NuScale Power Corporation (SMR) Stock Analysis
Falling Knife setup
Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $10.29: Quality below floor (1.5 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.3/10 and A.R:R 2.6:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 22%; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum.
NuScale Power develops proprietary small modular reactor (SMR) technology centered on its 77 MWe NuScale Power Module, which received NRC design approval in 2020 and 2025. The company is pre-revenue with one active customer (RoPower in Romania) and one prospective strategic... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $10.29: Quality below floor (1.5 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.3/10 and A.R:R 2.6:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 22%; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 36, MACD bearish. Score 4.3/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 78d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: aggressive.
Recent Developments — NuScale Power Corporation
Latest news
- Citigroup Maintains Sell on NuScale Power, Lowers Price Target to $7 — benzinga May 11, 2026 negative
- Nasdaq Tops 29,000 Records, Micron Soars 13%: Stock Market Today — benzinga May 8, 2026 neutral
- NuScale Shares Sink After Q1 Report — Here's Why — benzinga May 7, 2026 negative
- NuScale Power Q1 EPS $(0.14) Misses $(0.13) Estimate, Sales $565.000K Miss $14.667M Estimate — benzinga May 7, 2026 negative
- Nasdaq 100 Climbs Records, Oil Extends Drop As Iran Weighs Hormuz Deal: Stock Market Today — benzinga May 7, 2026 positive
Generated 2026-05-20T20:21:21Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHCustomerRoPower10-K Item 1: 'the Company has been working with one customer and one prospective customer. The customer is RoPower Nuclear S.A.'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-02-26Item 1.01LOWNuScale entered into a Sales Agreement with UBS, B. Riley, Canaccord, and Tuohy Brothers for an at-the-market offering program to sell up to $1 billion in Class A common stock. Routine capital raise; no reason cited.SEC filing →
- 2026-02-26Item 1.02MEDIUMTermination of a prior material definitive agreement reported simultaneously with new Sales Agreement. Full termination details not available in retrieved body; presumed prior ATM or financing arrangement replaced.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
4 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $10.29: Quality below floor (1.5 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.3/10 and A.R:R 2.6:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: High short interest: 22%; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: Death cross, below all MAs, RSI 36, MACD bearish. Prior stop was $9.59. Score 4.3/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $14.36 (+39.3% upside). Prior stop was $9.59. Stop-loss: $9.59.
Concentration risk — Customer: RoPower; Quality below floor (1.5 < 4.0).
NuScale Power Corporation trades at a P/E of N/A (forward -17.3). TrendMatrix value score: 9.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
22 analysts cover SMR with a consensus score of 3.4/5. Average price target: $17.
What does NuScale Power Corporation do?NuScale Power develops proprietary small modular reactor (SMR) technology centered on its 77 MWe NuScale Power Module,...
NuScale Power develops proprietary small modular reactor (SMR) technology centered on its 77 MWe NuScale Power Module, which received NRC design approval in 2020 and 2025. The company is pre-revenue with one active customer (RoPower in Romania) and one prospective strategic partner (ENTRA1); over $1.8B has been invested in development since 2007, including $578M from DOE.