Cameco Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cameco in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Cameco stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CCJ, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Cameco saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 12th, there was short interest totaling 14,780,000 shares, an increase of 43.9% from the January 28th total of 10,270,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,430,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.7 days. Approximately 3.7% of the company's shares are sold short.
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Cameco is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, May 7th 2021.
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Cameco Co. (NYSE:CCJ) issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 9th. The basic materials company reported $0.12 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.05) by $0.17. The basic materials company earned $550 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $395.88 million. Cameco had a negative net margin of 0.09% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 0.34%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 36.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.24 EPS.
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Cameco's stock was trading at $7.02 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CCJ stock has increased by 147.4% and is now trading at $17.37.
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Cameco announced an annual dividend on Thursday, November 5th. Investors of record on Monday, November 30th will be given a dividend of $0.0609 per share on Tuesday, December 15th. This represents a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 27th.
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Cameco pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.37%. The dividend payout ratio of Cameco is 75.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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8 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Cameco's stock. Their forecasts range from $16.00 to $23.00. On average, they anticipate Cameco's share price to reach $20.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.4% from the stock's current price.
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37 employees have rated Cameco CEO Tim Gitzel on Glassdoor.com. Tim Gitzel has an approval rating of 65% among Cameco's employees.

Some companies that are related to Cameco include NexGen Energy (NXE), Denison Mines (DNN), Uranium Energy (UEC), Western Uranium & Vanadium (WSTRF), Peninsula Energy (PENMF), Abtech (ABHD) and AirTrona International (ARTR).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Cameco investors own include Cameco (CCO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), General Electric (GE), Intel (INTC), Energy Transfer (ET), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Ford Motor (F), Gilead Sciences (GILD) and Barrick Gold (GOLD).

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

Cameco's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd. (5.26%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (5.08%), William Blair Investment Management LLC (3.89%), Kopernik Global Investors LLC (2.78%), Brandes Investment Partners LP (2.47%) and Manning & Napier Group LLC (1.89%).

CCJ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Ninety One UK Ltd, Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd., Morgan Stanley, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Guardian Capital LP, and Kopernik Global Investors LLC.

CCJ stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Brandes Investment Partners LP, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., JBF Capital Inc., Mackenzie Financial Corp, Credit Suisse AG, Toronto Dominion Bank, and Keybank National Association OH.

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One share of CCJ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $17.37.

Cameco has a market capitalization of $6.89 billion and generates $1.40 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $55.77 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.08 on an earnings per share basis.

Cameco employs 1,885 workers across the globe.

The official website for Cameco is www.cameco.com.

Cameco is headquartered at 2121 11TH ST W, SASKATOON A9, S7M 1J3.

Cameco's mailing address is 2121 11TH ST W, SASKATOON A9, S7M 1J3. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 306-956-6200.