Cameco - CCJ Competitors

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.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CCJ or GFI?

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.

Is CCJ or GFI more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cameco	4.97%	2.61%	1.73%
Gold Fields	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CCJ or GFI?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cameco	Outperform Votes 510 64.48%	Underperform Votes 281 35.52%
Gold Fields	Outperform Votes 173 55.81%	Underperform Votes 137 44.19%

Does the media prefer CCJ or GFI?

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.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cameco	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Gold Fields	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings and valuation, CCJ or GFI?

Gold Fields has higher revenue and earnings than Cameco.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cameco	$1.87 billion	5.70	$68.75 million	$0.17	144.71
Gold Fields	$4.29 billion	2.47	$711 million	N/A	N/A

Do analysts prefer CCJ or GFI?

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.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cameco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Gold Fields	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has more risk & volatility, CCJ or GFI?

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.

Is CCJ or GFI a better dividend stock?

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.