CCO vs. WCN, GIB.A, GFL, RBA, STN, QBR.B, MEG, SJ, NVEI, and QBR.A
Should you be buying Cameco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cameco include Waste Connections (WCN), CGI (GIB.A), GFL Environmental (GFL), RB Global (RBA), Stantec (STN), Quebecor (QBR.B), MEG Energy (MEG), Stella-Jones (SJ), Nuvei (NVEI), and Quebecor (QBR.A). These companies are all part of the "business services" industry.
Cameco vs.
Waste Connections (TSE:WCN) and Cameco (TSE:CCO) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Waste Connections has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cameco has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Cameco shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Cameco received 491 more outperform votes than Waste Connections when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.82% of users gave Cameco an outperform vote while only 68.70% of users gave Waste Connections an outperform vote.
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.
In the previous week, Waste Connections had 7 more articles in the media than Cameco. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Waste Connections and 3 mentions for Cameco. Cameco's average media sentiment score of -0.15 beat Waste Connections' score of -0.73 indicating that Cameco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 0.2%. 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.
Waste Connections presently has a consensus target price of C$265.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.90%. Cameco has a consensus target price of C$82.65, suggesting a potential upside of 12.91%. Given Cameco's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cameco is more favorable than Waste Connections.
Summary
Waste Connections beats Cameco on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:CCO) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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