What if you invested in Centrus Energy in 2020?
LEU · Energy · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Centrus Energy in 2020
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $2,540(+154%)
The S&P 500 returned $2,540 on the same $1,000. Centrus Energy beat the market by $24,022.
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What if Centrus Energy keeps this up?
Project forward at Centrus Energy's 64.6% historical growth rate. See 5-30 year scenarios.
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Centrus Energy vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2020 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Centrus Energy starting January 2020
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $6.32 | $1,000 | - |
| 2021 | $20.31 | $3,214 | +221.4% |
| 2022 | $43.45 | $6,875 | +113.9% |
| 2023 | $41.05 | $6,495 | -5.5% |
| 2024 | $50.22 | $7,946 | +22.3% |
| 2025 | $82.30 | $13,022 | +63.9% |
| 2026 | $278.28 | $44,032 | +238.1% |
What this return means
Holding Centrus Energy (LEU) from 2020 multiplied a $1,000 stake into $26,562. That works out to +2556.2%, about 27x the original stake, as of 2026-06-01.
That is a compound rate of about 64.6% a year, an extreme pace that few holdings sustain for 6.6 years. By comparison the S&P 500 returned about $2,540 on the same stake, putting Centrus Energy ahead by close to $24,022. The index compounded at about 15.2% a year over that period.
Getting here meant sitting through real volatility. The best single year was 2021 at +221.4%, and the worst was 2023 at -5.5%. These figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, trading fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.
This is historical math, not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
What if you invested $100 a month instead?
Most people do not drop a lump sum in on day one. They add a fixed amount every month. Putting $100 into Centrus Energy at the close of every month from January 2020 through June 2026 means 78 buys and $7,800 contributed over about 6.5 years.
$100/month, dollar-cost averaged
$46,315
+493.8% on $7,800 in
Same $7,800, all in at the start
$207,181
+2,556.2% on $7,800 in
Going all in at the start beat spreading the buys out by $160,867. That is the usual result when a stock trends up: each monthly buy pays a higher price than the last, so the average cost climbs. Averaging in also meant an average buy price of $28.27 per share across the whole stretch, so the monthly buyer never had to time a single low. Neither number counts dividends, taxes, or trading costs.
Illustrative fixed $100/month example, not a recommendation. Figures are computed from LEU split-adjusted monthly closes through June 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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