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Cameco

TOR:CCO · CA13321L1085
Oil, Gas & Consumable FuelsLarge

360

44
EV / EBIT1
Price / Owner Earnings9
Owner Earnings Yield32
Dividend Yield35
Price/Sales5
EV / Gross Profit2
Price/Book5
Return on Capital23
Cash Return on Capital70
Return on Equity35
EBIT Margin47
Gross Profitability27
Cash Conversion44
Accruals91
Owner Earnings Margin80
Sales growth8
Profit Growth58
Long-Term EPS Growth96
Owner Earnings Growth54
Reinvestment86
Price momentum73
Debt load81
Refinancing53
Debt Payback100
Liquidity86
Analyst ratings57
Opinion Changes53
Price Target Upside92
Market mood100
Value Creation8/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Cameco clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryCanada
IndustryOil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
SizeLarge
TypePublic Company
ExchangeTSX
Founded1987
Employees1,755
Websitecameco.com
ISINCA13321L1085
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Themes
Clean EnergyOnshore and Offshore WindConventional NuclearAdvanced NuclearEnergyManufacturingMineralMining Technology

Description

Cameco Corporation provides nuclear fuel supplies to a global customer base to generate energy. Nuclear energy plants around the world use the company’s uranium and fuel services to generate zero-carbon electricity. The company’s operations span the…

Analysis

Hope premium

Cameco Corporation is priced well ahead of what the underlying numbers justify, a pattern we describe as a hope premium.

On valuation, the picture is expensive. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 93.3×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around 27% a year, against analyst forecasts of 45%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

Growth is moderate; the safety picture is sturdy. The company scores 8/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value. Analysts lean positive.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
65
2023202420252026

All-time high

88

Mar 2026

All-time low

43

Jan 2025

Average rank

66

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
5
9
7
8
Price/Earnings
1
7
1
5
Price/Book
5
1
13
46
Dividend Yield
35
23
23
23
Value (overall)
1
3
3
7

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

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1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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