NuScale Power Corporation (SMR) Shares Decline Despite Market Challenges

The stock price of NuScale Power Corporation (NYSE: SMR) has dropped by -2.21 compared to previous close of 13.15. Despite this, the company has seen a gain of 11.05% in its stock price over the last five trading days. businesswire.com reported 2024-10-07 that CORVALLIS, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NuScale Power will host a conference call to review third quarter 2024 results on Thursday, November 7, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. ET.

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Additionally, the 36-month beta value for SMR is 1.25. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 3 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 rating it as “overweight,” 2 rating it as “hold,” and 1 rating it as “sell.”

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The public float for SMR is 79.84M and currently, short sellers hold a 25.05% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of SMR on October 08, 2024 was 5.73M shares.

SMR’s Market Performance

SMR’s stock has seen a 11.05% increase for the week, with a 84.24% rise in the past month and a 0.70% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 11.19%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 11.28% for NuScale Power Corporation. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 21.64% for SMR’s stock, with a 84.13% simple moving average for the past 200 days.

Analysts’ Opinion of SMR

Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for SMR stocks, with Craig Hallum repeating the rating for SMR by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for SMR in the upcoming period, according to Craig Hallum is $16 based on the research report published on September 26, 2024 of the current year 2024.

CLSA, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see SMR reach a price target of $11. The rating they have provided for SMR stocks is “Outperform” according to the report published on September 13th, 2024.

Wells Fargo gave a rating of “Underweight” to SMR, setting the target price at $4.50 in the report published on March 19th of the current year.

SMR Trading at 35.38% from the 50-Day Moving Average

After a stumble in the market that brought SMR to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -23.95% of loss for the given period.

Volatility was left at 11.28%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 11.19%, as shares surge +69.88% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +18.53% upper at present.

During the last 5 trading sessions, SMR rose by +11.05%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +257.22% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $10.84. In addition, NuScale Power Corporation saw 290.88% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.

Insider Trading

Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at SMR starting from Temple Robert K, who proposed sale 68,558 shares at the price of $13.02 back on Oct 04 ’24. After this action, Temple Robert K now owns shares of NuScale Power Corporation, valued at $892,744 using the latest closing price.

Temple Robert K, the Retired of NuScale Power Corporation, sale 75,000 shares at $12.00 during a trade that took place back on Sep 25 ’24, which means that Temple Robert K is holding 14,054 shares at $900,000 based on the most recent closing price.

Stock Fundamentals for SMR

Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:

  • -18.03 for the present operating margin
  • 0.18 for the gross margin

The net margin for NuScale Power Corporation stands at -5.92. The total capital return value is set at -1.47. Equity return is now at value -66.61, with -30.47 for asset returns.

Based on NuScale Power Corporation (SMR), the company’s capital structure generated -0.0 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 2184.72. The debt to equity ratio resting at -0.0. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -51.57.

Currently, EBITDA for the company is -296.63 million with net debt to EBITDA at 0.55. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 78.09. The receivables turnover for the company is 1.65for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.06. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 2.66.

Conclusion

In conclusion, NuScale Power Corporation (SMR) has seen better performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.

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