Centrus Energy Corp. LEU

Competitive advantage analysis · energy

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
49/100
Developing

Ranked against 280 peers in Energy

About Centrus Energy Corp.

Centrus Energy Corp. supplies nuclear fuel components for the nuclear power industry in the United States, Belgium, Japan, the Netherlands, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU) and Technical Solutions. The LEU segment sells separative work units (SWU) components of LEU; natural uranium hexafluoride, uranium concentrates, and uranium conversion; and enriched uranium products to utilities that … Full LEU analysis →

Key strengths

  • Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative Leverage Debt serviceability is strong (score 0.87), with robust interest coverage.
  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 0.86), suggesting sticky customer base.

Key risks

  • ROIC Below WACC or Peers ROIC at 25.1th percentile suggests inefficient capital deployment.
  • Weak or Negative Cash Flow Cash generation is weak (score 0.35), limiting financial flexibility.

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Pricing Power

Moderate
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Where LEU ranks in Energy

Centrus Energy Corp. ranks #137 of 267 scored companies in Energy by moat score — the top 51%. The widest moat in the group is Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL) at 84/100.

# Company Moat score Rating
133 San Juan Basin Royalty Trust SJT 49/100 Developing
134 Venture Global, Inc. VG 49/100 Developing
135 Prairie Operating Co. PROP 49/100 Developing
136 Diversified Energy Company plc DEC 49/100 Developing
137 Centrus Energy Corp. LEU 49/100 Developing
138 BKV Corporation BKV 48/100 Developing
139 Expro Group Holdings N.V. XPRO 48/100 Developing
140 Hallador Energy Company HNRG 48/100 Developing
141 Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd TEN 48/100 Developing

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How LEU scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 52 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 43 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 56 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 26 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 78 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 35 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding LEU's moat

What is Centrus Energy Corp.'s moat score?

Centrus Energy Corp. (LEU) scores 48 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as developing. It ranks #137 of 267 scored companies in Energy, the top 51%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 280 companies in Energy. Its strongest defense is Resilience (78/100) and its weakest is Capital Efficiency (26/100).

How does Centrus Energy Corp. compare with other Energy companies?

Centrus Energy Corp. ranks #137 of 267 scored companies in Energy by moat score. The widest moat in Energy is Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL) at 84/100. The companies ranked closest are Diversified Energy Company plc (DEC) at 48 just above it and BKV Corporation (BKV) at 48 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 280 companies in Energy. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Centrus Energy Corp. scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Centrus Energy Corp.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and LEU scores: Pricing Power (52), Cost Advantage (43), Customer Stickiness (56), Capital Efficiency (26), Resilience (78), Scale & Market Position (35). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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