Is NWCL halal?
newcleo plc
Not halal
newcleo plc did not pass AAOIFI screening. The failed check is shown below.
Checked: 14 October 2026
Exchange
NASDAQ
Price
5.88
Day
-7.69%
Market cap
$1.85B
Industry
Specialty Industrial Machinery
Sector
Industrials
What the company does
newcleo (UK/Europe) is developing small modular lead-cooled fast nuclear reactors and recycled nuclear fuel (MOX) production. The reactors are not yet commercial; current modest revenue comes from engineering services. It listed on Nasdaq in September 2026 via a SPAC merger with NewHold III.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
No prohibited activity
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
Interest-bearing debt $41.11M ÷ current market cap $1.85B = 2.2%
2.2%
Pass
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
Cash + interest-bearing securities $114.45M ÷ current market cap $1.85B = 6.2%
6.2%
Pass
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
Interest income $1.86M ÷ annual revenue $36.46M (2025) = 5.1%
5.1%
Fail
Figures from the company's filings (2026-03-31), USD. Market cap is a 36-month average (the S&P Shariah index approach), so a one-day price move does not flip the verdict.
For information (AAOIFI 3/1 note): cash + receivables are 37.6% of total assets (2026-03-31). AAOIFI recommends tangible assets of at least one third — this figure does not affect the verdict, and other major screeners do not apply it either.
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- Not in the S&P 500
- Held by funds
- Not held by any tracked fund
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