Centrus Energy Corp. (LEU) Key Metrics
LEU valuation today
Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026- Market cap
- $2.35B
- Enterprise value
- $2.54B
- P/E (TTM)
- 53.7 10-yr median 9.3
- Forward P/E
- 114.9
- PEG ratio
- 2.87
- Price / sales
- 5.0 10-yr median 1.3
- Price / book
- 3.8 10-yr median 6.8
- EV / EBITDA
- 34.9 10-yr median 6.1
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 1.54
LEU key metrics, 2016–2025
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollarsLEU valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.
LEU returns How much profit the business earns on the capital it uses.
LEU per-share figures Results divided by the shares outstanding at year-end.
LEU financial health Debt, liquidity and how easily interest is covered.
LEU efficiency & capital use Working capital cycle and where the cash goes.
LEU valuation history
LEU returns on capital
Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.
LEU debt vs cash
Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.
LEU cash returned to shareholders
LEU price vs earnings per share
LEU key metrics
2016–2025| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valuation | ||||||||||
| Market capitalization | $4.84B | $1.09B | $843.4M | $486.8M | $692.7M | $234.1M | $65.8M | $15.5M | $36.4M | $58.1M |
| Enterprise value | $4.09B | $936.4M | $819.3M | $476.7M | $633.1M | $198.6M | $57.8M | $45.4M | $65.5M | $129.7M |
| P/E ratio | 62.2 | 14.9 | 10.0 | 9.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | — | — | 3.0 | — |
| Price / sales | 10.8 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Price / book | 6.3 | 6.8 | 26.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Price / free cash flow | 154.5 | 33.1 | 112.5 | 24.5 | 14.2 | 3.6 | 5.9 | — | — | 1.7 |
| Price / operating cash flow | 94.8 | 29.5 | 92.7 | 23.6 | 13.9 | 3.5 | 5.8 | — | — | 1.5 |
| EV / sales | 9.1 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| EV / EBITDA | 37.3 | 10.8 | 15.6 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 3.3 | — | — | 2.2 | — |
| EV / free cash flow | 130.8 | 28.5 | 109.2 | 24.0 | 13.0 | 3.0 | 5.2 | — | — | 3.7 |
| Earnings yield | 1.6% | 6.7% | 10.0% | 10.7% | 25.3% | 23.2% | −25.1% | −673.1% | 33.5% | −115.4% |
| Free cash flow yield | 0.6% | 3.0% | 0.9% | 4.1% | 7.0% | 28.1% | 17.0% | −481.7% | −70.3% | 59.8% |
| Dividend yield | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 6.4% | 26.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 75.8% | 16.9% |
| Share price at fiscal year-end | $242.76 | $66.61 | $54.41 | $32.48 | $49.91 | $23.13 | $6.88 | $1.69 | $4.01 | $6.38 |
| Per share | ||||||||||
| Revenue per share | $22.52 | $27.00 | $20.66 | $19.60 | $21.49 | $24.42 | $21.92 | $21.09 | $24.05 | $34.21 |
| Earnings per share | $3.90 | $4.47 | $5.44 | $3.48 | $12.61 | $5.37 | −$1.72 | −$11.38 | $1.34 | −$7.36 |
| Operating cash flow per share | $2.56 | $2.26 | $0.59 | $1.37 | $3.60 | $6.63 | $1.18 | −$8.13 | −$2.76 | $4.14 |
| Free cash flow per share | $1.57 | $2.01 | $0.48 | $1.33 | $3.52 | $6.49 | $1.17 | −$8.14 | −$2.82 | $3.81 |
| Cash per share | $98.23 | $42.84 | $12.98 | $12.00 | $13.96 | $15.02 | $13.66 | $13.45 | $22.99 | $28.65 |
| Book value per share | $38.40 | $9.86 | $2.08 | −$4.94 | −$10.22 | −$31.67 | −$35.22 | −$35.18 | −$24.11 | −$25.95 |
| Tangible book value per share | $37.34 | $8.05 | −$0.46 | −$7.99 | −$14.17 | −$37.87 | −$42.48 | −$43.48 | −$33.21 | −$51.27 |
| Dividends per share | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
| Capex per share | $0.99 | $0.25 | $0.10 | $0.05 | $0.09 | $0.14 | $0.01 | $0.01 | $0.06 | $0.33 |
