LIGHTBRIDGE CORP (LTBR)
Energy · nuclear energy / nuclear fuel technology · NASDAQ
Lightbridge is a nuclear fuel technology company developing proprietary, high-performance fuel designs aimed at enhancing the economics and safety of nuclear power plants.
What LIGHTBRIDGE CORP does
Lightbridge Corporation is developing Lightbridge Fuel™, an advanced nuclear fuel technology designed for use in commercial nuclear reactors. The company is in the research and development phase, working on the design, testing, and eventual commercialization of metallic fuel that aims to improve reactor safety, efficiency, and performance. The company depends on strategic partnerships with national laboratories and the U.S. government to advance its nuclear fuel development and has not yet generated revenue from product sales.
Themes: nuclear energy, clean energy technology, next-generation nuclear fuel, advanced reactor fuel development
Fundamentals
- Price$8.22 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$308M as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return-42.2% 2025-08-21 close $14.22 → 2026-08-21 close $8.22
- P/En/a negative earnings
- Net margin-3950.0% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+38.9% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE-12.6% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.00 as of 2026-08-24
- Beta2.12 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-05 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How LTBR compares in its sector
- net profit marginbottom 10% 149 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginbottom 10% 149 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 142 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitybottom 25% 152 covered Energy peers, as of 2026-08-24
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.
How LIGHTBRIDGE CORP looks technically
LIGHTBRIDGE CORP (LTBR) is trading 34.3% 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 139 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 15, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 47, 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 11 trading days ago. It is 73.8% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 34.3% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -34.3% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $8.54 | $8.54 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $12.52 | $12.52 |
| 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 11 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 11 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 139 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 139 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 15, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 15.2 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 47, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 47.0 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the lower half of its 14-day range ($7.62 to $9.65) — its "stochastic" reading is 30 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. | 29.6 |
| 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 $31.34 | $31.34 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 73.8% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -73.8% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 18.8% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +18.8% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 73.8% below its highest point of the past year | 73.8% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 11 trading days ago | 11 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 27 trading days ago | 27 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $1584.00 (set on 2006-01-31) | $1584.00 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($7.20 to $27.72), and it has recovered only a small part of its fall from last year’s high — 5% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $19.88 to $20.54. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 5.0% |
| From the all-time high | it is 99.5% below its all-time high | -99.5% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 2.5% below a resistance level at $8.43 — a price it turned at twice since 2025-04-14, most recently on 2026-06-26. Since 2024-08-21 it has 1 such level below the current price and 13 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +2.5% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $1.71 (set on 2020-04-07) | $1.71 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 380.7% above its all-time low | +380.7% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 73% of it) | 27th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.5488 between its high and its low — about 6.7% 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 | $0.5488 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $7.46 and $9.49 — 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 | $7.46 – $8.47 – $9.49 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 6.7% 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 | 6.7% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 7.8 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (34.3% 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 | 7.8 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 | 1.00× |
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Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a bearish engulfing | 7 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 7 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 2.2% 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 | +2.2% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 2.2% above the previous close today and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 7.7 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | +2.2% |
| Gap filled | a 3.6% gap down opened on 2026-08-18 has been "filled" 1 session ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 2 sessions to close | 1 session 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 lagged the market by 0.1 percentage points (the stock gained 2.2% while the market gained 2.3%) | -0.1% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 31.1 percentage points (the stock lost 28.0% while the market gained 3.1%) | -31.1% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 47.2 percentage points (the stock lost 36.2% while the market gained 11.1%) | -47.3% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock lagged the market by 62.7 percentage points (the stock lost 42.2% while the market gained 20.5%) | -62.7% |
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 | 5 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, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 2.3% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is thick, spanning 31.3% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | -2.3% |
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Volume-weighted price
1
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 30% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $11.67 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 160 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -29.6% |
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Price levels it has turned at before
LTBR last closed at $8.22 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 1 price below its last close and 13 above; the nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $8.43 | Resistance | 2.5% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-04-14 to 2026-06-26 |
| $8.66 | Resistance | 5.3% above the last close | turned there three times · 2025-02-25 to 2026-07-22 |
| $6.88 | Support | 16.2% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-04-21 to 2026-07-17 |
| $9.71 | Resistance | 18.2% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-03-30 to 2026-08-10 |
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) · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · lagging the market · Most volatile (6%+ typical daily range) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Significant uncertainty regarding the ability to commercialize nuclear fuel technology and achieve market adoption.","Requirement for substantial ongoing funding and potential future capital raises, as the company is currently pre-revenue and unprofitable.","Heavy reliance on strategic partners, government national laboratories, and access to nuclear test reactors for research and development."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of LTBR's 10-Q filed 2026-04-30 against the prior one filed 2025-11-06.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Reference to 'Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q' in newer filing (2026-04-30)
- Removed:
- MD&A section structure listing removed: 'Overview of Our Business and Recent Developments of Lightbridge Fuel™', 'Critical Accounting Estimates', 'Operations Review', and 'Liquidity, Capital Resources, and Financial Position' sections that appeared in older filing (2025-11-06)
- Reworded:
- Older filing (2025-11-06) used 'MD&A, or' phrasing; newer filing (2026-04-30) uses 'MD&A is' phrasing
- Reference year changed from 'December 31, 2024' in older filing to 'December 31, 2025' in newer filing
- Older filing (2025-11-06) referred to 'this report'; newer filing (2026-04-30) specifies 'Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q'
- Notes:
- Text appears truncated in both versions at the end of the provided excerpts, limiting full comparison
- The structural outline present in older filing was entirely removed in newer filing rather than relocated
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)
0 open-market purchases and 3 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 90 days0 buys · 3 sells ($31682) — 2 selling insiders
- Last 180 days0 buys · 3 sells ($31682) — 2 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-07-01. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about LTBR'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)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding LTBR as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 5,361,060
- Reported value $57,148,903
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 3 increased, 2 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)
LTBR had 4,326,871 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
LTBR had 11.6% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 3.82 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 4,326,871
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 11.6%
- Prior settlement (shares) 4,216,613
- Reported change 2.61%
- Days to cover (reported) 3.82
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
- Framatome
- Westinghouse Electric Company
- Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF)
- Centrus Energy (LEU)
- General Atomics
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Frequently asked questions
What does LIGHTBRIDGE CORP (LTBR) do?
Lightbridge Corporation is developing Lightbridge Fuel™, an advanced nuclear fuel technology designed for use in commercial nuclear reactors. The company is in the research and development phase, working on the design, testing, and eventual commercialization of metallic fuel that aims to improve reactor safety, efficiency, and performance. The company depends on strategic partnerships with national laboratories and the U.S.
What sector is LIGHTBRIDGE CORP (LTBR) in?
LIGHTBRIDGE CORP (LTBR) is classified in the Energy sector. Its industry is nuclear energy / nuclear fuel technology. It trades on NASDAQ.
Who are LIGHTBRIDGE CORP's (LTBR) competitors?
Notable peers of LIGHTBRIDGE CORP (LTBR) include Framatome, Westinghouse Electric Company, Global Nuclear Fuel, Centrus Energy and General Atomics. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is LIGHTBRIDGE CORP (LTBR) overbought or oversold right now?
LIGHTBRIDGE CORP (LTBR) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 47, 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 LTBR 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.