Cameco - CCJ Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Cameco in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" CCJ shares.
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4 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Cameco's shares. Their CCJ share price forecasts range from $37.00 to $46.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $42.63 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 49.7% from the stock's current price.
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Cameco's stock was trading at $22.67 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, CCJ stock has increased by 25.6% and is now trading at $28.47.
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Cameco saw a drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 13,970,000 shares, a drop of 18.9% from the December 31st total of 17,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,680,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.0 days. Currently, 3.2% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 9th 2023.
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Cameco will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 9th at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 604-638-9010 with passcode "9717".

Cameco Co. (NYSE:CCJ) issued its earnings results on Thursday, October, 28th. The basic materials company reported ($0.14) earnings per share 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 trailing twelve-month return on equity of 2.50% and a net margin of 6.43%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 4.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned ($0.15) earnings per share.

Cameco declared an annual dividend on Wednesday, February 9th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, November 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.094 per share on Thursday, December 15th. This represents a yield of 0.41%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, November 29th. This is a boost from the stock's previous annual dividend of $0.06.
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Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.31%. 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 40.91%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CCJ will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.69% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Keybank National Association OH (1.62%), Pendal Group Ltd (1.01%), National Bank of Canada FI (0.84%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.25%), Addenda Capital Inc. (0.21%) and Foundation Resource Management Inc. (0.20%).

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One share of CCJ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $28.47.

Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) has a market capitalization of $12.31 billion and generates $1.18 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $-81,850,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.22 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.