StockIceMan's Weekly Stock Pick
Week of
April 28, 2008
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Stock: |
USEC, Inc. |
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Ticker Symbol: |
USU - NYSE - Industrial
Metals/Mining |
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Buy: |
5.00
to 5.50 |
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Sell: |
8.00 |
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Info: |
USEC,
Inc., together with its subsidiaries, supplies
low enriched uranium (LEU) for commercial
nuclear power plants worldwide. It sells
separative work units (SWU) component of LEU,
the SWU and uranium components of LEU, and
uranium. SWU is a standard unit of measurement
that represents the effort required to transform
a given amount of natural uranium into two
streams, including enriched uranium having a
higher percentage of U235 and depleted uranium
having a lower percentage of U235. The company
also performs contract work for the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE contractors
at the Paducah and Portsmouth plants, which
includes the maintenance of the Portsmouth
gaseous diffusion plant in a state of readiness
or cold standby, processing out-of-specification
uranium, and provision of infrastructure support
services. In addition, USEC provides nuclear
energy solutions and services, including design,
fabrication, and implementation of spent nuclear
fuel technologies; nuclear materials
transportation; and nuclear fuel cycle
consulting services. The company was founded in
1993 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. |
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Financial Info: |
For
the fiscal year ended 12/31/2007, revenues rose
4% to $1.93 billion. Net income fell 9% to $96.6 million. |
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Key Ratios: |
Current
Ratio: 3.396, Total
Debt/Equity Ratio: 0.554, Trailing P/E: 5.35x,
Forward P/E: 6.06x, Price/Sales: 0.28,
Price/Book: 0.41 |
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Share Info: |
There are 110.49
million shares outstanding with 108.59
million shares in the trading
float. Institutions own
approximately 112.40% of the shares
outstanding. There have been no insider
purchases or sales in the last six months.
Real-Time SEC Filings
As of 4/10/2008, there were 28.91 million shares short.
Net Institutional Selling:
240,186 shares last quarter. |
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Articles: |
USEC Inc. Earnings Call scheduled for Wed, Apr
30 |
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