Centrus Energy Corp. (LEU)
NYSEEnergyUraniumSnapshot 2026-10-30
$103.29-6.57%
Close 2026-10-30 · 1-day change
NYSEEnergyUraniumSnapshot 2026-10-30
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Industries move in repeating boom-and-bust cycles. This shows where this stock’s industry sits in that cycle, stage by stage (recovery → expansion → supercycle → steady → deceleration → contraction), from its fundamentals (orders, revenue, capital spending), not the stock’s price.
A booming industry is a tailwind for the names in it; a contracting one is a headwind. Companies in the same industry tend to rise and fall together with the cycle, the way a tide lifts and lowers every boat in the harbor at once, so a large part of a stock’s swing can come from where its industry sits rather than from the company itself. It’s context for reading the company’s results, not a buy/sell call. Full explanation →
Energy is in expansion. Describes the industry's cycle state, not a call on this stock.
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The reason to own it still holds.
View ThesisRevenue growth is slowing — up about 8% over the past year and decelerating.
View GrowthRanks in the weakest quality tier of its industry — roughly the bottom 13%, softest on free-cash-flow margins.
View QualityMiddle-of-the-pack management execution.
View ManagementExpectations look high — the market is pricing in about 24% growth a year, above the roughly 0% analysts expect, leaving little room for error.
View ValuationThis stock is highly volatile — it swings about 3% on a typical day and fell roughly 74% in its worst 12-month stretch.
View RiskLEU’s HALEU supply chain with advanced reactor partners must scale to support its growth case. Revenue grew 14% year over year, and Q2 FY2026 earnings beat consensus. LEU trades at 37× earnings versus the 22× peer median. The market prices in more growth than our forecast. Its fragile cash backing and 29% next-quarter miss probability threaten that premium. Peer multiples imply a price about 24% below where it trades (it looks expensive on this basis). Our read remains intact; this read is provisional.
Trailing returns as of 2026-10-30. LEU is total return (includes dividends); the S&P 500 benchmark is price return (the index excludes dividends).
Based on 20 analysts currently covering LEU (as of Oct 2026).
Based on 11 Wall Street analysts offering 12-month price targets for LEU in the last 4 months.
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A consensus fair price across 8 valuation methods, at three horizons. As of 2026-10-30. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
Today's peer multiple on trailing earnings, with no growth credited. This is the headline read.
Adds projected growth, so it leans optimistic by design. Read it as upside context, not a base case.
A price-focused, side-by-side fair-value read versus Coal & Consumable Fuels — fair value, gap to price, and forward P/E.
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Advances: Invest in centrifuge manufacturing and expansion
First newly manufactured centrifuge demonstrates progress in domestic manufacturing and supports planned Piketon capacity expansion.
Not investment advice. Scores describe historical and current data; they are not forecasts of future returns. Consult a licensed advisor before making investment decisions.
End-of-day figures as of 2026-10-30. EPS is implied from price ÷ P/E. Not investment advice.
Current $103.29
The last 12 months of price, then the range of analyst 12-month targets from today’s $103.29.
Analyst ratings and price targets are third-party Wall Street estimates, not QuarterlyIQ’s view. Not investment advice.
A long-thesis check that carries the widest uncertainty of the three horizons.
Below average on quality vs scored peers
A second lens on the 12-month fair value: for companies that score high on measured quality (profitability, balance-sheet safety, earnings stability), this read trusts more of today's profit margins instead of averaging them toward their multi-year history the way the headline number does. Shown alongside the fair value above, not in place of it. A diagnostic, not a price target or a buy/sell signal.
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
Reported $116 million acquisition is a material strategic and capital-allocation development.
Advances: Establish commercial HALEU supply chain with advanced reactor partners
Buy rating supports HALEU supply chain objective.
Advances: Establish commercial HALEU supply chain with advanced reactor partners
New HALEU deal supports supply chain establishment.
Advances: Establish commercial HALEU supply chain with advanced reactor partners
Secures commercial HALEU supply chain with a key partner.
Threatens: Capital deployment guidance for 2026
Dilution from offering may impact capital deployment plans.
Advances: Expand uranium enrichment facility at Piketon and Oak Ridge
Centrifuge production supports facility expansion objectives.
