Short interest on SMR sees a significant increase on 2025-08-29

The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. NuScale Power Corporation shares valued at $46,489,543 were sold by FLUOR CORP on Sep 18 ’25. At $38.95 per share, FLUOR CORP sold 1,193,504 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 12,457,907 shares worth approximately $474.9 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, FLUOR CORP sold 771,543 shares, netting a total of over 28,744,699 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $37.26 each, the insider now holds 14,228,457 shares.

Before that, FLUOR CORP had sold 577,046 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $20,776,344, the Director traded NuScale Power Corporation shares for $36.00 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 577,046 shares, worth approximately $520.39 million.

As published in their initiating research note from RBC Capital Mkts on September 15, 2025, NuScale Power Corporation [SMR] has been a Sector perform and the price target has been revised to $35. Analysts at BofA Securities started covering the stock with ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in late August. As of July 25, 2025, BNP Paribas Exane has initiated its “Neutral” rating for SMR. Earlier on July 07, 2025, Northland Capital initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Market perform” for SMR stock.

Analyzing SMR Stock Performance

On last trading session, NuScale Power Corporation [NYSE: SMR] rose 5.51% to $38.12. The stock’s lowest price that day was $36.35, but it reached a high of $41.01 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 8.36%. Over the course of the year, NuScale Power Corporation shares have jumped approximately 293.80%.

Is NuScale Power Corporation subject to short interest?

Stocks of NuScale Power Corporation saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-08-29 jumping by 9.12 million shares to 35.92 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 26.8 million shares. A jump of 25.38% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.9 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.9.

Which companies own the most shares of NuScale Power Corporation (SMR)?

In terms of NuScale Power Corporation share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 35 in the next 12 months, down nearly -3.13% from the previous closing price of $36.13. Analysts anticipate NuScale Power Corporation stock to reach 41 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 24. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked NuScale Power Corporation stock as Buy at the end of 2025.

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