Cameco Co. (TSE:CCO) Senior Officer Sells C$239,666.00 in Stock

Cameco Co. (TSE:CCO - Get Free Report) NYSE: CCJ Senior Officer Ronald Liam Mooney sold 3,400 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, October 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$70.49, for a total transaction of C$239,666.00.

Cameco Trading Down 0.4 %

Shares of Cameco stock traded down C$0.29 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting C$70.05. 1,078,309 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,271,075. Cameco Co. has a twelve month low of C$48.71 and a twelve month high of C$76.66. The stock has a market capitalization of C$30.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 118.73, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.22 and a beta of 0.88. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of C$57.18 and a 200 day simple moving average of C$64.11. The company has a current ratio of 3.22, a quick ratio of 3.74 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 25.39.

Cameco (TSE:CCO - Get Free Report) NYSE: CCJ last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 31st. The company reported C$0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of C$0.39 by C($0.25). Cameco had a return on equity of 4.23% and a net margin of 9.70%. The firm had revenue of C$598.00 million for the quarter. Research analysts forecast that Cameco Co. will post 1.5181371 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently commented on the stock. Canaccord Genuity Group upped their price target on shares of Cameco from C$75.00 to C$78.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 24th. Scotiabank cut their price objective on shares of Cameco from C$81.00 to C$80.00 in a research report on Monday, August 19th. National Bankshares set a C$74.00 price objective on shares of Cameco and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 4th. National Bank Financial upgraded shares of Cameco to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 3rd. Finally, CIBC upped their price objective on shares of Cameco from C$74.00 to C$80.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, June 20th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Cameco has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of C$77.50.

Cameco Company Profile

Cameco Corporation provides uranium for the generation of electricity. It operates through Uranium, Fuel Services, Westinghouse segments. The Uranium segment is involved in the exploration for, mining, and milling, purchase, and sale of uranium concentrate. The Fuel Services segment engages in the refining, conversion, and fabrication of uranium concentrate, as well as the purchase and sale of conversion services.