Cameco Corporation (NYSE:CCJ) closed its last session at $9.68. The stock traded within a range of $9.38 and $9.78. The company operates in the Basic Materials sector with a market capitalization of 3.89 Million. Trading volume for Cameco Corporation was 2.69 Million in its previous trading session. Currently, Cameco Corporation (NYSE:CCJ) has an average volume of 2.3 Million.
Company Profile
Cameco Corporation is one of the world’s largest uranium producers, a significant supplier of conversion services and one of two CANDU fuel manufacturers in Canada. Their competitive position is based on their controlling ownership of the world’s largest high-grade reserves and low-cost operations. Their uranium products are used to generate clean electricity in nuclear power plants around the world. They also explore for uranium in the Americas, Australia and Asia. Their shares trade on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges. Their head office is in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Analyst Views
Cameco Corporation (NYSE:CCJ) received a Buy rating from 4 analysts. 2 analysts gave its stock an Outperform rating. 1 analysts say it’s a Hold while 0 analysts provided their expert opinion as Sell.
Cameco Corporation (NYSE:CCJ) touched its 1-Year High price of $13.36 on 01/17/17 and its 1-Year Low price of $ 7.68 on 10/27/17.
EPS & Financials
Cameco Corporation (NYSE:CCJ) reported its EPS in the last quarter as $-0.1/Share lagging the analyst estimate of $0.04/Share by a difference of $-0.14. This showed a surprise of -350% in the last quarter earnings.
For the current quarter, 8 analysts are projecting a mean EPS of $0.28/share. According to their observations and findings, the stock could provide a high EPS of $0.34/share and a low EPS of $0.22/share.
Analysts believe that the company has the potential to earn average revenue of $622.34 Million for the current quarter. According to their predictions high & low revenue estimates are 645.66 Million and 602.95 Million respectively.
Technical Analysis
By taking a look at the stock’s current statistics it can gauged that the stock candle is BEARISH with MEDIUM volatility. Cameco Corporation (NYSE:CCJ) has a 20-Day average volume of 2.05 Million. According to today’s trading volume Cameco Corporation is ABOVE its 20-Day Avg. volume with the stock showing ABOVE Abnormal volume in the past 150 days.
Moving average convergence divergence (MACD) shows that the stock is on a PRICE RELATIVITY trend. The trend for the past 10-days shows that the company was in BEARISH territory while an analysis of the last 40-Day trend shows a BULLISH signal. The 100-Day trend also shows a BEARISH trend as well.
The company currently has an insider ownership of 0.2 Percent and Institutional ownership of 70.1 Percent. The return on assets stands at -3.6%, Return on Equity currently is -5.6% and the Return on Investment value is -0.7%.
Cameco Corporation (NYSE:CCJ) gross margin percentage stands at 15.9% while its operating margin for the past trailing twelve month is -8.4 percent and its overall profit margin (ttm) is -12.9 Percent. The stock is currently moving below its 20-Day Simple Moving Average of -3.71% with a 50-Day Simple Moving Average of 2.58 percent. As of today, the company has a SMA200 (200-day simple moving average) of -1.33 Percent. The Stock has YTD (year to date) performance of 4.88 percent.
The TTM operating margin for the company stands at -8.4%. The return on invested capital is at -0.7%, which is good, compared to its peers. The Free Cash Flow or FCF margin is 20.81.
The company’s stock is currently moving with a -ve distance from the 200 day SMA of approximately -1.33%, and has a solid year to date (YTD) performance of 4.88% which means that the stock is constantly adding to its value from the previous fiscal year end price.
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