CENTRUS ENERGY CORP CLASS A (LEU)
Energy · Nuclear fuel and services · NYSE
Centrus Energy is a supplier of nuclear fuel and enrichment services, currently focused on scaling domestic production of advanced HALEU fuel for next-generation reactors.
What CENTRUS ENERGY CORP CLASS A does
Centrus Energy Corp. provides nuclear fuel and services for the nuclear power industry and government. The company specializes in the supply of low-enriched uranium (LEU) and is developing technology for high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) to support advanced nuclear reactors. It also provides advanced engineering and manufacturing services to government and private sector customers through its Technical Solutions segment.
Themes: nuclear energy, HALEU fuel production, energy security, advanced nuclear reactors, government defense and technical services
Fundamentals
- Price$186.26 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$2.5B as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+5.1% 2025-08-21 close $177.28 → 2026-08-21 close $186.26
- P/E76.66 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+10.2% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+23.6% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+7.1% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity1.39 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+8.5% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+15.2% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.55 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-05 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How LEU compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiotop 25% 118 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 149 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 149 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 142 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 152 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRtop 25% 138 covered Energy peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 95 covered Energy peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Energy companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
LEU is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
Not scored for the long-term list: no shareholder return data.
Short-term score
45.7 #1086 of 1,704 scored · #68 of 86 in Energy
Setup 76th: day-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 86% of it); momentum 54th: near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold); weakest is catalysts 25th: the analyst consensus rating has softened toward "sell" since the prior reading.
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
How CENTRUS ENERGY CORP CLASS A looks technically
CENTRUS ENERGY CORP CLASS A (LEU) is trading 14.0% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 107 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 19, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 54, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day high about 7 trading days ago. It is 59.9% below its highest point of the past year. Day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 10% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 14.0% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -14.0% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $172.73 | $172.73 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $216.65 | $216.65 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 15 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 15 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 107 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 107 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 19, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 19.4 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 54, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 53.9 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading around the middle of its 14-day range ($172.27 to $203.18) — its "stochastic" reading is 45 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 45.3 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 4 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $464.25 | $464.25 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 59.9% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -59.9% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 31.0% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +31.1% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 59.9% below its highest point of the past year | 59.9% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 7 trading days ago | 7 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 50 trading days ago | 50 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $7046.70 (set on 2007-05-23) | $7046.70 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($146.61 to $436.00), and it has recovered only a small part of its fall from last year’s high — 14% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $325.45 to $334.71. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 13.7% |
| From the all-time high | it is 97.4% below its all-time high | -97.4% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.6% below a resistance level at $189.31 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-04-21, most recently on 2026-04-29. Since 2024-08-21 it has 4 such levels below the current price and 7 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +1.6% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $1.00 (set on 2016-01-19) | $1.00 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 18526.0% above its all-time low | +18,526% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually narrow versus its own recent history — a "Bollinger squeeze" (in the tightest 10% of the past ~6 months), which often precedes a bigger move | 10th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $11.48 between its high and its low — about 6.2% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $11.48 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $165.87 and $198.27 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $165.87 – $182.07 – $198.27 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 6.2% in a typical session — more volatile than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 6.2% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 2.7 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (14.0% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 2.7 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.63× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have cut their average price target by 0.9% since the prior reading | -0.9% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating has softened toward "sell" since the prior reading | 0.07 toward sell |
Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 1.3% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and had not traded back through that level by the close | +1.3% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 2.8% above the previous close 16 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 159.69 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +2.8% |
| Gap filled | a 3.4% gap down opened on 2026-08-18 has been "filled" 2 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 1 session to close | 2 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed higher in its latest session, after a session that did not close higher — a single up day rather than a run | 1 session up |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 6.4 percentage points (the stock gained 8.8% while the market gained 2.3%) | +6.4% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 2.0 percentage points (the stock gained 5.1% while the market gained 3.1%) | +2.0% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 19.6 percentage points (the stock lost 8.6% while the market gained 11.1%) | -19.6% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 15.4 percentage points (the stock gained 5.1% while the market gained 20.5%) | -15.4% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 0 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 0 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading inside the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-15 and projected forward over today's price, the zone traders read as unresolved — neither side has established a trend, and the band is where that gets settled. The band itself is thick, spanning 12.5% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | 0.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 13% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $213.40 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 159 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -12.7% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 1% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-05 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $185.13 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 13 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +0.6% |
