CAMECO CORPORATION vs RIO TINTO PLC, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CCJ and RIO diverge most: on revenue growth, CCJ reads +24.4% and RIO reads -2.4%; on ev/ebitda, CCJ reads 57.1 and RIO reads 7.8. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What RIO'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 | RIO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $88.06 | $94.77 |
| Market cap | $38.3B | $153.9B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | -2.7% |
| P/E | 88.7 | 15.4 |
| P/B | 7.55 | 2.30 |
| P/S | 14.97 | 2.67 |
| EV/EBITDA | 57.1 | 7.8 |
| Revenue growth | +24.4% | -2.4% |
| Gross margin | 27.9% | — |
| Operating margin | 17.8% | 25.9% |
| Net margin | 16.9% | 17.8% |
| Return on equity | 8.5% | 15.3% |
| Return on assets | 5.7% | 8.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 5.9% | 11.8% |
| FCF yield | 2.1% | 2.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.14 | 0.33 |
| Current ratio | 2.47 | 1.44 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.21 | 2.92 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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