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title: "Centrus Energy's 61-day lock-up ends today, and insiders can sell into a 10.2% rally"
description: "Centrus Energy's directors and named executive officers can sell Class A shares for the first time since September 9, when the Guggenheim-led offering locked them up for 61 days. They sell into a bid analysts built on Friday: two upgrades, a 10.2% intraday rally, and a sellside consensus near $189 against an $89 close, on a quarter that lost 46 cents a share."
publisher: "The Inference"
section: "Power"
published: 2026-11-09T14:48:28.970Z
modified: 2026-11-09T14:48:28.970Z
canonical: https://theinference.org/article/centrus-energy-s-61-day-lock-up-ends-today-and-insiders-can-sell-into-a-10-2-rally
language: en
keywords: "Centrus Energy, Nuclear, Insider Trading, Analyst Targets, Stock Moves"
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# Centrus Energy's 61-day lock-up ends today, and insiders can sell into a 10.2% rally

> Centrus Energy's directors and named executive officers can sell Class A shares for the first time since September 9, when the Guggenheim-led offering locked them up for 61 days. They sell into a bid analysts built on Friday: two upgrades, a 10.2% intraday rally, and a sellside consensus near $189 against an $89 close, on a quarter that lost 46 cents a share.

[The lock-up tied to Centrus Energy's September 9 offering ends today](https://www.marketscreener.com/news/certain-class-a-common-stock-of-centrus-energy-corp-are-subject-to-a-lock-up-agreement-ending-on-9-ce785fd2d080f321), freeing the nuclear-fuel supplier's directors and named executive officers to sell Class A shares for the first time in two months [1]. The beneficiaries are the sellers: they can trade into a bid [two analyst upgrades built on Friday](https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2026/11/08/centrus-energy-nyse-leu-stock-surges-10-as-dual-analyst-upgrades-overshadow-weak-earnings-miss/), and the cost lands on anyone who bought that rally [2].

## The raise that set the clock

The sale was [a Guggenheim Securities-led offering of 500,000 Class A shares plus warrants](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/LEU/pressreleases/4575852/centrus-energy-public-offering-and-warrant-agent-appointment/), raising roughly half a billion dollars net [3][4]. The pre-funded warrants are stock in all but name, exercisable at $0.10; the common warrants come in four tranches struck between roughly $227 and $363 [3][4]. At those strikes the financing pays off in full only if the buildout, the new centrifuge manufacturing and enrichment capacity [Centrus](https://theinference.org/markets/companies/centrus-energy) is adding in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and Piketon, Ohio, re-rates the stock far above its current price [4][6].

## The sellside built Friday's bid

Roth Capital moved Centrus from Neutral to Buy on Friday, and Seaport Research Partners went to Overweight the same day [2]. Roth kept its $115 target [2]. By Saturday, H.C. Wainwright had reiterated Buy at $300 [5]. JPMorgan went the other way, cutting its target to $100 [5]. [The TipRanks consensus sits 97.6% above the price](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/DTM/pressreleases/8716816/analysts-offer-insights-on-energy-companies-centrus-energy-leu-california-resources-corp-crc-and-dt-midstream-dtm/) [5].

*Chart: **Analyst targets for Centrus run from $100 to $300 against an $89 close** Bar chart of six Centrus Energy analyst price targets, from $100 at JPMorgan to $300 at H.C. Wainwright, against the $89.03 close of November 5*

*Price targets from notes issued October 27 to November 7, 2026, US dollars; the reference line is the November 5 close of $89.03. [2][5]*

## The quarter underneath the targets

The targets sit on a losing quarter. Centrus lost 46 cents a share where analysts expected a 13-cent loss [2]. [Revenue fell to $55.5 million, about a quarter below a year earlier](https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2026-11/70040505-centrus-energy-corp-centrus-reports-third-quarter-2026-results-008.htm) [6]. The GAAP profit in the release came from revaluing the September warrants, not from operations [6]. What the targets price is construction: a $7.0 billion backlog running to 2040, a first new centrifuge shipped early from Oak Ridge (we walked the buildout on [November 1](https://theinference.org/article/centrus-energy-shipped-its-first-new-centrifuge-early-the-560-million-buildout-faces-november-5-earnings)), and Westerman, a supplier bought to cushion the revenue drop [2][6].

