Cameco (CCJ) Competitors

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

Which has preferable 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	$3.14B	6.35	$267.32M	$0.28	163.34
Vale	$38.06B	1.18	$7.98B	$1.44	6.90

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CCJ or VALE?

Vale received 265 more outperform votes than Cameco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.07% of users gave Cameco an outperform vote while only 60.89% of users gave Vale an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cameco	Outperform Votes 526 63.07%	Underperform Votes 308 36.93%
Vale	Outperform Votes 791 60.89%	Underperform Votes 508 39.11%

Which has more volatility and risk, CCJ or VALE?

Cameco has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vale has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CCJ or VALE?

In the previous week, Cameco had 25 more articles in the media than Vale. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Cameco and 10 mentions for Vale. Vale's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Cameco's score of 1.17 indicating that Vale is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cameco	22 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vale	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Cameco pays out 42.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vale pays out 52.1% 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.

Do analysts prefer CCJ or VALE?

Cameco currently has a consensus price target of $73.64, suggesting a potential upside of 61.01%. Vale has a consensus price target of $13.26, suggesting a potential upside of 33.43%. 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)	7 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.30
Vale	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Is CCJ or VALE more profitable?

Vale has a net margin of 16.15% compared to Cameco's net margin of 5.39%. Vale's return on equity of 17.38% beat Cameco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cameco	5.39%	4.34%	2.85%
Vale	16.15%	17.38%	7.62%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CCJ or VALE?

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 insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Cameco beats Vale on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.