Cameco (CCJ) Competitors

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

Is CCJ or VALE more profitable?

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
Cameco	5.39%	4.34%	2.85%
Vale	16.15%	17.38%	7.62%

Which has more risk & volatility, CCJ or VALE?

Cameco has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vale has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CCJ or VALE?

Cameco presently has a consensus price target of $70.53, indicating a potential upside of 10.55%. Vale has a consensus price target of $12.04, indicating a potential upside of 24.69%. Given Vale's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vale is more favorable than Cameco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cameco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25
Vale	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Is CCJ or VALE a better dividend stock?

Cameco pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Vale pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. Cameco pays out 30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vale pays out 54.3% 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. Cameco has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CCJ or VALE?

Vale received 263 more outperform votes than Cameco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.95% of users gave Cameco an outperform vote while only 60.77% of users gave Vale an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cameco	Outperform Votes 530 62.95%	Underperform Votes 312 37.05%
Vale	Outperform Votes 793 60.77%	Underperform Votes 512 39.23%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CCJ or VALE?

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

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CCJ or VALE?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cameco	$3.29B	8.44	$267.32M	$0.40	159.50
Vale	$37.72B	1.16	$7.98B	$1.38	7.00

Does the media prefer CCJ or VALE?

In the previous week, Cameco had 21 more articles in the media than Vale. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Cameco and 9 mentions for Vale. Cameco's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Vale's score of 0.70 indicating that Cameco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cameco	11 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Vale	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Cameco beats Vale on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.