Is it worth investing?
Cameco Corp is a middle-of-the-road business, at a price to match.
$95.03
+42.30% over 12 months
Last updated: iun. 10, 2026
Financial summary
The reported figures, before any interpretation
Price and Trading
- Open The price at which Cameco Corp shares first traded in the latest session.
- Close The price of the last Cameco Corp trade in the session that closed.
- Day range The lowest and highest price Cameco Corp shares reached in that session.
- Volume How many Cameco Corp shares changed hands in the latest session.
- 52-week range The lowest and highest price of Cameco Corp shares over the past year.
- Position in the 52-week range Where the current price of Cameco Corp shares sits between the low and the high of the past year. 100% means right at the high.
- 50-day average The average price of Cameco Corp shares over the last 50 sessions. Shows the short-term trend.
- 200-day average The average price of Cameco Corp shares over the last 200 sessions. Shows the long-term trend.
- Market cap The market value of all Cameco Corp shares combined.
Earnings and Valuation
- Earnings per share How much net profit belongs to a single Cameco Corp share over the last twelve months.
- Estimated earnings, current year The earnings per share analysts expect from Cameco Corp for the current financial year.
- Estimated earnings, next year The earnings per share expected from Cameco Corp for the following financial year.
- Revenue per share How much of the annual sales of Cameco Corp belongs to a single share.
- Book value per share How much Cameco Corp equity belongs to one share, once debt is subtracted from assets.
- Revenue, last 12 months Total Cameco Corp sales across the last four reported quarters.
- Price / earnings How many years of current profit a Cameco Corp share costs at today price.
- Forward price / earnings The same ratio, but against the profit Cameco Corp is expected to make next year.
- PEG The price/earnings ratio of Cameco Corp divided by its growth rate. Below 1 is considered cheap relative to how fast it grows.
- Enterprise value / EBITDA The price of the whole Cameco Corp business, debt included, against operating profit before depreciation.
Return and Risk
Low risk · 71- Net margin How much net profit Cameco Corp keeps out of every unit of sales.
- Return on equity How much net profit Cameco Corp produces from shareholder money.
- Dividend yield How much Cameco Corp pays out in dividends each year, relative to the share price.
- Dividend per share The estimated annual amount received for each Cameco Corp share held.
- Payout ratio What share of Cameco Corp profit goes back to shareholders as dividends. The rest stays in the company.
- Beta How strongly Cameco Corp shares move against the market. 1 means the same, above 1 means wider swings.
- Debt / equity How much debt Cameco Corp carries for every unit of equity.
- Short interest as % of float What share of freely tradable Cameco Corp stock is sold short, as a bet on a decline.
- Days to cover short positions How many normal trading days it would take to close every short position on Cameco Corp.
Some values update after the trading session opens, others are recalculated after it closes. Figures from the financial statements change only when results are published.
Analyst consensus
What the 19 analysts covering the company think
Strong buy
- Strong sell 0 0%
- Sell 0 0%
- Hold 0 0%
- Buy 9 47%
- Strong buy 10 53%
The analyst consensus is more optimistic than our score, by 87 points on the same 0 to 100 scale.
Analyst estimates, third-party source. These are not our verdict.
Price target
Where analysts see the price twelve months out
$129.01
+35.76% against today price
52-week low $64.71
52-week high $135.24
target $129.01
today $95.03
Rise from the low of the past year
+46.85%
Fall from the high of the past year
-29.73%
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Price today $95.03
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Revisions, last 30 days 6 ↑7 ↓
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Expected earnings growth +67.74%
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Analysts covering 19
Analyst estimates, third-party source.
Fundamentals
43.8
What the balance sheet and income statement say
Weak
- Piotroski F-score Nine tests of financial health, compared with last year. Above 7 means Cameco Corp is improving.
- Mohanram G-score Eight tests for growth companies: research spending, stable margins, cash above accounting profit. Applied to Cameco Corp.
- Cash operating profitability How much operating cash Cameco Corp draws from its assets, before accounting adjustments.
- Asset turnover How much in sales Cameco Corp generates from every unit of assets.
Return on capital is accelerating
Technicals
57.4
What the price chart says
Solid
- RSI (14 days) How fast the price of Cameco Corp shares has risen recently. Above 70 means heavy buying, below 30 heavy selling.
- MACD histogram The gap between the fast and the slow trend at Cameco Corp. Positive means the advance is accelerating.
- ADX (14 days) The strength of the trend at Cameco Corp, whatever its direction. Above 25 means a clear trend.
- 12-month return, ex last month Classic momentum: the gain of Cameco Corp shares over the past year, ignoring the last month.
Golden Cross active - the 50-day average is above the 200-day
Price below the recent low of the range
Sentiment
62.8
Who holds the stock and what the market expects
Solid
- Institutional ownership What share of Cameco Corp stock is held by funds and institutions.
- Insider ownership What share of Cameco Corp stock is held by management and directors.
- Market sentiment The sentiment regime of the market Cameco Corp trades in, inferred from market and credit indicators.
- Residual momentum The part of momentum in Cameco Corp shares that remains once the market influence is removed.
The market is in a Risk-On regime
Short interest: Minimal
Safety
71.4
How far the company is from financial trouble
Strong
- Altman Z" The bankruptcy score for Cameco Corp, in the variant that suits its sector. Above 2.6 means the safe zone.
- Distance to default How many standard deviations separate the value of Cameco Corp from its debt threshold. More is better.
- Beneish M-score A detector of accounting manipulation. Below -1.78 means no signs appear at Cameco Corp.
- Free cash flow coverage How many times the free cash flow of Cameco Corp covers its payment obligations.
