Cameco Corp [NYSE: CCJ] surged by $0.66 during the normal trading session on Tuesday and reaching a high of $76.56 during the day while it closed the day at $75.8.
Cameco Corp stock has also gained 5.37% of its value over the past 7 days. However, CCJ stock has inclined by 85.60% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has gained 53.94% and gained 41.10% year-on date.
The market cap for CCJ stock reached $33.00 billion, with 435.32 million shares outstanding and 433.82 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 5.26M shares, CCJ reached a trading volume of 6063977 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about Cameco Corp [CCJ]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for CCJ shares is $71.09 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on CCJ stock is a recommendation set at 1.35. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Goldman have made an estimate for Cameco Corp shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on May 20, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Desjardins raised their target price to Buy. The new note on the price target was released on April 04, 2025, representing the official price target for Cameco Corp stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $52, while Bernstein analysts kept a Outperform rating on CCJ stock.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 7.32, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.58. Price to Free Cash Flow for CCJ in the course of the last twelve months was 73.23 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.26.
CCJ stock trade performance evaluation
Cameco Corp [CCJ] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 5.37. With this latest performance, CCJ shares gained by 14.61% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 53.94% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 47.50% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for CCJ stock in for the last two-week period is set at 66.83, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 2.78, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 2.60 for Cameco Corp [CCJ]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 62.53, while it was recorded at 73.20 for the last single week of trading, and 52.70 for the last 200 days.
Cameco Corp [CCJ]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Cameco Corp [CCJ] shares currently have an operating margin of 16.19% and a Gross Margin at 25.11%. Cameco Corp’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 7.50%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 2.62%, with Return on Assets sitting at 2.62%.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Cameco Corp [CCJ] stock
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for CCJ. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Cameco Corp go to 56.59%.
Cameco Corp [CCJ]: Institutional Ownership
There are presently around $73.52%, or 73.62% of CCJ stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of CCJ stocks are: FMR LLC with ownership of 37.72 million shares, which is approximately 8.3801%. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS LTD., holding 17.24 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$847.84 million in CCJ stocks shares; and MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS LTD., currently with $$798.62 million in CCJ stock with ownership which is approximately 3.6061%.
