How Worried Should Investors Be About NexGen Energy Ltd (NXE)

NexGen Energy Ltd (NYSE:NXE) does about 4.97M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 4546162 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 4.01B USD. Its current market price is $7.10, marking an increase of 0.42% compared to the previous close of $7.07. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $8.88 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $4.95.

NexGen Energy Ltd (NXE) has a 20-day trading average at $6.54 and the current price is -20.05% off the 52-week high compared with 43.43% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $6.07 and its 200-day simple moving average is $7.08. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 3.55%, which increases to 3.58% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 69.72 to suggest the stock is neutral.

The consensus objective for the share price is $9.34, suggesting that the stock has a potential upside of 23.98% over the period.

FactSet Research has provided data showing that 2 brokerages have issued ratings for the stock. 0 analysts have rated it as a sell, while 0 advise that it is a overweight. 2 analysts have rated it as a buy and 0 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Buy and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Strong Buy the stock.

The current price level is 8.54%, 16.87%, and 0.32% away from its SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200 respectively, with the NXE price moving below the 50-day SMA on current market day. NexGen Energy Ltd (NXE) stock is up 2.75% over the week and 21.78% over the past month. Its price is 1.43% year-to-date and 26.33% over the past year.

To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to grow 23.98 percent from here.

The company has a return on investment of 7.08% and return on equity of 10.25%. The price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) amounts to 85.85. The beta has a value of 1.92. Price to book ratio is 4.60.