Cameco (CCJ) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in VALE or CCJ?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VALE or CCJ?

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

Is VALE or CCJ a better dividend stock?

Vale pays an annual dividend of $0.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Cameco pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Vale pays out 54.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cameco pays out 30.0% 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.

Do analysts prefer VALE or CCJ?

Vale currently has a consensus price target of $12.04, indicating a potential upside of 23.10%. Cameco has a consensus price target of $70.53, indicating a potential upside of 34.60%. Given Cameco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45
Cameco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.25

Which has better earnings & valuation, VALE or CCJ?

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
Vale	$37.72B	1.18	$7.98B	$1.38	7.09
Cameco	$3.29B	6.93	$267.32M	$0.40	131.00

Does the media refer more to VALE or CCJ?

In the previous week, Cameco had 13 more articles in the media than Vale. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Cameco and 11 mentions for Vale. Vale's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Cameco's score of 1.43 indicating that Vale is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Vale	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 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

Is VALE or CCJ 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
Vale	16.15%	17.38%	7.62%
Cameco	5.39%	4.34%	2.85%

Which has more volatility & risk, VALE or CCJ?

Vale has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cameco has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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