The stock price of NuScale Power Corporation (NYSE: SMR) has dropped by -3.00 compared to previous close of 32.98. Despite this, the company has seen a gain of 26.34% in its stock price over the last five trading days. fool.com reported 2025-05-31 that President Trump recently signed an executive order aimed at giving the nuclear energy industry a boost. The president wants to overhaul the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and speed up the development of new nuclear power reactors in the country.
Is It Worth Investing in NuScale Power Corporation (NYSE: SMR) Right Now?
SMR has 36-month beta value of 2.04. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 6 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 1 as “overweight,” 3 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”
The public float for SMR is 118.49M, and currently, short sellers hold a 20.48% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of SMR on June 02, 2025 was 9.47M shares.
SMR’s Market Performance
The stock of NuScale Power Corporation (SMR) has seen a 26.34% increase in the past week, with a 93.06% rise in the past month, and a 86.10% gain in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 10.16%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 7.28% for SMR. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 34.11% for SMR’s stock, with a simple moving average of 74.78% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of SMR
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for SMR stocks, with Goldman repeating the rating for SMR by listing it as a “Neutral.” The predicted price for SMR in the upcoming period, according to Goldman is $24 based on the research report published on May 20, 2025 of the current year 2025.
BTIG Research, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see SMR reach a price target of $20. The rating they have provided for SMR stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on April 11th, 2025.
Craig Hallum gave a rating of “Buy” to SMR, setting the target price at $16 in the report published on September 26th of the previous year.
SMR Trading at 68.63% 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 -13.19% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 7.28%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 10.16%, as shares surge +86.97% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +72.64% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, SMR rose by +26.34%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +246.59% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $23.85. In addition, NuScale Power Corporation saw 78.42% 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 Hamady Robert Ramsey, who proposed sale 69,984 shares at the price of $32.10 back on May 30 ’25. After this action, Hamady Robert Ramsey now owns shares of NuScale Power Corporation, valued at $2,246,486 using the latest closing price.
Hopkins John Lawrence, the Chief Executive Officer of NuScale Power Corporation, sale 26,345 shares at $23.66 during a trade that took place back on May 15 ’25, which means that Hopkins John Lawrence is holding 0 shares at $623,375 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for SMR
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -2.65 for the present operating margin
- 0.78 for the gross margin
The net margin for NuScale Power Corporation stands at -2.73. The total capital return value is set at -0.25. Equity return is now at value -32.34, with -31.62 for asset returns.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is -136.88 million with net debt to EBITDA at 3.82. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 76.99. The receivables turnover for the company is 3.68for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.08. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 6.23.
Conclusion
To put it simply, NuScale Power Corporation (SMR) has had a better performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others 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.
