Stocks · Energy · Uranium

Centrus Energy Corp. LEU

$141.44 +1.56% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $2.64B

Weak trendExpensive vs sectorHigh risk

Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Operating margin narrowed to 1.6% from 20.9% a year earlier.
  2. The diluted share count rose 20.8% in a year.
  3. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $2.20, down 63.9% year over year.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Energy sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.

Growth38Weak

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 43%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 20%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 6%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 18%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 27%
Quality13Very weak

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 20%
  • Gross marginBottom 33%
  • Operating marginBottom 19%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 2%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 9%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 1%
  • Interest coverBottom 20%
Value7Very weak

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldBottom 35%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 17%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 16%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 23%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 9%
Momentum8Very weak

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 6%
  • 6-month returnBottom 19%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 5%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 6%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 16%
Revisions61Neutral

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 33%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 31%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 37%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 17%
Stability19Very weak

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 8%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 19%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 1%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 1%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)-4.1%8.5%↑
EPS growth (YoY)-52.7%-63.9%↓
Gross margin36.0%23.3%↓
Operating margin20.9%1.6%↓
FCF margin24.4%-34.6%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)8.5%-4.1%↑Bottom 43%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)-63.9%-52.7%↓Bottom 20%
Gross margin23.3%36.0%↓Bottom 33%
Operating margin1.6%20.9%↓Bottom 19%
Net margin10.2%24.0%↓—
Free-cash-flow margin-34.6%24.4%↓—
Return on invested capital0.4%—Bottom 20%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR15.2%—Top 18%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
-1.13×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
4.1%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
4.1%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
-26.7 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
-9.50×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
0.5×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
0.00%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
-16.57%
Shareholder yield
-16.57%
Share count change, 1 year
+20.8%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+12.5%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
2
Beats in the last 8 reports
5 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
-5.7%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
-0.1%
Positive 20 days after report
2 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$223.78
Target vs current price
+58.2%
Analysts with a rating
13
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
46%
Consensus rating
Hold

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Aug 5, 2026+5.2%-0.9%-0.0%-11.1%—
May 5, 2026+21.4%-0.4%+3.0%-3.8%-14.6%
Feb 10, 2026-44.4%-4.1%-27.8%-27.3%-16.3%
Nov 5, 2025-5.0%-0.4%-15.8%-18.1%-18.3%
Aug 5, 2025+103.8%+1.8%+4.3%-2.9%+73.1%
May 7, 2025+1700.0%-2.6%+24.3%+89.4%+179.8%
Feb 6, 2025+140.6%-3.1%+40.7%-5.5%-13.0%
Oct 28, 2024-236.4%+9.2%+27.4%+1.0%+7.0%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Aug 5, 2026$0.77$0.73+5.2%$176.1M
May 5, 2026$0.45$0.37+21.4%$76.7M
Feb 10, 2026$0.79$1.42-44.4%$146.2M
Nov 5, 2025$0.19$0.20-5.0%$74.9M
Aug 5, 2025$1.59$0.78+103.8%$154.5M
May 7, 2025$1.60-$0.10+1700.0%$73.1M
Feb 6, 2025$3.20$1.33+140.6%$151.6M
Oct 28, 2024-$0.30$0.22-236.4%$57.7M

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)64.3×14.4×90thBottom 35%
P/E (forward)55.6×———
EV / EBITDA26.8×——Bottom 16%
EV / Sales4.11×——Bottom 23%
Free-cash-flow yield-6.21%——Bottom 17%
Earnings yield1.56%——Bottom 35%

P/E over the past five years

Range 2.3× – 80.9× since Sep 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
-59.5%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
-63.9%
Change in P/E multiple
+112.1%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-3.2%
200-day average slope (20 days)
-5.0%
Distance from 50-day average
-16.1%
Distance from 200-day average
-29.3%
RSI (14)
40.0
Relative volume
0.80×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
75.6%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
33th percentile · Normal for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
1.92
Correlation with S&P 500
0.30
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-67.6%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-68.3%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Nov 12, 2021May 12, 2022-78.2%124 days612 days (Oct 18, 2024)
Oct 15, 2025Sep 29, 2026-68.3%239 daysNot yet recovered
Feb 12, 2025Apr 4, 2025-54.1%36 days35 days (May 27, 2025)
Nov 1, 2024Dec 31, 2024-39.2%40 days26 days (Feb 10, 2025)
Jul 18, 2025Aug 19, 2025-33.2%22 days21 days (Sep 18, 2025)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$2.64B
P/E (TTM)
64.3
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$2.20
Revenue (TTM)
$473.9M
52-week range
$135.75 – $464.25
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$298.3M$293.8M$320.2M$442.0M$448.7M
Gross profit$114.5M$117.9M$112.1M$111.5M$117.5M
Operating income$68.3M$59.7M$52.4M$48.0M$50.2M
Net income$175.0M$52.2M$84.4M$73.2M$77.8M
EPS (diluted)$9.75$3.38$5.44$4.47$3.90
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$57.7M$151.6M$73.1M$154.5M$74.9M$146.2M$76.7M$176.1M
Net income-$5.0M$53.7M$27.2M$28.9M$3.9M$17.8M$10.0M$16.8M
EPS (diluted)-$0.30$3.20$1.60$1.59$0.19$0.79$0.45$0.77
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$50.0M$20.6M$9.1M$37.0M$51.0M
Capital expenditure-$1.2M-$700,000-$1.6M-$4.1M-$19.7M
Free cash flow$48.8M$19.9M$7.5M$32.9M$31.3M
Dividends paid$0$0$0$0$0
Net share buybacks$42.1M$3.6M$23.2M$54.7M$520.3M

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$1.87B
Total assets
$2.53B
Total liabilities
$1.69B
Total debt
$1.18B
Net debt
-$691.0M
Shareholders’ equity
$845.4M

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Nov 22, 2005$0.14Dec 15, 2005
Aug 24, 2005$0.14Sep 15, 2005
May 25, 2005$0.14Jun 15, 2005
Feb 23, 2005$0.14Mar 15, 2005
Nov 23, 2004$0.14Dec 15, 2004
Aug 25, 2004$0.14Sep 15, 2004
May 26, 2004$0.14Jun 15, 2004
Feb 25, 2004$0.14Mar 15, 2004

Short interest

Shares sold short
5,419,582
Days to cover
6.98
Change vs previous report
-0.5%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Sep 30, 2014
91-for-1,000
Jul 2, 2013
1-for-25