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

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), Vale (VALE), Teck Resources (TECK), Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM), and MP Materials (MP).

Cameco vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Cameco had 19 more articles in the media than enCore Energy. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Cameco and 1 mentions for enCore Energy. enCore Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Cameco's score of 1.09 indicating that enCore Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
enCore Energy
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cameco
14 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

Cameco has a net margin of 7.50% compared to enCore Energy's net margin of -142.32%. Cameco's return on equity of 4.47% 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 7.50%4.47%2.98%

enCore Energy presently has a consensus price target of $2.75, indicating a potential downside of 7.72%. Cameco has a consensus price target of $80.65, indicating a potential upside of 2.12%. Given Cameco's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cameco is more favorable than enCore Energy.

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)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
Cameco
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.23

enCore Energy has a beta of 1.86, indicating that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cameco has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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$58.33M9.56-$61.39M-$0.37-8.05
Cameco$2.29B15.02$125.42M$0.40197.45

Summary

Cameco beats enCore Energy on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$33.92B$5.96B$3.25B$20.73B
Dividend Yield0.16%2.06%5.16%3.69%
P/E Ratio197.4527.45106.1727.57
Price / Sales15.02442.0029,967,650,242,455,700.0059.01
Price / Cash81.1427.3223.8622.13
Price / Book7.407.936.004.66
Net Income$125.42M$278.61M$147.94M$994.58M
7 Day Performance8.70%5.32%0.40%-0.29%
1 Month Performance13.37%13.11%5.16%4.91%
1 Year Performance70.03%36.58%25.96%10.53%

Cameco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CCJ
Cameco
3.1964 of 5 stars
$78.98
+1.4%
$80.65
+2.1%
+64.4%$33.92B$2.29B197.452,884Positive News
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
EU
enCore Energy
0.9179 of 5 stars
$2.79
+4.1%
$2.75
-1.4%
-28.6%$521.90M$58.33M-7.54N/APositive News
UROY
Uranium Royalty
2.7199 of 5 stars
$2.45
+3.4%
$4.00
+63.3%
+5.6%$327.41M$23.14M0.0010News Coverage
Earnings Report
Upcoming Earnings
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.1923 of 5 stars
$6.76
+2.2%
N/A+3.0%$3.86BN/A-42.2760Positive News
DNN
Denison Mine
2.0474 of 5 stars
$1.86
+4.5%
$3.00
+61.3%
+5.5%$1.67B$2.88M-23.2593News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
UEC
Uranium Energy
4.3286 of 5 stars
$6.86
+4.1%
$10.13
+47.6%
N/A$3.05B$220K-40.3560News Coverage
Positive News
URG
Ur Energy
2.9477 of 5 stars
$1.18
+2.6%
$2.30
+94.9%
N/A$430.49M$33.71M-9.0810News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
VALE
Vale
4.2893 of 5 stars
$9.93
-2.1%
$11.79
+18.8%
-12.5%$45.05B$38.06B7.1964,610Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
TECK
Teck Resources
4.9087 of 5 stars
$38.36
+0.1%
$63.14
+64.6%
-21.3%$18.53B$6.48B66.157,200News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Downgrade
SQM
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
0.7391 of 5 stars
$37.92
+0.8%
$41.14
+8.5%
-4.9%$10.83B$4.53B17.978,344Analyst Revision
MP
MP Materials
1.6031 of 5 stars
$48.60
+7.7%
$31.28
-35.6%
+299.3%$7.94B$203.85M-74.77490Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
High Trading Volume

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