SMR’s short interest shows a sharp decline on 2025-12-31

Daniel Torres

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 $886,800 were sold by Hamady Robert Ramsey on Dec 08 ’25. At $22.17 per share, Hamady Robert Ramsey sold 40,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 46,283 shares worth approximately $0.91 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Hamady Robert Ramsey purchased 40,000 shares, netting a total of over 886,800 in proceeds.

Before that, Fluor Corp had added 110,936,472 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $3,600,997,881, the Director bought NuScale Power Corporation shares for $32.46 each.

As published in a research note from BofA Securities on January 09, 2026, NuScale Power Corporation [SMR] has been rated up from an Underperform to a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $28. Analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald started covering the stock with ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in late October. As of October 21, 2025, Citigroup has decreased its “Neutral” rating to a “Sell” for SMR. Earlier on October 21, 2025, BNP Paribas Exane downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Underperform” for SMR stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.

Analyzing SMR Stock Performance

On last trading session, NuScale Power Corporation [NYSE: SMR] rose 3.95% to $19.75. The stock’s lowest price that day was $18.43, but it reached a high of $21.15 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.70%. Over the course of the year, NuScale Power Corporation shares have dropped approximately -10.10%.

Is NuScale Power Corporation subject to short interest?

Stocks of NuScale Power Corporation saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -4.73 million shares to 37.29 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 42.01 million shares. A decline of -12.67% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.64 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.64.

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In terms of NuScale Power Corporation share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 24 in the next 12 months, up nearly 26.32% from the previous closing price of $19.0. Analysts anticipate NuScale Power Corporation stock to reach 55 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 20. In spite of this, 2 analysts ranked NuScale Power Corporation stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On September 30, 2025, BofA Securities assigned a price target of “an Underperform” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $34.

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