Cameco (CCJ) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Cameco Corporation provides uranium for the generation of electricity. It operates through Uranium, Fuel Services, Westinghouse segments. The Uranium segment is involved in the exploration for, mining, and milling, purchase, and sale of uranium concentrate. The Fuel Services segment engages in the refining, conversion, and fabrication of uranium concentrate, as well as the purchase and sale of conversion services. This segment also produces CANDU reactor fuel bundles and other reactor components. The company offers nuclear fuel processing services. The Westinghouse segment engages in the manufacture of nuclear reactor technology original equipment. This segment provides products and services to commercial utilities and government agencies; and outage and maintenance services, engineering support, instrumentation and controls equipment, plant modification, and components and parts to nuclear reactors. It sells its uranium and fuel services to nuclear utilities in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Cameco Corporation was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Saskatoon, Canada.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $77.71 to $79.92
• 50-Day Range: $51.16 to $79.92
• 52-Week Range: $35.00 to $80.06
• Volume: 3.51 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.85 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $34.66 billion
• P/E Ratio: 199.00
• Dividend Yield: 0.15%
• Price Target: $80.65
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Cameco Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Cameco scored higher than 66% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 89th out of 191 stocks in the basic materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Cameco has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.23, and is based on 10 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Cameco has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: -6.30%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Cameco are expected to decrease by -6.30% in the coming year, from $1.27 to $1.19 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Cameco is 199.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.91.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Cameco is 199.00, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 112.75.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Cameco has a P/B Ratio of 7.46. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.38% of the float of Cameco has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Cameco has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Cameco has recently increased by 3.88%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Cameco has a dividend yield of 0.16%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Cameco has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Cameco is 30.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Cameco will have a dividend payout ratio of 10.08% next year. This indicates that Cameco will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Environmental Score: -8.35

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.38% of the float of Cameco has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Cameco has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Cameco has recently increased by 3.88%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.07

News Sentiment

Cameco has a news sentiment score of 1.07. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.61 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 27 news articles for Cameco this week, compared to 18 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

68 people have searched for CCJ on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 1% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

74 people have added Cameco to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 90% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Cameco insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.00% of the stock of Cameco is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

70.21% of the stock of Cameco is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

CCJ Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have CCJ shares performed this year?

Cameco's stock was trading at $51.39 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, CCJ shares have increased by 54.9% and is now trading at $79.5980.

How were Cameco's earnings last quarter?

Cameco Corporation (NYSE:CCJ) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 1st. The basic materials company reported $0.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.18 by $0.07. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 24.4% on a year-over-year basis.
Read the conference call transcript.

Who are Cameco's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Cameco include Covea Finance (0.24%), Platinum Investment Management Ltd. (0.23%), Capital Advisors Inc. OK (0.17%) and Exchange Traded Concepts LLC (0.12%).

How do I buy shares of Cameco?

Shares of CCJ stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Cameco own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Cameco investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY), Chevron (CVX), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Broadcom (AVGO) and McKesson (MCK).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/01/2025
• Today: 7/25/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/31/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: MINING - MISC
• Sub-Industry: Non-Metallic And Industrial Metal Mining
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CCJ
• CIK: 1009001
• Web: www.cameco.com
• Phone: (306) 956-6200
• Fax: 306-956-6201
• Employees: 2,884
• Year Founded: 1988

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Cameco: $80.65
• High Price Target: $100.00
• Low Price Target: $70.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +1.3%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.23
• Research Coverage: 13 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.40
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 199.00
• Forward P/E Ratio: 62.68
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $125.42 million
• Net Margins: 7.50%
• Pretax Margin: 10.82%
• Return on Equity: 4.47%
• Return on Assets: 2.98%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.15
• Current Ratio: 2.70
• Quick Ratio: 1.26

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.29 billion
• Price / Sales: 15.14
• Cash Flow: $0.97 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 82.43
• Book Value: $10.67 per share
• Price / Book: 7.46

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 435,390,000
• Free Float: 431,033,000
• Market Cap: $34.66 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.03