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NuScale Power Shares Drop 5.5% Amid Nuclear AI Savings Uncertainty
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NuScale Power Corporation · NYSE:SMR
Nuclear AI meets the commercialization gap
Market data: August 26, 2026, 16:00 EDT
After hours: 19:59 EDT
After hours: 19:59 EDT
Regular close
$9.27
−5.50% · range $9.06–$10.26
After hours
$9.36
+1.02% at 19:59 EDT
Trading activity
51.88M
1.35× recent average volume
Quoted value
$3.98B
429.72M shares outstanding
Two-session market-value bridge
Calculation: daily price change × 429.72 million shares. Tuesday added $0.76 per share; Wednesday removed $0.54.
AI claim versus reported economics
Technical retrieval timeUp to −80%
Quantified cost savingsNot disclosed
Q2 revenue$75K
Q2 R&D expense$18.43M
Q2 operating loss$64.00M
Financial signals
Revenue, year over year−99.1%
R&D, year over year+56.2%
Operating loss, year over year+48.6%
June liquidity$1.9B
First-half operating cash use$372.9M
First-half stock issuance$984.5M
Advanced-nuclear tape
| Company | Close | Aug. 26 | Revenue signal | Risk profile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NuScale Power | $9.27 | −5.50% | $75K Q2 | Pre-commercial |
| Oklo | $41.60 | −6.03% | $1.21M TTM | Early revenue |
| NANO Nuclear | $18.50 | −3.85% | $214K TTM | Development |
| BWX Technologies | $153.16 | +2.29% | $3.51B TTM | Profitable supplier |
Prices as of 16:00 EDT. BWXT rose after a fresh U.S. Army reactor selection; the early-stage developers fell.
Wall Street and valuation
Hold
6 Buy · 9 Hold · 2 Sell
$12.59
Average target · +35.8% vs close
$6–$20
Low-to-high target range
FactSet consensus as displayed August 26, 2026. Targets are estimates, not guarantees.
Catalyst timeline
Aug. 25Nuclear-specific AI deployment announced; proof of concept reports up to 80% faster retrieval.
Aug. 26SMR closes down 5.50% on 51.88 million shares.
Commercial gateBinding TVA power-purchase agreement remains under discussion with ENTRA1.
Next estimateThird-quarter results expected around Nov. 5; company has not confirmed the date.
Investor read-through
The 80% retrieval-time claim targets engineering productivity and schedule risk. It does not yet quantify lower R&D spending, faster licensing or contract revenue. The balance sheet extends the runway, but binding customer commitments remain the decisive valuation bridge.
Risks: Proof-of-concept results may not scale. Nuclear licensing, customer financing, manufacturing capacity, partner execution and dilution can overwhelm workflow savings.
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NuScale Power stock pops on BofA upgrade as Meta’s nuclear push puts SMR names back in play
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