CCJ vs. MT, STLD, WLK, CE, FNV, RS, WPM, SUZ, CF, and TECK
Should you be buying Cameco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cameco include ArcelorMittal (MT), Steel Dynamics (STLD), Westlake (WLK), Celanese (CE), Franco-Nevada (FNV), Reliance (RS), Wheaton Precious Metals (WPM), Suzano (SUZ), CF Industries (CF), and Teck Resources (TECK). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) and Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
ArcelorMittal pays an annual dividend of $0.37 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Cameco pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. ArcelorMittal pays out 37.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cameco pays out 15.0% 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. ArcelorMittal has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. ArcelorMittal is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
ArcelorMittal has higher revenue and earnings than Cameco. ArcelorMittal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cameco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ArcelorMittal currently has a consensus price target of $31.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.65%. Cameco has a consensus price target of $40.25, indicating a potential downside of 14.22%. Given Cameco's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe ArcelorMittal is more favorable than Cameco.
In the previous week, Cameco had 20 more articles in the media than ArcelorMittal. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for Cameco and 8 mentions for ArcelorMittal. Cameco's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat ArcelorMittal's score of 0.09 indicating that ArcelorMittal is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ArcelorMittal has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cameco has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ArcelorMittal received 308 more outperform votes than Cameco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.07% of users gave ArcelorMittal an outperform vote while only 62.80% of users gave Cameco an outperform vote.
Cameco has a net margin of 13.97% compared to Cameco's net margin of 1.35%. Cameco's return on equity of 8.55% beat ArcelorMittal's return on equity.
9.9% of ArcelorMittal shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of Cameco shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of ArcelorMittal shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Cameco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
ArcelorMittal beats Cameco on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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