Why Acquire Shares Of Cameco Corp. (CCJ)?

Cameco Corp. (NYSE:CCJ) has a beta value of 0.90 and has seen 3.52 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $20.26B, closed the recent trade at $46.67 per share which meant it lost -$2.75 on the day or -5.56% during that session. The CCJ stock price is -12.79% off its 52-week high price of $52.64 and 43.97% above the 52-week low of $26.15. The 3-month trading volume is 4.83 million shares.

Cameco Corp. (NYSE:CCJ) trade information

Sporting -5.56% in the red today, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, when the CCJ stock price touched $46.67 or saw a rise of 7.77%. Year-to-date, Cameco Corp. shares have moved 8.28%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -4.13%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Cameco Corp. (NYSE:CCJ) have changed -0.17%.

Cameco Corp. (CCJ) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that Cameco Corp. shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 23.04% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 170.18%, compared to 21.10% for the industry. Other than that, the company has, however, increased its growth outlook for the 2024 fiscal year revenue. Growth estimates for the current quarter are 5.00% and 1,900.00% for the next quarter. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 18.90%.

3 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of $588.93 million for the current quarter. 2 have an estimated revenue figure of $547.1 million for the next quarter concluding in Jun 2024. Year-ago sales stood $531.53 million and $349.4 million respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 10.80% for the current quarter and 56.60% for the next.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 13.73% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest 77.99% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 48.31%.

CCJ Dividends

Cameco Corp. is expected to release its next earnings report in May this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.09 at a share yield of 0.19%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months.