Leigh Robert Curyer Acquires 1,500,000 Shares of NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSE:NXE) Stock

NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSE:NXE) Director Leigh Robert Curyer bought 1,500,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 20th. The shares were bought at an average price of C$10.05 per share, with a total value of C$15,075,000.00.

Leigh Robert Curyer also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, December 12th, Leigh Robert Curyer sold 1,250,000 shares of NexGen Energy stock. The shares were sold at an average price of C$11.55, for a total transaction of C$14,442,875.00.

NexGen Energy Trading Up 2.1 %

NXE stock opened at C$10.75 on Friday. NexGen Energy Ltd. has a twelve month low of C$7.04 and a twelve month high of C$12.51. The stock has a market capitalization of C$6.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 63.24 and a beta of 1.76. The company has a quick ratio of 8.20, a current ratio of 1.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 39.09. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is C$10.67 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$9.53.

NexGen Energy (TSE:NXE) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November 7th. The company reported C($0.05) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of C($0.04) by C($0.01). During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted ($0.03) EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that NexGen Energy Ltd. will post -0.07 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. National Bankshares raised their price objective on NexGen Energy from C$11.00 to C$13.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Raymond James raised their price target on NexGen Energy from C$12.00 to C$13.50 in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Royal Bank of Canada upped their price objective on NexGen Energy from C$10.00 to C$15.00 in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Scotiabank boosted their price target on shares of NexGen Energy from C$12.75 to C$14.00 in a research report on Wednesday, November 20th. Finally, Cormark upped their price target on shares of NexGen Energy from C$13.00 to C$13.50 in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NexGen Energy has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of C$14.42.

NexGen Energy Company Profile

NexGen Energy Ltd., an exploration and development stage company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and evaluation and development of uranium properties in Canada. It holds a 100% interest in the Rook I project that consists of 32 contiguous mineral claims totaling an area of 35,065 hectares located in the southwestern Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan.