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CCJ vs. EU, UROY, NXE, DNN, UEC, URG, BHP, VALE, TECK, and SQM

Should you be buying Cameco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cameco include enCore Energy (EU), Uranium Royalty (UROY), NexGen Energy (NXE), Denison Mine (DNN), Uranium Energy (UEC), Ur Energy (URG), BHP Group (BHP), Vale (VALE), Teck Resources (TECK), and Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM).

Cameco vs. Its Competitors

enCore Energy (NASDAQ:EU) and Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and media sentiment.

enCore Energy has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cameco has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

20.9% of enCore Energy 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Cameco has higher revenue and earnings than enCore Energy. enCore Energy 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
enCore Energy$58.33M8.63-$61.39M-$0.37-7.27
Cameco$3.57B9.31$125.42M$0.8787.79

In the previous week, Cameco had 55 more articles in the media than enCore Energy. MarketBeat recorded 55 mentions for Cameco and 0 mentions for enCore Energy. enCore Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.89 beat Cameco's score of 0.64 indicating that enCore Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
enCore Energy Very Positive
Cameco Positive

Cameco has a net margin of 14.97% compared to enCore Energy's net margin of -142.32%. Cameco's return on equity of 8.21% beat enCore Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
enCore Energy-142.32% -16.08% -13.96%
Cameco 14.97%8.21%5.55%

enCore Energy presently has a consensus target price of $3.38, suggesting a potential upside of 25.46%. Cameco has a consensus target price of $82.65, suggesting a potential upside of 8.22%. Given enCore Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe enCore Energy is more favorable than Cameco.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
enCore Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.67
Cameco
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.21

Summary

Cameco beats enCore Energy on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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.
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CCJ vs. The Competition

MetricCamecoMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$33.33B$6.09B$3.27B$20.70B
Dividend Yield0.16%2.03%5.19%3.67%
P/E Ratio87.7922.15105.7928.65
Price / Sales9.31517.1835,179,415,501,968,300.0057.34
Price / Cash79.7228.6823.9223.59
Price / Book6.838.425.994.32
Net Income$125.42M$278.61M$148.72M$995.66M
7 Day Performance4.67%6.59%3.18%1.91%
1 Month Performance6.18%12.28%4.07%-0.54%
1 Year Performance95.14%55.61%36.52%14.76%

Cameco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CCJ
Cameco
3.6464 of 5 stars
$76.38
-0.2%
$82.65
+8.2%
+100.4%$33.33B$3.57B87.792,884Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
EU
enCore Energy
2.3135 of 5 stars
$3.05
+0.3%
$3.38
+10.7%
-14.3%$570.53M$58.33M-8.24N/APositive News
UROY
Uranium Royalty
1.6249 of 5 stars
$2.94
-5.2%
$4.00
+36.1%
+23.3%$392.90M$11.19M-98.0010
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.0494 of 5 stars
$7.15
-2.1%
N/A+29.5%$4.08BN/A-44.6860Earnings Report
DNN
Denison Mine
2.051 of 5 stars
$2.22
flat
$3.00
+35.1%
N/A$1.99B$2.88M-27.7593News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
UEC
Uranium Energy
2.5243 of 5 stars
$8.99
+0.9%
$10.13
+12.6%
N/A$3.99B$220K-52.8860Analyst Forecast
URG
Ur Energy
2.7489 of 5 stars
$1.41
+0.7%
$2.48
+75.5%
N/A$514.40M$33.71M-10.8510Analyst Revision
BHP
BHP Group
3.2851 of 5 stars
$52.28
-1.6%
$48.50
-7.2%
-1.3%$132.57B$53.60B11.8890,000Positive News
VALE
Vale
3.3535 of 5 stars
$9.85
-1.5%
$11.73
+19.1%
-1.2%$44.71B$37.72B7.1464,610Dividend Cut
TECK
Teck Resources
4.8732 of 5 stars
$33.77
+2.3%
$60.11
+78.0%
-23.9%$16.31B$6.48B88.877,200Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SQM
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
2.1012 of 5 stars
$39.15
-6.0%
$41.43
+5.8%
+11.1%$11.18B$4.53B18.558,344Positive News
Gap Up

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