Virtu Financial Loads Up NuScale Power Stock After Its Big Price Drop. Should You Too?

What happened

According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission dated Nov. 14, 2025, Virtu Financial LLC established a new position in NuScale Power (NYSE:SMR). The fund reported holding 579,353 shares valued at $20.86 million at the end of the third quarter, representing its first disclosed stake in the company for the period ending Sept. 30, 2025.

What else to know

• This new position in SMR represents 1.16% of Virtu Financial LLC’s $1.79 billion in reportable U.S. equity assets.
• Top holdings after the filing:
  • NYSE: BRK-A: $224.00 million (12.5% of AUM)
  • NASDAQ: AMZN: $42.50 million (2.4% of AUM)
  • NYSE: UNH: $38.63 million (2.2% of AUM)
  • NASDAQ: LLYVA: $33.61 million (1.9% of AUM)
  • NASDAQ: FOX: $32.42 million (1.8% of AUM)
• As of Nov. 14, 2025, shares of NuScale Power were priced at $22.45, down 9% over the past year, underperforming the S&P 500 by 22.6 percentage points. Shares have fallen further by nearly 30% since.

Company Overview

Company Snapshot

• NuScale Power is developing modular, light-water reactor nuclear power plants called VOYGR built on NuScale Power Modules. Each module can generate 77 megawatts of electricity, scalable up to 924 megawatt electric capacity.
• The company generates revenue by designing, developing, and selling modular nuclear reactors and related energy solutions for electricity generation and industrial applications.

NuScale Power develops and sells modular nuclear energy technology, offering scalable reactor solutions designed for electricity generation, district heating, and process heat applications.

Foolish take

It's been a wild ride for NuScale Power stock so far in 2025. Nuclear energy stocks surged after President Donald Trump signed executive orders in the middle of the year, outlining ambitious plans to boost the nuclear energy industry. Plans include support for SMRs, which is also NuScale's specialization.

Although NuScale Power is still developing modules, it has an exclusive commercial partnership with ENTRA1 Energy. With ENTRA1 Energy recently securing some contracts, including a contract to deploy up to six gigawatts of nuclear power capacity to the Tennessee Valley Authority across seven states in the U.S., NuScale Power is already locking in some sales.

NuScale stock, however, has come under selling pressure in recent weeks, mainly on profit-booking across the board. NuScale's large shareholder, Fluor (NYSE:FLR) is also selling its stake in the nuclear energy company to cash in on its investment. That has also contributed to NuScale Power's stock fall. Investors like Virtu Financial, however, saw an opportunity in the dip to buy shares of a company building SMRs amid Trump's aggressive push for nuclear energy.

Glossary

13F reportable assets: Assets that institutional investment managers must disclose quarterly to the SEC, showing their equity holdings.
AUM (Assets Under Management): The total market value of investments managed by a fund or financial institution.
Position: The amount of a particular security or asset held by an investor or fund.
Stake: The ownership interest or share held in a company by an investor or fund.
Quarterly average pricing: The average price of a security over a specific quarter, used for valuation purposes.
Modular light water reactor: A type of nuclear reactor designed in small, standardized units using ordinary water as coolant and moderator.
Megawatt: A unit of power equal to one million watts, commonly used to measure electricity generation capacity.
Process heat: Heat energy produced for industrial or commercial processes, not just electricity generation.
VOYGR plant configurations: NuScale's branded modular nuclear power plant setups, offering scalable electricity generation solutions.
TTM: The 12-month period ending with the most recent quarterly report.

Neha Chamaria has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Amazon. The Motley Fool recommends NuScale Power and UnitedHealth Group. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.