4 people have added Lightbridge to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Lightbridge insiders have not sold or bought any 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: 11/02/2026
• Today: 11/11/2026
• 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): ($0.86)
• 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: -12.33%
• Return on Assets: -12.22%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 62.13
• 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: $6.12 per share
• Price / Book: 0.74

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 38,760,000
• Free Float: 36,671,000
• Market Cap: $174.42 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.71