| Debt per share | $60.99 | $33.42 | $11.43 | $11.33 | $9.67 | $11.51 | $12.83 | $16.72 | $26.20 | $36.52 |
| Shares outstanding | 19.9M | 16.4M | 15.5M | 15.0M | 13.9M | 10.1M | 9.6M | 9.2M | 9.1M | 9.1M |
| Change in shares outstanding | +21.7% | +5.6% | +3.4% | +8.0% | +37.1% | +5.8% | +4.5% | +0.8% | −0.2% | +1.1% |
| Returns & profitability | ||||||||||
| Return on equity (ROE) | 16.8% | 75.6% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Return on invested capital (ROIC) | 300.1% | 623.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 4.4% | 7.7% | 11.2% | 8.2% | 33.1% | 11.5% | −3.2% | −16.7% | 1.8% | −8.7% |
| Return on tangible assets | 3.2% | 6.8% | 11.2% | 7.9% | 33.8% | 12.8% | −4.3% | −21.0% | 2.1% | −13.9% |
| Free cash flow margin | 7.0% | 7.4% | 2.3% | 6.8% | 16.4% | 26.6% | 5.3% | −38.6% | −11.7% | 11.1% |
| Income quality (OCF / net income) | 0.66 | 0.51 | 0.11 | 0.39 | 0.29 | 1.23 | — | — | −2.06 | — |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Total debt | $1.22B | $547.2M | $177.1M | $169.8M | $134.2M | $116.5M | $122.7M | $153.0M | $237.9M | $332.3M |
| Cash & short-term investments | $1.96B | $701.4M | $201.2M | $179.9M | $193.8M | $152.0M | $130.7M | $123.1M | $208.8M | $260.7M |
| Net debt | −$742.0M | −$154.2M | −$24.1M | −$10.1M | −$59.6M | −$35.5M | −$8.0M | $29.9M | $29.1M | $71.6M |
| Debt / equity | 1.59 | 3.39 | 5.48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Debt / assets | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.24 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.35 | 0.47 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −6.76 | −1.78 | −0.46 | −0.13 | −0.41 | −0.59 | — | — | 0.99 | — |
| Current ratio | 5.59 | 2.74 | 1.45 | 1.31 | 1.18 | 1.11 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 1.41 | 1.72 |
| Quick ratio | 4.83 | 2.28 | 0.80 | 0.84 | 0.95 | 0.93 | 0.91 | 0.81 | 1.03 | 1.18 |
| Interest coverage | 3.6 | 17.8 | 40.3 | 119.4 | 683.0 | 510.0 | -6.6 | -22.5 | -3.3 | -3.1 |
| Working capital | $1.94B | $604.5M | $214.3M | $137.9M | $72.6M | $40.0M | $32.8M | $45.8M | $163.5M | $234.9M |
| Invested capital | $23.1M | $7.2M | $8.2M | −$84.2M | −$201.5M | −$356.1M | −$344.9M | −$292.0M | −$189.8M | −$164.5M |
| Tangible asset value | $743.9M | $131.8M | −$7.1M | −$119.8M | −$196.6M | −$383.4M | −$406.4M | −$397.9M | −$301.6M | −$466.6M |
| Net current asset value | $682.8M | $13.7M | −$78.5M | −$192.5M | −$248.4M | −$400.8M | −$423.2M | −$409.1M | −$327.3M | −$389.0M |
| Graham number | $58.08 | $31.49 | $15.98 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Graham net-net per share | $23.13 | −$5.83 | −$24.03 | −$31.13 | −$32.65 | −$59.30 | −$64.19 | −$72.18 | −$62.07 | −$64.32 |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Share buybacks (net) | $0 | $0 | $3.0M | $1.9M | $44.4M | $61.6M | — | — | $27.6M | $9.8M |
| Dividend payout ratio | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | — | 0.0% | — |
| Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow | 0.0% | 0.0% | 40.0% | 9.5% | 91.0% | 93.8% | 0.0% | — | — | 28.2% |
| Capex / revenue | 4.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Capex / operating cash flow | 38.6% | 11.1% | 17.6% | 3.4% | 2.4% | 2.1% | 0.9% | — | — | 8.0% |
| Capex / depreciation | 1.99 | 0.38 | 0.23 | 0.07 | 0.14 | 0.19 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.23 |
| Stock-based compensation / revenue | 1.3% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 4.1% | 2.9% | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| R&D / revenue | — | — | 4.4% | 5.0% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 7.0% | 13.5% | 7.2% | 15.4% |
