CAMECO CORPORATION vs VALE S.A., two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CCJ and VALE diverge most: on revenue growth, CCJ reads +24.4% and VALE reads -8.1%; on debt / equity, CCJ reads 0.14 and VALE reads 0.00. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What VALE'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 | VALE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $88.06 | $13.63 |
| Market cap | $38.3B | $58.2B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| P/E | 88.7 | — |
| P/B | 7.55 | 1.69 |
| P/S | 14.97 | 1.52 |
| EV/EBITDA | 57.1 | 5.6 |
| Revenue growth | +24.4% | -8.1% |
| Gross margin | 27.9% | 35.0% |
| Operating margin | 17.8% | 15.4% |
| Net margin | 16.9% | 5.2% |
| Return on equity | 8.5% | 5.8% |
| Return on assets | 5.7% | 2.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 5.9% | 7.3% |
| FCF yield | 2.1% | 23.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.14 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 2.47 | 1.15 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.21 | 1.37 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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