CAMECO CORPORATION vs Freeport-McMoRan Inc., two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CCJ and FCX diverge most: on revenue growth, CCJ reads +24.4% and FCX reads +0.8%; on ev/ebitda, CCJ reads 57.1 and FCX reads 12.3. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What FCX's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CCJ | FCX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $88.06 | $73.70 |
| Market cap | $38.3B | $106.3B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| P/E | 88.7 | — |
| P/B | 7.55 | 3.30 |
| P/S | 14.97 | 4.11 |
| EV/EBITDA | 57.1 | 12.3 |
| Revenue growth | +24.4% | +0.8% |
| Gross margin | 27.9% | — |
| Operating margin | 17.8% | 28.5% |
| Net margin | 16.9% | 16.2% |
| Return on equity | 8.5% | 13.0% |
| Return on assets | 5.7% | 7.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 5.9% | 16.3% |
| FCF yield | 2.1% | 2.7% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.14 | 0.29 |
| Current ratio | 2.47 | 2.07 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.21 | 3.08 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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