NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSE:NXE) Director Leigh Robert Curyer Buys 1,500,000 Shares

NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSE:NXE) Director Leigh Robert Curyer purchased 1,500,000 shares of NexGen Energy stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 20th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of C$10.05 per share, for a total transaction 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 stock was sold at an average price of C$11.55, for a total value of C$14,442,875.00.

NexGen Energy Stock Up 2.1 %

NexGen Energy stock opened at C$10.75 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of C$6.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 63.24 and a beta of 1.76. The company has a current ratio of 1.20, a quick ratio of 8.20 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 39.09. NexGen Energy Ltd. has a twelve month low of C$7.04 and a twelve month high of C$12.51. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is C$10.67 and its 200-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) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of C($0.04) by C($0.01). During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted ($0.03) earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts expect that NexGen Energy Ltd. will post -0.07 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts recently issued reports on NXE shares. Haywood Securities raised their price objective on NexGen Energy from C$12.50 to C$13.75 in a research report on Wednesday, November 20th. Royal Bank of Canada lifted their price target on shares of NexGen Energy from C$10.00 to C$15.00 in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. Raymond James upped their price objective on shares of NexGen Energy from C$12.00 to C$13.50 in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Cormark lifted their target price on shares of NexGen Energy from C$13.00 to C$13.50 in a report on Wednesday, November 20th. Finally, Scotiabank upped their price target on NexGen Energy from C$12.75 to C$14.00 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 company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of C$14.42.

About NexGen Energy

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.