HC Wainwright Issues Negative Estimate for Oklo Earnings

Oklo Inc. (NYSE:OKLO) – HC Wainwright cut their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Oklo in a research report issued on Tuesday, August 12th. HC Wainwright analyst S. Joshi now anticipates that the company will post earnings of ($0.17) per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of ($0.13). HC Wainwright has a “Buy” rating and a $90.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Oklo’s current full-year earnings is ($8.20) per share. HC Wainwright also issued estimates for Oklo’s Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.18) EPS, FY2025 earnings at ($0.59) EPS, FY2026 earnings at ($0.76) EPS, FY2027 earnings at ($0.86) EPS, FY2028 earnings at ($0.80) EPS and FY2029 earnings at $0.13 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently weighed in on OKLO. Craig Hallum downgraded shares of Oklo from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $59.00 target price for the company. in a research note on Monday, June 23rd. Daiwa America upgraded shares of Oklo from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Sunday, July 27th. Daiwa Capital Markets upgraded shares of Oklo from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Sunday, July 27th. CLSA upgraded shares of Oklo from an “outperform” rating to a “moderate buy” rating and upped their target price for the company from $50.00 to $74.00 in a research note on Tuesday, May 27th. Finally, William Blair restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Oklo in a research note on Tuesday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $63.78.

Oklo Trading Down 3.5%

Shares of OKLO stock opened at $71.09 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $10.49 billion, a PE ratio of -169.26 and a beta of 0.60. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $64.88 and a 200-day simple moving average of $44.49. Oklo has a twelve month low of $5.35 and a twelve month high of $85.35.

Oklo (NYSE:OKLO) last announced its earnings results on Monday, August 11th. The company reported ($0.18) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.12) by ($0.06).

Institutional Trading of Oklo

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of OKLO. Caldwell Sutter Capital Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Oklo during the second quarter worth $25,000. Private Trust Co. NA acquired a new stake in shares of Oklo during the second quarter worth $25,000. Fourth Dimension Wealth LLC raised its holdings in shares of Oklo by 125.0% during the second quarter. Fourth Dimension Wealth LLC now owns 450 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 250 shares during the period. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Oklo during the fourth quarter worth $27,000. Finally, Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Oklo during the second quarter worth $28,000. 85.03% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Oklo news, CEO Jacob Dewitte sold 300,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, June 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $55.20, for a total transaction of $16,560,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 10,105,098 shares in the company, valued at $557,801,409.60. This represents a 2.88% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Michael Stuart Klein sold 150,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, June 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $62.74, for a total transaction of $9,411,000.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 250,000 shares in the company, valued at $15,685,000. This trade represents a 37.50% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 600,000 shares of company stock worth $35,066,500 over the last quarter. 18.90% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Oklo

Oklo Inc designs and develops fission power plants to provide reliable and commercial-scale energy to customers in the United States. It also provides used nuclear fuel recycling services. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Santa Clara, California.