No red flags active
No signs of accounting manipulation
Who it suits
It depends what you are after
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Investor over decades 5.7You buy and hold, whatever the cycle.
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Cautious, you want safety 50.4The priority is not losing, rather than winning big.
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Offensive, you want growth 50.2You accept volatility for a higher return.
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Tactical, short term 8.2You move in and out on price and momentum signals.
The gap is wide: the same company suits one type of investor and not another, because each lens weighs something different.
Risk
Falls harder than the market
35
resilience score, 29th percentile in the sector
- Crash-ul COVID-19, 2020 How much Cameco Corp shares lost from the high reached to the low of that period.
- Bear market 2022 How much Cameco Corp shares lost from the high reached to the low of that period.
- Held up better than Out of comparable companies, how many fell harder than Cameco Corp in the same crises.
- Criză severă, stil 2008 (-40%) An estimate for Cameco Corp under a severe market scenario. It is not a price forecast.
- Annual volatility How widely the price of Cameco Corp shares swings over a year, measured statistically.
- Largest historical drawdown The deepest fall of Cameco Corp shares from a high to the low that followed it, across the whole available history.
Verdict
Our verdict, from an automated analysis of over 400 indicators
1.0/100
Neatractiv
high confidence
Expensive
Solid
Growth
In short: the balance sheet holds up under shocks.
Cameco Corp produces 5.57% on capital and pays 8.95% for it. But the price today asks 89.65x earnings, and the growth rate is 23.04% a year.
Scores across the six pillarsprofitability
return on capital 5.57%The engine runs at middling speed
produces
5.57%
costs
8.95%
Capital costs more than it produces: -3.38% short of the point where the business starts creating value.
- net margin16.93%
- consecutive revenue growth1 years
valuation
price / earnings 89.65xThis is the problem
89.65xprice / earnings
$6.79 – $42.32the range across 6 methods
The 6 methods give results 6.2 times apart, so no single estimated fair value is trustworthy.
- annual growth the price requires21.68%
- growth delivered historically10.88%
- value with no growth at all$15.78
growth
revenue, 3 years 23.04%The pace has accelerated
14.09%revenue, 5-year average
23.04%revenue, 3-year average
83.40%of today's price depends on future growth
The price assumes the pace holds. With no growth at all, the estimate drops to $15.78.
balance sheet and dividends
estimated rating AaaSolid balance sheet
Aaaestimated credit rating
1.15 yearsof operating profit to clear all debt
- net debt$-56.48M
- dividend yield0.17%
- of returned capital goes to buybacks71.18%
arguments for and against
8 for · 8 againstWhat supports the case and what weakens it
Pro 8 arguments
- Piotroski F-score (0–9): 8.Better than 97% of companies in the sector. Nine financial health checks; each one passed adds a point.
- Free cash flow margin: 29.37%.Better than 89% of companies in the sector. How much of sales is left as free cash after investment.
- Altman Z'' score: 7.9.Better than 88% of companies in the sector. Statistical model estimating bankruptcy risk, adapted for non-financial firms.
5 more arguments
- Probability of distress (Zmijewski): 6.23%.Better than 86% of companies in the sector. Alternative model for estimating financial distress risk.
- Rule of 40: 40.32%.Better than 85% of companies in the sector. Revenue growth added to the profitability margin.
- Credit health score: 96.12.Better than 84% of companies in the sector. Composite score summarising the firm's ability to carry its debt.
- Probability of distress (Ohlson): 0.00%.Better than 83% of companies in the sector. Statistical model estimating the risk of financial distress.
- Cash conversion rate: 173.47%.Better than 82% of companies in the sector. How much of accounting profit actually turns into cash.
Against 8 arguments
- Earnings power value vs price: -200.00%.Only 4% of companies in the sector do worse on this measure. What the company is worth if current profit stays flat forever, against its price.
- Margin of safety: -200.00%.Only 5% of companies in the sector do worse on this measure. How far the market price sits below our fair-value estimate.
- Price / floor value: 11.21x.Only 5% of companies in the sector do worse on this measure. Price against a conservative minimum valuation.
5 more arguments
- Dividend yield (trailing 12 months): 0.49%.Only 7% of companies in the sector do worse on this measure. Dividends paid over the past year against the current price.
- ROIC − WACC spread (value engine): -5.20%.Only 8% of companies in the sector do worse on this measure. The same return-versus-cost-of-capital gap, in the version used to compute the scores.
- Cash operating profitability: -2.44%.Only 9% of companies in the sector do worse on this measure. Profitability measured on cash actually collected, not on accounting profit.
- Dividend per share growth (5-year annual): -5.00%.Only 9% of companies in the sector do worse on this measure. Average yearly growth in the dividend per share.
- Cash conversion cycle: 133 days.Only 9% of companies in the sector do worse on this measure. How many days pass between paying suppliers and collecting from customers.
what is left to decide
Middling quality
and a premium price.
The price calls for a better business than the analysis sees. The margin for error is thin.
For this to work out, results would have to grow enough to catch up with the price paid today.
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Analysis produced by einvestitii.ro, founder . We are not supervised by the Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority. This is not personalised investment advice. Fair values are estimates, not guaranteed prices.
- Calculated 10 August 2026
- Price used $95.03 (as of 10 June 2026)
- Estimated fair value $16.68 — an estimate dependent on assumptions (cost of capital, growth, terminal value). Not a price target. Confidence: Înaltă.
- Updates On every recalculation of the company fundamentals.
- Verdict changed no (score −0.0 against the previous assessment)
- Conflicts of interest We hold no positions in the instruments analysed and receive no payment from issuers for assessments. Pages may contain affiliate links to brokers, marked as such, which do not influence the scores.