CCJ vs. GFI, SUZ, CE, EMN, IP, CLF, AU, ICL, RGLD, and GGB
Should you be buying Cameco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cameco include Gold Fields (GFI), Suzano (SUZ), Celanese (CE), Eastman Chemical (EMN), International Paper (IP), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), AngloGold Ashanti (AU), ICL Group (ICL), Royal Gold (RGLD), and Gerdau (GGB). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
Cameco vs.
Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) and Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
53.8% of Cameco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.4% of Gold Fields shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Cameco shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 36.8% of Gold Fields shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cameco has a net margin of 4.97% compared to Gold Fields' net margin of 0.00%. Cameco's return on equity of 2.61% beat Gold Fields' return on equity.
Cameco received 337 more outperform votes than Gold Fields when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.48% of users gave Cameco an outperform vote while only 55.81% of users gave Gold Fields an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cameco had 9 more articles in the media than Gold Fields. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Cameco and 1 mentions for Gold Fields. Gold Fields' average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Cameco's score of 0.49 indicating that Gold Fields is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gold Fields has higher revenue and earnings than Cameco.
Cameco currently has a consensus target price of $45.14, suggesting a potential upside of 83.51%. Gold Fields has a consensus target price of $13.40, suggesting a potential upside of 13.08%. Given Cameco's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cameco is more favorable than Gold Fields.
Cameco has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gold Fields has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cameco pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Gold Fields pays an annual dividend of $0.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Cameco pays out 47.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Cameco beats Gold Fields on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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