Cameco (CCJ) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CCJ or VALE?

Vale received 269 more outperform votes than Cameco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.12% of users gave Cameco an outperform vote while only 60.99% of users gave Vale an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cameco	Outperform Votes 522 63.12%	Underperform Votes 305 36.88%
Vale	Outperform Votes 791 60.99%	Underperform Votes 506 39.01%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in CCJ or VALE?

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

Is CCJ or VALE a better dividend stock?

Cameco pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Vale pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.1%. Cameco pays out 63.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vale pays out 42.6% 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.

Does the media refer more to CCJ or VALE?

In the previous week, Cameco had 36 more articles in the media than Vale. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Cameco and 12 mentions for Vale. Vale's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Cameco's score of 0.68 indicating that Vale is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cameco	18 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vale	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer CCJ or VALE?

Cameco currently has a consensus price target of $66.56, suggesting a potential upside of 53.21%. Vale has a consensus price target of $13.26, suggesting a potential upside of 31.19%. Given Cameco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cameco is more favorable than Vale.

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	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Which has more risk & volatility, CCJ or VALE?

Cameco has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vale has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CCJ or VALE?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cameco	$1.92B	9.86	$267.32M	$0.19	228.65
Vale	$41.78B	1.10	$7.98B	$2.16	4.68

Is CCJ or VALE more profitable?

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
Cameco	4.15%	3.33%	2.15%
Vale	22.59%	21.07%	9.22%

Summary

Cameco beats Vale on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.