Cameco - CCJ Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cameco in the last year. There are currently 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" CCJ shares.
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4 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Cameco's stock. Their CCJ share price forecasts range from $41.00 to $50.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $45.14 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 78.4% from the stock's current price.
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Cameco's stock was trading at $22.67 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, CCJ shares have increased by 11.6% and is now trading at $25.31.
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Cameco saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 16,650,000 shares, an increase of 8.0% from the February 13th total of 15,420,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,540,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Approximately 3.9% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 4th 2023.
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Cameco Co. (NYSE:CCJ) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 28th. The basic materials company reported ($0.14) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.04) by $0.10. The basic materials company earned $361 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $422.49 million. Cameco had a net margin of 4.97% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 2.61%. The company's revenue was down 4.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted ($0.15) EPS.

iShares MSCI Intl Size Factor ETF holds 1,398 shares of CCJ stock, representing 0.13% of its portfolio.

Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.37%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 52.94%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CCJ will have a dividend payout ratio of 5.29% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Cameco updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 9th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.58 billion-$1.69 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.63 billion.

37 employees have rated Cameco Chief Executive Officer Tim Gitzel on Glassdoor.com. Tim Gitzel has an approval rating of 65% among the company's employees.

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Cameco trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CCJ."

Cameco's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. (3.26%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (2.59%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.20%), Morgan Stanley (1.75%), Keybank National Association OH (1.62%) and Alliancebernstein L.P. (1.57%).

Shares of CCJ stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CCJ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $25.31.

Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) has a market capitalization of $10.96 billion and generates $1.44 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $68.75 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.17 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 1,931 workers across the globe.

Cameco's mailing address is 2121 11TH ST W, SASKATOON A9, S7M 1J3. The official website for the company is www.cameco.com. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at (306) 956-6200 or via fax at 306-956-6201.