NuScale Power (NYSE:SMR) Director Sells $162,945,000.00 in Stock

NuScale Power Corporation (NYSE:SMR) Director Corp Fluor sold 13,500,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $12.07, for a total value of $162,945,000.00. Following the sale, the director owned 26,436,472 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $319,088,217.04. The trade was a 33.80% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link.

Corp Fluor also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, February 26th, Corp Fluor sold 463,747 shares of NuScale Power stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $13.15, for a total value of $6,098,273.05.
• On Friday, February 13th, Corp Fluor sold 71,000,000 shares of NuScale Power stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $19.05, for a total value of $1,352,550,000.00.

NuScale Power Stock Up 14.7%

SMR stock opened at $11.76 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $3.97 billion, a P/E ratio of -4.07 and a beta of 2.27. NuScale Power Corporation has a twelve month low of $8.85 and a twelve month high of $57.42. The business has a fifty day moving average of $12.32 and a 200-day moving average of $21.15.

NuScale Power (NYSE:SMR) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 26th. The company reported ($0.80) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.10) by ($0.70). NuScale Power had a negative return on equity of 55.23% and a negative net margin of 1,130.26%.The firm had revenue of $1.81 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.76 million. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that NuScale Power Corporation will post -0.73 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of SMR. Pasadena Private Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in NuScale Power by 4.9% during the 3rd quarter. Pasadena Private Wealth LLC now owns 6,147 shares of the company’s stock worth $221,000 after buying an additional 287 shares during the period. Family Capital Management Inc. raised its position in shares of NuScale Power by 3.5% in the 3rd quarter. Family Capital Management Inc. now owns 8,682 shares of the company’s stock worth $313,000 after acquiring an additional 291 shares in the last quarter. Cibc World Market Inc. raised its position in shares of NuScale Power by 3.8% in the 3rd quarter. Cibc World Market Inc. now owns 9,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $324,000 after acquiring an additional 329 shares in the last quarter. MAI Capital Management raised its position in shares of NuScale Power by 37.0% in the 3rd quarter. MAI Capital Management now owns 1,654 shares of the company’s stock worth $60,000 after acquiring an additional 447 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Park Avenue Securities LLC raised its position in shares of NuScale Power by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 36,314 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,307,000 after acquiring an additional 525 shares in the last quarter. 78.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Trending Headlines about NuScale Power

Here are the key news stories impacting NuScale Power this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Sector catalysts: U.K. small‑modular‑reactor financing and related Rolls‑Royce SMR work boosted sentiment across SMR names, helping lift NuScale alongside broader peer buying. QuiverQuant: UK SMR funding boosts sector
• Positive Sentiment: New program demand narrative: a NASA–Pentagon national initiative for space nuclear power has been publicly announced, creating an additional end‑market narrative (lunar/interplanetary power systems) that traders are treating as incremental upside for companies in advanced SMR technology. Benzinga: US space nuclear power initiative
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst posture: RBC Capital reiterated a hold/sector‑perform view this week, leaving analyst opinion mixed — supportive headline-driven trading can be short‑lived absent company‑level operational or contract wins. Globe & Mail: RBC holds
• Negative Sentiment: Active litigation risk: multiple national plaintiff firms have filed or solicited clients in securities class actions tied to ENTRA1 disclosures and the prior sharp stock drop; April 20 lead‑plaintiff deadlines amplify headline flow and legal uncertainty. PR Newswire: investor deadline / class action
• Negative Sentiment: ENTRA1 disclosure stigma: firms have pointed to ENTRA1‑related problems as the proximate cause of a prior ~12% plunge, underscoring execution and disclosure risk that could pressure sentiment until resolved. PR Newswire: ENTRA1 issues / stock drop
• Negative Sentiment: Large insider selling: a director (Corp Fluor) disclosed a 13.5M‑share sale (~$163M) on April 9; the size of the sale and recent insider liquidation history can create supply pressure and weigh on investor conviction. SEC Form 4 — Fluor sale

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

SMR has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Canaccord Genuity Group decreased their target price on NuScale Power from $60.00 to $25.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 27th. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their target price on NuScale Power from $20.00 to $14.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, March 2nd. Zacks Research raised NuScale Power from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Bank of America raised NuScale Power from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $28.00 target price for the company in a research note on Friday, January 9th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of NuScale Power in a research note on Friday, March 27th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have issued a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, NuScale Power presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $20.96.

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.