NexGen Energy Ltd. (NYSE: NXE) stock fell -2.57% on Thursday to $3.79 against a previous-day closing price of $3.89. With 0.95 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.75 million shares. During the session, the Uranium company that operates in wider Energy sector, reached to the highest price of $3.9100 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $3.7900. The 52-week range on NXE shows that it touched its highest point at $5.33 and its lowest point at $3.39 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $5.00. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.78.
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Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of NXE was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -3.81%, but this was up by 3.55% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -7.56% while six-month performance fell -15.96%. The stock lost -17.97% in the past year, while it has lost -14.45% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for NXE yields -0.12 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.10. For the next quarter, that number is -0.03. This implies an EPS growth rate of 54.50% for this year and 0.00% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 485.40 million NXE shares are outstanding with a float of 400.01 million shares on hand for trading. On May 14, 2023, short shares totaled 20.86 million, which was 4.28% higher than short shares on Apr 13, 2023. In addition to Mr. Leigh Robert Curyer ACA, BA (Acc) as the firm’s Founder, Pres, CEO & Director, Ms. Harpreet Dhaliwal C.A., CPA serves as its Chief Financial Officer.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 33.48% of NXE’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company. Other institutions hold — of NXE, in contrast to — held by mutual funds. Shares owned by individuals account for –. With a 41.47% stake in NXE, the RBC Global Resources Fund is the largest stakeholder. A total of 200,100,000 shares are owned by the mutual fund manager. The Global X Uranium ETF, which owns about 3.93% of NXE stock, is the second-largest Mutual Fund holder. It holds 18,940,922 shares valued at 73.87 million. Sprott Uranium Miners ETF holds 2.14% of the stake in NXE, owning 10,344,837 shares worth 40.34 million.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on Mar 30, 2023, NXE reported revenue of $0.00 and operating income of -$11.58M. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $17.86M and diluted EPS was -$0.02.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for NXE since 0 analysts follow the stock currently. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With NXE analysts setting a high price target of $8.53 and a low target of $4.99, the average target price over the next 12 months is $7.16. Based on these targets, NXE could surge 125.07% to reach the target high and rise by 31.66% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 88.92% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy.
Summary of Insider Activity:
Insiders traded NXE stock several times over the past three months with 4 Buys and 0 Sells. In these transactions, 15,400 shares were bought while 0 shares were sold. The number of buy transactions has increased to 11 while that of sell transactions has risen to 4 over the past year. The total number of shares bought during that period was 2,083,000 while 1,600,000 shares were sold.
