CAMECO CORPORATION vs VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CCJ and VMC diverge most: on debt / equity, CCJ reads 0.00 and VMC reads 0.54; on p/s, CCJ reads 16.33 and VMC reads 4.81. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CCJ's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What VMC's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CCJ | VMC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $96.05 | $295.30 |
| Market cap | $41.8B | $38.7B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| P/E | 96.8 | 35.1 |
| P/B | 8.24 | 4.57 |
| P/S | 16.33 | 4.81 |
| EV/EBITDA | 61.2 | 18.1 |
| Revenue growth | +24.4% | +7.3% |
| Gross margin | 27.9% | 24.1% |
| Operating margin | 17.8% | 15.1% |
| Net margin | 16.9% | 13.8% |
| Return on equity | 8.5% | 13.1% |
| Return on assets | 5.7% | 6.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.8% | 10.0% |
| FCF yield | 1.9% | 2.9% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.54 |
| Current ratio | 2.47 | 2.59 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.21 | 3.95 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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