| SG&A / revenue | 9.4% | 8.2% | 11.5% | 11.5% | 12.1% | 14.6% | 16.1% | 23.0% | 19.7% | 14.8% |
| Efficiency | ||||||||||
| Days sales outstanding | 45.0 | 53.4 | 49.9 | 41.7 | 35.9 | 37.4 | 70.8 | 113.8 | 66.9 | 27.2 |
| Days of inventory on hand | 267.0 | 258.4 | 452.2 | 311.6 | 154.8 | 157.7 | 200.0 | 244.7 | 373.2 | 340.5 |
| Days payables outstanding | 8.7 | 6.6 | 10.5 | 11.2 | 9.7 | 14.5 | 11.2 | 49.5 | 112.6 | 62.5 |
| Cash conversion cycle (days) | 303.3 | 305.3 | 491.5 | 342.1 | 181.0 | 180.6 | 259.5 | 309.1 | 327.6 | 305.1 |
| Receivables turnover | 8.11 | 6.83 | 7.32 | 8.74 | 10.16 | 9.75 | 5.16 | 3.21 | 5.45 | 13.42 |
| Payables turnover | 41.92 | 55.55 | 34.68 | 32.57 | 37.51 | 25.14 | 32.51 | 7.37 | 3.24 | 5.84 |
| Inventory turnover | 1.37 | 1.41 | 0.81 | 1.17 | 2.36 | 2.31 | 1.82 | 1.49 | 0.98 | 1.07 |
| Asset turnover | 0.25 | 0.47 | 0.43 | 0.46 | 0.56 | 0.52 | 0.41 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.41 |
| Average receivables | $55.4M | $64.7M | $43.8M | $33.6M | $29.4M | $25.4M | $40.6M | $60.2M | $40.0M | $23.2M |
| Average payables | $7.9M | $6.0M | $6.0M | $5.4M | $4.9M | $6.0M | $5.5M | $28.6M | $49.9M | $45.6M |
| Average inventory | $242.2M | $234.0M | $257.8M | $150.2M | $78.0M | $64.7M | $97.1M | $141.4M | $165.2M | $248.3M |
| Intangibles / total assets | 0.9% | 2.7% | 4.9% | 6.5% | 9.6% | 12.9% | 15.2% | 13.3% | 12.2% | 32.3% |
Computed from LEU's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 11, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.
LEU valuation and financial ratios
At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Centrus Energy traded at 62.2 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 9.3. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 53.7 and the forward P/E is 114.9. Centrus Energy earned a return on equity of 16.8% and a return on invested capital of 300.1% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $1.2 billion of debt and $2.0 billion in cash and short-term investments, a net cash position of $742.0 million. The share count rose 119.0% from 9.1M to 19.9M over 9 years.
See the LEU income statement, the LEU chart for price history, or the LEU stock overview for the latest quote and news.
LEU key metrics FAQ
What is Centrus Energy's P/E ratio?
Centrus Energy's trailing P/E ratio is 53.7 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 114.9. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 62.2, compared with a 10-year median of 9.3.
What is Centrus Energy's EV/EBITDA?
Centrus Energy's enterprise value was 37.3 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $4.1 billion, EBITDA $109.8 million); the current EV/EBITDA is 34.9.
What is Centrus Energy's return on equity?
Centrus Energy's return on equity (ROE) was 16.8% in fiscal 2025: net income of $77.8 million on average shareholders' equity of $463.2 million.
What is Centrus Energy's ROIC?
Centrus Energy's return on invested capital was 300.1% in fiscal 2025, using after-tax operating income divided by average debt plus equity minus cash.
How much debt does Centrus Energy have?
Centrus Energy had total debt of $1.2 billion at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.59 and more cash than debt.
Does Centrus Energy pay a dividend?
Centrus Energy did not pay a dividend in fiscal 2025.
What is Centrus Energy's free cash flow yield?
Centrus Energy generated $31.3 million of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 0.6% on its market value at year-end ($4.8 billion).
What is Centrus Energy's current ratio?
Centrus Energy's current ratio was 5.59 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 5.59 times current liabilities.