NexGen Energy (NXE) fell 17% in Q2 as risk-off sentiment hit uranium stocks. Arrow project is post-approval with C$2.8B EBITDA potential at US$80 uranium, L1 Capital said.
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NexGen Energy (NYSE:NXE) dropped 17% in the second quarter of 2026, tracking a broader selloff in uranium stocks triggered by risk-off sentiment across commodities, L1 Capital said in its latest investor letter. The decline came even as spot uranium prices edged up 1.5% during the period, a divergence that the fund pointed to as mostly noise from equity positioning, not a fundamental shift in the uranium thesis.
The Vancouver-based developer holds the Arrow deposit in Saskatchewan's Athabasca Basin, billed as the world's largest undeveloped uranium resource. NexGen received final regulatory approvals for the project in March 2026 and is now preparing to start full-scale construction. The build is expected to take four years. Once online, Arrow could generate roughly C$2.8 billion in annual EBITDA, assuming a uranium price of US$80 per pound – below the current spot level, L1 Capital added. That figure compares with NexGen's current market cap of about C$8.8 billion, a ratio the fund described as highly compelling.
L1 Capital's Long Short Fund returned 12.7% in the June quarter, beating the ASX200AI's 4%, with gains driven by AI-related U.S. equities. NexGen was flagged as a key detractor. The fund noted that the equity volatility had no counterpart in the physical uranium market, where prices were actually slightly higher. NexGen closed at $8.80 on July 17, giving it a market cap of roughly $5.8 billion. The stock has still gained 28% over the past 52 weeks despite the quarterly pullback.
Hedge fund ownership ticked down. According to filings, 36 funds held NXE at the end of Q1, compared with 37 the quarter before.
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