*Chart: **Q3 2026 was Centrus's weakest third quarter in three years** Line chart of Centrus quarterly revenue from Q4 2023 to Q3 2026, a sawtooth of delivery timing ending at $55.5 million*

*Total quarterly revenue, US$ millions, from Centrus SEC filings. [9]*

*Chart: **Capex has run from about $1 million a quarter to $132 million as the buildout ramps** Column chart of Centrus Energy quarterly capital expenditure, flat near $1 million through 2024 and climbing to $132 million by Q3 2026*

*Quarterly capital expenditure, US$ millions, from Centrus Energy's SEC filings, retrieved 9 November 2026. The spending builds centrifuge manufacturing and enrichment capacity in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and Piketon, Ohio. [9]*

## A Washington budget cut hangs over the HALEU backlog

The crack is in Washington. The Energy Department's proposed 2027 budget drops further money for running the HALEU cascade, the bank of centrifuges that enriches high-assay low-enriched uranium, the fuel advanced reactors need [6]. That work is about $0.8 billion of the backlog, a figure that includes already-funded amounts, so the exposure is to the unfunded remainder [6].

![Rows of tall centrifuge machines making up Centrus's HALEU cascade, seen from the side in an enrichment hall](https://storage.googleapis.com/theinference-public/img/3898dbcb977d43aa.jpg)

*A side view of Centrus's HALEU cascade, the bank of centrifuges that enriches high-assay low-enriched uranium, the fuel advanced reactors need. (Courtesy of Centrus Energy)*

## The filings carry the answer

Whether any freed insider sells is what this week reveals. As of Sunday, [EDGAR lists one Centrus Form 4 since the offering](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001065059&type=4&dateb=&owner=include&count=40), filed November 6 while the lock-up was still in force, so no filing yet shows an unlocked sale [1][7]. The SEC gives a reporting insider [until the end of the second business day after a trade to file](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-17/chapter-II/part-240/section-240.16a-3) [8], which means supply freed today surfaces in filings within days.

The reading rule is plain. If Centrus holds Friday's gains while Form 4s land, buyers are absorbing the new supply; if the stock fades as the filings appear, Friday's pop was the exit [6]. Centrus is deploying as much as $500 million this year on the capacity between the backlog and the quarter [6], and the people freed to sell today are the people closest to that work; their filings say more than any target on the ladder.

## Takeaway

Analysts built a bid near $189 against an $89 close just as Centrus's 61-day lock-up expires; the Form 4s due within days show whether insiders sell into it.

## Sources

1. [MarketScreener, "Certain Class A Common Stock of Centrus Energy Corp. are subject to a Lock-Up Agreement Ending on 9-NOV-2026", 8 November 2026](https://www.marketscreener.com/news/certain-class-a-common-stock-of-centrus-energy-corp-are-subject-to-a-lock-up-agreement-ending-on-9-ce785fd2d080f321)
2. [Foreign Policy Journal, "Centrus Energy (NYSE: LEU) Stock Surges 10% As Dual Analyst Upgrades Overshadow Weak Earnings Miss", 8 November 2026](https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2026/11/08/centrus-energy-nyse-leu-stock-surges-10-as-dual-analyst-upgrades-overshadow-weak-earnings-miss/)
3. [The Globe and Mail (TipRanks), "Centrus Energy Public Offering and Warrant Agent Appointment", 12 September 2026](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/LEU/pressreleases/4575852/centrus-energy-public-offering-and-warrant-agent-appointment/)
4. [MarketBeat via Yahoo Finance, "What Centrus Energy (LEU) Said on Its Q3 Earnings Call", 7 November 2026](https://finance.yahoo.com/energy/articles/centrus-energy-leu-said-q3-041420266.html)
5. [The Globe and Mail (TipRanks), "Analysts Offer Insights on Energy Companies: Centrus Energy (LEU), California Resources Corp (CRC) and DT Midstream (DTM)", 7 November 2026](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/DTM/pressreleases/8716816/analysts-offer-insights-on-energy-companies-centrus-energy-leu-california-resources-corp-crc-and-dt-midstream-dtm/)
6. [Centrus Energy press release via FinanzNachrichten.de, "Centrus Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results", 4 November 2026](https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2026-11/70040505-centrus-energy-corp-centrus-reports-third-quarter-2026-results-008.htm)
7. [SEC EDGAR, Centrus Energy Corp. filing index (CIK 0001065059, Form 4), retrieved 9 November 2026](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001065059&type=4&dateb=&owner=include&count=40)
8. [eCFR, 17 CFR 240.16a-3, "Reporting transactions and holdings", current as of 5 November 2026](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-17/chapter-II/part-240/section-240.16a-3)
9. [Centrus Energy, quarterly figures from its SEC filings, retrieved 9 November 2026](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001065059)


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