Free Trial

Cameco (CCJ) Competitors

Cameco logo
$45.28 -0.14 (-0.31%)
As of 09:32 AM Eastern
This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

CCJ vs. VALE, TECK, SQM, SUM, KNF, MP, NXE, HBM, NGD, and TTAM

Should you be buying Cameco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cameco include Vale (VALE), Teck Resources (TECK), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Summit Materials (SUM), Knife River (KNF), MP Materials (MP), NexGen Energy (NXE), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), New Gold (NGD), and Titan America (TTAM). These companies are all part of the "non-metallic and industrial metal mining" industry.

Cameco vs.

Vale (NYSE:VALE) and Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

21.9% of Vale shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of Cameco shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Cameco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Vale has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cameco has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Cameco had 7 more articles in the media than Vale. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Cameco and 22 mentions for Vale. Cameco's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Vale's score of 0.85 indicating that Cameco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vale
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cameco
17 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Vale currently has a consensus target price of $12.13, indicating a potential upside of 30.44%. Cameco has a consensus target price of $70.03, indicating a potential upside of 54.90%. Given Cameco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cameco is more favorable than Vale.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vale
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Cameco
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25

Vale has higher revenue and earnings than Cameco. Vale is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cameco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vale$38.06B1.11$7.98B$1.386.74
Cameco$3.14B6.28$267.32M$0.28161.46

Vale pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. Cameco pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Vale pays out 54.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cameco pays out 42.9% 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.

Vale has a net margin of 16.15% compared to Cameco's net margin of 5.39%. Vale's return on equity of 17.38% beat Cameco's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vale16.15% 17.38% 7.62%
Cameco 5.39%4.34%2.85%

Vale received 264 more outperform votes than Cameco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.01% of users gave Cameco an outperform vote while only 60.78% of users gave Vale an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ValeOutperform Votes
792
60.78%
Underperform Votes
511
39.22%
CamecoOutperform Votes
528
63.01%
Underperform Votes
310
36.99%

Summary

Cameco beats Vale on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get Cameco News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for CCJ and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart

CCJ vs. The Competition

MetricCamecometal ores IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$19.68B$2.29B$3.03B$18.97B
Dividend Yield0.29%0.29%5.18%4.03%
P/E Ratio161.4632.7374.6732.71
Price / Sales6.281,590.0725,549,533,275,675,700.0027.85
Price / Cash48.7734.0124.3217.53
Price / Book4.352.815.214.47
Net Income$267.32M$20.81M$155.11M$1.02B
7 Day Performance7.75%2.99%1.07%2.26%
1 Month Performance8.08%1.66%2.95%-2.86%
1 Year Performance-0.90%-26.77%18.88%5.48%

Cameco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CCJ
Cameco
4.0967 of 5 stars
$45.28
-0.3%
$70.03
+54.7%
-0.9%$19.77B$3.14B164.072,100Analyst Revision
Positive News
VALE
Vale
4.5057 of 5 stars
$9.59
+0.9%
$12.44
+29.8%
-23.6%$43.46B$38.06B6.6564,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
TECK
Teck Resources
4.8159 of 5 stars
$35.44
-0.4%
$64.11
+80.9%
-30.9%$17.44B$9.07B64.3512,100Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Gap Down
SQM
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
1.9684 of 5 stars
$34.60
-3.4%
$45.43
+31.3%
-25.1%$9.89B$4.53B-31.186,080News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
SUM
Summit Materials
0.3187 of 5 stars
$52.54
+0.2%
$50.67
-3.6%
+35.1%$9.23B$2.62B64.074,800Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
KNF
Knife River
2.4288 of 5 stars
$91.84
-0.7%
$110.40
+20.2%
+19.5%$5.20B$2.90B25.944,389Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
MP
MP Materials
1.0126 of 5 stars
$24.80
+1.6%
$23.61
-4.8%
+53.0%$4.06B$203.86M-42.06490Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.5828 of 5 stars
$5.31
+4.0%
N/A-31.2%$3.02BN/A35.3760Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
HBM
Hudbay Minerals
3.6647 of 5 stars
$7.43
-0.3%
$14.00
+88.6%
-13.6%$2.93B$2.02B41.242,500Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
NGD
New Gold
2.4377 of 5 stars
$3.36
-1.0%
$3.85
+14.8%
+128.7%$2.66B$924.50M25.811,570Positive News
TTAM
Titan America
N/A$13.05
-0.2%
$17.29
+32.5%
N/A$2.41B$1.63B0.002,726

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NYSE:CCJ) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners