The stock price of Cameco Corp (NYSE: CCJ) has surged by 5.88 when compared to previous closing price of 66.66, but the company has seen a 5.48% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. 247wallst.com reported 2025-06-16 that Key Points in This Article: Nuclear stocks offer accessible investment opportunities with $100, leveraging clean energy demand without requiring deep technical expertise.
Is It Worth Investing in Cameco Corp (NYSE: CCJ) Right Now?
Cameco Corp (NYSE: CCJ) has a price-to-earnings ratio that is above its average at 173.37x. The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.97. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 10 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 9 as “overweight,” 1 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for CCJ is 433.81M, and at present, short sellers hold a 4.17% of that float. On June 16, 2025, the average trading volume of CCJ was 4.70M shares.
CCJ’s Market Performance
CCJ stock saw an increase of 5.48% in the past week, with a monthly gain of 36.81% and a quarterly increase of 62.89%. The volatility ratio for the week is 3.54%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 3.63% for Cameco Corp (CCJ). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 17.19% for CCJ stock, with a simple moving average of 42.03% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of CCJ
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CCJ stocks, with Goldman repeating the rating for CCJ by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for CCJ in the upcoming period, according to Goldman is $65 based on the research report published on May 20, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Bernstein gave a rating of “Outperform” to CCJ, setting the target price at $52 in the report published on April 01st of the current year.
CCJ Trading at 38.83% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought CCJ to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was able to rebound, for now settling with 3.61% of gains for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CCJ starting from Shockey Heidi, who proposed sale 10,030 shares at the price of $83.34 back on May 27 ’25. After this action, Shockey Heidi now owns shares of Cameco Corp, valued at $835,900 using the latest closing price.
Gitzel Timothy S., the Officer of Cameco Corp, proposed sale 50,000 shares at $61.14 during a trade that took place back on Dec 05 ’24, which means that Gitzel Timothy S. is holding shares at $3,057,000 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for CCJ
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.17 for the present operating margin
- 0.29 for the gross margin
The net margin for Cameco Corp stands at 0.08. The total capital return value is set at 0.06. Equity return is now at value 3.93, with 2.62 for asset returns.
Based on Cameco Corp (CCJ), the company’s capital structure generated 0.13 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.91. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.15. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 4.64.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 789.34 million with net debt to EBITDA at 0.82. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 12.83. The receivables turnover for the company is 17.75for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.35. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 2.71.
Conclusion
To sum up, Cameco Corp (CCJ) has seen a better performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
