CAMECO CORPORATION vs SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
105.33 against 28.52: two premium multiples, one atomic and one electric, and the returns underneath could not diverge more: Southern Copper earns 42% on equity mining the world's cheapest copper, Cameco 8.5% mining uranium into a renaissance still mostly contractual. Southern's 58.3% operating margin triples Cameco's 17.8%; its 1.8% dividend and 3% free-cash yield beat 1.7% and none. Southern carries 0.57 turns of debt, Cameco none. Both prices bet on electrification; only one of the businesses is already being paid for it. The 77-turn gap prices uranium's tomorrow above copper's today, which takes either vision or momentum, and the page cannot distinguish them.
Comparison updated 2026-07-10.
| Metric | CCJ | SCCO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $104.56 | $171.42 |
| Market cap | $45.5B | $140.9B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +26.6% |
| P/E | 105.3 | 28.5 |
| P/B | 8.97 | 11.88 |
| P/S | 17.78 | 9.68 |
| EV/EBITDA | 66.7 | 16.2 |
| Revenue growth | +24.4% | +22.1% |
| Gross margin | 27.9% | — |
| Operating margin | 17.8% | 58.3% |
| Net margin | 16.9% | 34.2% |
| Return on equity | 8.5% | 42.0% |
| Return on assets | 5.7% | 22.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.8% | 33.7% |
| FCF yield | 1.7% | 3.0% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.57 |
| Current ratio | 2.47 | 4.38 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.21 | 7.74 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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