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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

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

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
Cameco7.50% 4.47% 2.98%
enCore Energy -142.32%-16.08%-13.96%

Cameco currently has a consensus price target of $80.65, suggesting a potential upside of 13.06%. enCore Energy has a consensus price target of $2.75, suggesting a potential upside of 1.29%. Given Cameco's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cameco is more favorable than enCore Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cameco
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.23
enCore Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50

In the previous week, Cameco had 21 more articles in the media than enCore Energy. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Cameco and 3 mentions for enCore Energy. Cameco's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat enCore Energy's score of 1.02 indicating that Cameco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cameco
17 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
enCore Energy
1 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
Cameco$3.29B9.43$125.42M$0.40178.34
enCore Energy$58.33M8.71-$61.39M-$0.37-7.34

70.2% of Cameco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.9% of enCore Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Cameco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

Summary

Cameco beats enCore Energy on 15 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CCJ and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$31.09B$5.63B$3.24B$20.45B
Dividend Yield0.17%2.06%5.14%3.72%
P/E Ratio178.5525.7497.8327.80
Price / Sales9.43365.4927,181,161,885,882,500.0048.54
Price / Cash76.5026.9523.9218.22
Price / Book6.697.095.924.58
Net Income$125.42M$278.68M$147.60M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-0.40%1.59%1.51%1.24%
1 Month Performance18.03%4.79%4.29%4.89%
1 Year Performance46.39%18.48%25.31%14.21%

Cameco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CCJ
Cameco
3.278 of 5 stars
$71.34
-5.1%
$80.65
+13.1%
+50.5%$31.09B$3.29B178.552,884Positive News
EU
enCore Energy
0.7734 of 5 stars
$2.88
+8.7%
$2.75
-4.5%
-29.5%$538.65M$58.33M-7.78N/APositive News
High Trading Volume
UROY
Uranium Royalty
1.6744 of 5 stars
$2.50
+2.5%
$4.00
+60.0%
+7.9%$334.10M$31.62M83.3310Gap Down
NXE
NexGen Energy
0.3414 of 5 stars
$6.97
+2.5%
N/A-2.3%$3.98BN/A-43.5660
DNN
Denison Mine
2.347 of 5 stars
$1.82
+1.7%
$3.00
+64.8%
N/A$1.63B$2.88M-22.7593Positive News
UEC
Uranium Energy
3.6847 of 5 stars
$6.80
+1.3%
$10.13
+48.9%
N/A$3.02B$220K-40.0060Positive News
URG
Ur Energy
2.3963 of 5 stars
$1.05
+5.0%
$2.30
+119.0%
N/A$383.06M$33.71M-8.0810Gap Up
BHP
BHP Group
1.6492 of 5 stars
$48.08
-1.1%
$53.00
+10.2%
-16.9%$121.92B$55.66B10.9390,000
VALE
Vale
4.7005 of 5 stars
$9.70
-0.4%
$12.04
+24.1%
-14.7%$44.03B$37.72B7.0364,500News Coverage
Positive News
TECK
Teck Resources
4.8932 of 5 stars
$40.47
-0.1%
$64.63
+59.7%
-20.1%$19.67B$6.48B69.787,200
SQM
Sociedad Quimica y Minera
1.5281 of 5 stars
$35.25
+0.7%
$41.14
+16.7%
-13.2%$10.07B$4.53B16.718,344

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This page (NYSE:CCJ) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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