NuScale Power (NYSE:SMR) Stock Price Up 18.5% – What’s Next?

NuScale Power Corporation (NYSE:SMR) traded up 18.5% on Friday . The stock traded as high as $17.88 and last traded at $17.59. 31,302,653 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 0% from the average session volume of 31,170,539 shares. The stock had previously closed at $14.84.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts recently issued reports on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $20.00 price objective on shares of NuScale Power in a report on Wednesday. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of NuScale Power in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of NuScale Power from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, November 8th. Bank of America raised shares of NuScale Power from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $28.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Friday, January 9th. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane lowered shares of NuScale Power from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have given a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and four have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, NuScale Power presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $33.19.

NuScale Power Stock Up 18.5%

The firm has a market capitalization of $5.25 billion, a P/E ratio of -6.15 and a beta of 2.14. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $18.27 and its 200-day simple moving average is $30.67.

NuScale Power (NYSE:SMR) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 6th. The company reported ($1.85) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.11) by ($1.74). NuScale Power had a negative net margin of 594.63% and a negative return on equity of 51.27%. The company had revenue of $8.24 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $11.29 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted ($0.18) EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 1635.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts expect that NuScale Power Corporation will post -0.73 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other NuScale Power news, CFO Robert Ramsey Hamady sold 40,000 shares of NuScale Power stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $22.17, for a total transaction of $886,800.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 46,283 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,026,094.11. The trade was a 46.36% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 1.20% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of NuScale Power

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in NuScale Power by 40.5% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 15,545,018 shares of the company’s stock valued at $220,273,000 after purchasing an additional 4,482,254 shares during the period. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. boosted its stake in shares of NuScale Power by 22.6% during the 3rd quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 7,310,961 shares of the company’s stock valued at $263,195,000 after purchasing an additional 1,346,796 shares in the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp increased its position in shares of NuScale Power by 67.2% during the third quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 5,287,814 shares of the company’s stock valued at $190,362,000 after buying an additional 2,125,250 shares during the period. Samsung C&T Corp raised its stake in NuScale Power by 98.9% in the third quarter. Samsung C&T Corp now owns 5,185,804 shares of the company’s stock worth $186,689,000 after buying an additional 2,578,702 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Clear Street Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of NuScale Power in the 3rd quarter worth about $155,616,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 78.37% of the company’s stock.

NuScale Power Company Profile

NuScale Power Corporation, trading on the NYSE American under the ticker SMR, is a pioneering developer of small modular nuclear reactors. Established in 2007 as a spinout from Oregon State University, the company is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. NuScale’s mission is to deliver zero-carbon baseload power through scalable modular reactor technology, aiming to transform traditional nuclear energy deployment.

At the core of NuScale’s offering is the VOYGR small modular reactor design, featuring 77-megawatt electric (MWe) modules with passive safety systems.