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$53.42 -0.77 (-1.42%)
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CCJ vs. VALE, TECK, SQM, SUM, KNF, NXE, HBM, MP, AESI, and NGD

Should you be buying Cameco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cameco include Vale (VALE), Teck Resources (TECK), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Summit Materials (SUM), Knife River (KNF), NexGen Energy (NXE), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), MP Materials (MP), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), and New Gold (NGD). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

Cameco vs.

Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) and Vale (NYSE:VALE) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.

Vale has a net margin of 22.59% compared to Cameco's net margin of 4.15%. Vale's return on equity of 21.07% beat Cameco's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cameco4.15% 3.33% 2.15%
Vale 22.59%21.07%9.22%

Cameco currently has a consensus price target of $66.56, indicating a potential upside of 26.44%. Vale has a consensus price target of $14.38, indicating a potential upside of 59.44%. Given Vale's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Vale is more favorable than Cameco.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cameco
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.29
Vale
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

70.2% of Cameco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 21.9% of Vale shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Cameco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Vale has higher revenue and earnings than Cameco. Vale is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cameco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cameco$2.80B8.19$267.32M$0.19277.05
Vale$40.99B0.99$7.98B$2.164.18

In the previous week, Vale had 4 more articles in the media than Cameco. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Vale and 10 mentions for Cameco. Cameco's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Vale's score of 0.86 indicating that Cameco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cameco
7 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Vale
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cameco pays an annual dividend of $0.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Vale pays an annual dividend of $0.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.1%. Cameco pays out 57.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vale pays out 42.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Vale is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Vale received 268 more outperform votes than Cameco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.12% of users gave Cameco an outperform vote while only 61.05% of users gave Vale an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CamecoOutperform Votes
522
63.12%
Underperform Votes
305
36.88%
ValeOutperform Votes
790
61.05%
Underperform Votes
504
38.95%

Cameco has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vale has a beta of 0.91, meaning that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Vale beats Cameco on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CCJ vs. The Competition

MetricCamecometal ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$22.91B$2.87B$2.77B$19.61B
Dividend Yield0.21%0.21%5.24%3.50%
P/E Ratio277.0755.74117.9743.93
Price / Sales8.192,278.57795,108.3417.43
Price / Cash60.5843.9923.2721.71
Price / Book5.064.183.415.47
Net Income$267.32M$20.81M$145.95M$985.09M
7 Day Performance-6.70%-3.14%-2.17%-1.72%
1 Month Performance-1.77%-7.16%5.81%1.72%
1 Year Performance17.08%2.22%21.58%16.89%

Cameco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CCJ
Cameco
3.6038 of 5 stars
$53.42
-1.4%
$66.56
+24.6%
+20.5%$23.25B$2.80B281.172,100Positive News
VALE
Vale
4.6843 of 5 stars
$9.26
flat
$14.38
+55.3%
-39.1%$41.51B$41.78B4.2966,807
TECK
Teck Resources
4.3702 of 5 stars
$43.05
-2.4%
$65.29
+51.7%
+2.8%$22.05B$11.12B66.8012,600
SQM
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
1.1803 of 5 stars
$37.70
-0.2%
$45.56
+20.9%
-34.5%$10.77B$7.47B-34.037,682
SUM
Summit Materials
2.9137 of 5 stars
$50.81
+0.1%
$50.54
-0.5%
+32.3%$8.92B$2.62B61.935,300Analyst Downgrade
KNF
Knife River
2.0857 of 5 stars
$105.95
+3.6%
$95.33
-10.0%
+65.6%$6.00B$2.89B29.984,389Positive News
NXE
NexGen Energy
1.525 of 5 stars
$7.42
-1.1%
N/A+8.5%$4.19BN/A50.0077Positive News
HBM
Hudbay Minerals
4.6863 of 5 stars
$8.55
-1.3%
$11.17
+30.6%
+58.8%$3.37B$2.04B37.652,708Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
Positive News
MP
MP Materials
2.9317 of 5 stars
$18.78
-3.0%
$22.10
+17.7%
+3.6%$3.07B$184.07M-35.87490
AESI
Atlas Energy Solutions
3.307 of 5 stars
$22.95
-0.9%
$24.67
+7.5%
+31.4%$2.53B$925.76M29.32490Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
NGD
New Gold
3.4169 of 5 stars
$2.72
-1.8%
$3.41
+25.5%
N/A$2.15B$861.50M138.501,578News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:CCJ) was last updated on 12/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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