Price levels it has turned at before
LEU last closed at $186.26 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 4 prices below its last close and 7 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $189.31 | Resistance | 1.6% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-04-21 to 2026-04-29 |
| $182.78 | Support | 1.9% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-02-13 to 2026-03-09 |
| $192.65 | Resistance | 3.4% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-08-01 to 2026-06-18 |
| $179.12 | Support | 3.8% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-07-06 to 2026-07-22 |
| $203.99 | Resistance | 9.5% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-06 |
| $162.69 | Support | 12.7% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-08-20 to 2026-05-19 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · MACD just crossed bearish (12/26/9) · in a Bollinger Band volatility squeeze · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · lagging the market | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low · bollinger bands
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (1.78 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 16 analysts
- Mean price target$255.13 range $180.00 – $340.00; median $254.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-22. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for LEU
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.0074 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-22
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Reliance on government contracts and U.S. Department of Energy funding/policy.","Geopolitical risks and regulatory changes affecting the global uranium supply chain and import bans.","High capital intensity and technological risks associated with HALEU production development."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of LEU's 10-Q filed 2026-05-06 against the prior one filed 2025-11-06.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Added description of Technical Solutions segment operating uranium enrichment capacity for HALEU production and expanding into advanced manufacturing, engineering and technical services (2026-05-06 filing)
- Added statement that Technical Solutions segment is committed to restoration of domestic uranium enrichment production capabilities for both LEU and HALEU (2026-05-06 filing)
- Added details about June 17, 2025 DOE amendment dividing first three-year option period into Option 1a (one year) and Option 1b (two years) with specified target costs and fees (2026-05-06 filing)
- Added that DOE exercised Option 1a launching Phase 3 effective June 30, 2025 through June 30, 2026, with funding of $108.2 million as of March 31, 2026 (2026-05-06 filing)
- Added statement that current fiscal year 2027 DOE budget proposal does not include funding for cascade operation (2026-05-06 filing)
- Added that Phase 2 fee was not definitized and is subject to negotiation due to delays in obtaining 5B Cylinders (2026-05-06 filing)
- Removed:
- Removed reference to HALEU Demonstration Contract ending November 30, 2022 with DOE funding up to $173.0 million (2025-11-06 filing)
- Removed mention of ongoing closeout activities on HALEU Demonstration Contract (2025-11-06 filing)
- Removed detailed description of Phase 1 including approximately $30.0 million cost-share contribution from Centrus matched by approximately $30.0 million from DOE (2025-11-06 filing)
- Removed statement that DOE owns any HALEU produced from demonstration cascade (2025-11-06 filing)
- Removed note about DOE assuming D&D liabilities pursuant to amendment to lease for Piketon facility (2025-11-06 filing)
- Removed detailed explanation of 5B Cylinder supply chain challenges and inability to produce HALEU during insufficient supply periods (2025-11-06 filing)
- Removed statement that Phase 2 included initial contract value of approximately $90.0 million and compensation on cost-plus-incentive-fee basis (2025-11-06 filing)
- Removed reference to November 5, 2024 modification extending Phase 2 to June 30, 2025 (2025-11-06 filing)
- Removed reference to August 20, 2025 DOE modification further extending Phase 2 through October 31 (2025-11-06 filing)
- Reworded:
- Changed 'Centrus' references formatting from inconsistent quoting styles (2025-11-06) to consistent 'Centrus' (2026-05-06)
- Changed SWU spot price narrative from '$195 per SWU by December 31, 2024' to '$200 per SWU by December 31, 2025' (2026-05-06 filing)
- Changed measurement date from 'As of September 30, 2025, spot prices were $220 per SWU' to 'As of March 31, 2026, spot prices remained steady at $200 per SWU' (2026-05-06 filing)
- Changed percentage increase calculation from '547% over the 2018 historic low' to '488% over the 2018 historic low' (2026-05-06 filing)
- Removed 'This represents an increase of 13% since the beginning of the year and' statement and replaced with different baseline reference (2026-05-06 filing)
- Changed Technical Solutions description from focused on 'restoration of America's domestic uranium enrichment production capability' to 'committed to the restoration of America's domestic uranium enrichment production capabilities for LEU and HALEU' (2026-05-06 filing)
- Changed objectives from 'nonproliferation, energy, and climate objectives' to 'clean energy, energy security, and national security objectives' (2026-05-06 filing)
- Changed HALEU Operation Contract award date from 'November 10, 2022' to 'November 2022' (2026-05-06 filing)
- Changed Phase 1 completion announcement date from 'November 7, 2023' to 'November 2023' (2026-05-06 filing)
- Removed reference to Phase 1 as discrete element and consolidated HALEU contract description (2026-05-06 filing)
- Notes:
- The newer filing text appears truncated at the end ('The Company does no'), limiting full comparison of remaining content
- The older filing text also appears truncated at the end, preventing complete assessment of all changes
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales recorded in the last 90 days.
- Last 180 days0 buys · 1 sell ($62286) — 1 selling insider
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-05-11. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about LEU's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
6 institutional 13F filers reported holding LEU as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 6
- Reported shares held 3,971,757
- Reported value $689,457,301
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 3 increased, 3 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
LEU had 5,094,877 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
Short interest as a percent of shares outstanding is not shown for LEU because the newest share count we hold predates that settlement by more than 180 days, and a buyback or issuance in between would move the base. The reported figures above are unaffected.
- Reported short interest (shares) 5,094,877
- Prior settlement (shares) 4,995,257
- Reported change 1.99%
- Days to cover (reported) 6.84
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Orano Cycle
- Urenco Group
- Kazatomprom
- Cameco Corporation (CCJ)
- Rosatom (TENEX)
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Frequently asked questions
What does CENTRUS ENERGY CORP CLASS A (LEU) do?
Centrus Energy Corp. provides nuclear fuel and services for the nuclear power industry and government. The company specializes in the supply of low-enriched uranium (LEU) and is developing technology for high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) to support advanced nuclear reactors. It also provides advanced engineering and manufacturing services to government and private sector customers through its Technical Solutions segment.
What sector is CENTRUS ENERGY CORP CLASS A (LEU) in?
CENTRUS ENERGY CORP CLASS A (LEU) is classified in the Energy sector. Its industry is Nuclear fuel and services. It trades on NYSE.
Who are CENTRUS ENERGY CORP CLASS A's (LEU) competitors?
Notable peers of CENTRUS ENERGY CORP CLASS A (LEU) include Orano Cycle, Urenco Group, Kazatomprom, Cameco Corporation and Rosatom. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is CENTRUS ENERGY CORP CLASS A (LEU) overbought or oversold right now?
CENTRUS ENERGY CORP CLASS A (LEU) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 54, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on LEU come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.