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Cameco (CCO) Competitors

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C$98.47 -4.22 (-4.11%)
As of 07/8/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

CCO vs. WCN, GIB.A, GFL, RBA, STN, MEG, QBR.B, SJ, QBR.A, and NVEI

Should you be buying Cameco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cameco include Waste Connections (WCN), CGI (GIB.A), GFL Environmental (GFL), RB Global (RBA), Stantec (STN), MEG Energy (MEG), Quebecor (QBR.B), Stella-Jones (SJ), Quebecor (QBR.A), and Nuvei (NVEI). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.

Cameco vs. Its Competitors

Cameco (TSE:CCO) and Waste Connections (TSE:WCN) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.

Cameco presently has a consensus target price of C$97.23, indicating a potential downside of 1.26%. Waste Connections has a consensus target price of C$265.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.85%. Given Waste Connections' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Waste Connections 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)
9 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.36
Waste Connections
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

In the previous week, Waste Connections had 13 more articles in the media than Cameco. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Waste Connections and 2 mentions for Cameco. Cameco's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat Waste Connections' score of -0.04 indicating that Cameco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cameco
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Waste Connections
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Cameco has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waste Connections has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Waste Connections has a net margin of 10.81% compared to Cameco's net margin of 4.17%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 11.86% beat Cameco's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cameco4.17% 1.89% 2.38%
Waste Connections 10.81%11.86%5.00%

76.1% of Cameco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.6% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Cameco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Waste Connections shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Cameco pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of C$1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Cameco pays out 45.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Waste Connections pays out 30.0% 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. Waste Connections is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Waste Connections has higher revenue and earnings than Cameco. Waste Connections 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
CamecoC$2.83B15.32C$117.81MC$0.26372.05
Waste ConnectionsC$6.13B7.36C$662.45MC$5.1747.93

Summary

Waste Connections beats Cameco on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CCO vs. The Competition

MetricCamecoUranium IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$43.34BC$3.08BC$7.57BC$6.17B
Dividend Yield0.23%3.08%10.98%6.72%
P/E Ratio372.0542.7063.4456.52
Price / Sales15.3219.8021,930.591,068.65
Price / Cash9.5117.1036.2583.29
Price / Book6.9030.863.684.66
Net IncomeC$117.81MC$33.15MC$4.21BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance1.10%-1.35%0.80%0.66%
1 Month Performance7.50%1.68%3.83%3.50%
1 Year Performance47.34%1.33%101.17%27.52%

Cameco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CCO
Cameco
1.4611 of 5 stars
C$98.47
-4.1%
C$97.23
-1.3%
+48.1%C$43.34BC$2.83B372.054,700
WCN
Waste Connections
0.6957 of 5 stars
C$254.38
-0.1%
C$265.00
+4.2%
+2.3%C$46.24BC$6.13B49.1722,100
GIB.A
CGI
2.0654 of 5 stars
C$143.01
+1.1%
C$175.85
+23.0%
+2.2%C$29.14BC$14.52B20.0090,000News Coverage
GFL
GFL Environmental
N/AC$68.74
+0.9%
N/A+21.3%C$26.53BC$7.88B-45.1119,500Dividend Announcement
RBA
RB Global
N/AC$144.67
-0.1%
N/A+36.9%C$18.69BC$2.06B63.564,200
STN
Stantec
1.4711 of 5 stars
C$148.17
-1.4%
C$148.42
+0.2%
+29.2%C$16.89BC$7.14B49.4531,000News Coverage
MEG
MEG Energy
2.1418 of 5 stars
C$25.73
+0.0%
C$30.61
+19.0%
-9.8%C$6.67BC$5.39B13.63449
QBR.B
Quebecor
0.7237 of 5 stars
C$41.45
+1.8%
C$39.92
-3.7%
+45.9%C$6.54BC$5.67B13.0810,039
SJ
Stella-Jones
1.4349 of 5 stars
C$78.49
0.0%
C$86.17
+9.8%
-8.5%C$4.39BC$3.41B13.71280
QBR.A
Quebecor
N/AC$40.89
-1.5%
N/AN/AC$3.14BC$5.67B12.9010,000
NVEI
Nuvei
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$3.13BC$1.31B-432.821,370

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This page (TSE:CCO) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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