Cameco (CCO) Competitors

Waste Connections (TSE:WCN) and Cameco (TSE:CCO) are both large-cap business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has better earnings & valuation, WCN or CCO?

Waste Connections has higher revenue and earnings than Cameco. Waste Connections is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cameco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Waste Connections	C$6.13B	7.63	C$662.45M	C$5.17	49.68
Cameco	C$2.83B	16.97	C$117.81M	C$0.26	411.91

Is WCN or CCO a better dividend stock?

Waste Connections pays an annual dividend of C$1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Cameco pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Waste Connections pays out 30.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cameco pays out 45.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Waste Connections is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts recommend WCN or CCO?

Waste Connections currently has a consensus target price of C$265.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.10%. Cameco has a consensus target price of C$98.77, suggesting a potential downside of 9.40%. Given Waste Connections' higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Waste Connections is more favorable than Cameco.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Waste Connections	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
Cameco	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	5 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.36

Which has more risk and volatility, WCN or CCO?

Waste Connections has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cameco has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in WCN or CCO?

89.6% of Waste Connections shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.1% of Cameco shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Waste Connections shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Cameco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is WCN or CCO more profitable?

Waste Connections has a net margin of 10.81% compared to Cameco's net margin of 4.17%. Waste Connections' return on equity of 11.86% beat Cameco's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Waste Connections	10.81%	11.86%	5.00%
Cameco	4.17%	1.89%	2.38%

Does the media refer more to WCN or CCO?

In the previous week, Cameco had 4 more articles in the media than Waste Connections. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Cameco and 5 mentions for Waste Connections. Cameco's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Waste Connections' score of -0.44 indicating that Cameco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Waste Connections	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cameco	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Waste Connections beats Cameco on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.