Cameco Balance Sheet Health
Financial Health criteria checks 4/6
Cameco has a total shareholder equity of CA$6.2B and total debt of CA$1.4B, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 22.9%. Its total assets and total liabilities are CA$9.3B and CA$3.1B respectively. Cameco's EBIT is CA$307.7M making its interest coverage ratio 5.6. It has cash and short-term investments of CA$197.1M.
Key information
22.9%
Debt to equity ratio
CA$1.42b
Debt
| Interest coverage ratio | 5.6x |
| Cash | CA$197.14m |
| Equity | CA$6.21b |
| Total liabilities | CA$3.08b |
| Total assets | CA$9.29b |
Recent financial health updates
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Recent updates
Cameco: Uranium Plateaued, Russia Un-Sanction Risk (Rating Downgrade)
Dec 17'Mission Critical' Cameco Goes Nuclear
Dec 02Cameco: Strong Q3 Performance As Kazakh Output Falls Short
Nov 07Cameco: A Short-Term Dip Can Be The Perfect Buying Opportunity
Oct 28Cameco: My Stock Pick For This Decade, Here Is My Half-Decade Report
Oct 22Cameco: The Catalysts Are Nearly All In Place
Sep 26Cameco: Nuclear Industry Excitement Provides More Fuel, Services, And New Design Opportunities
Sep 18Cameco: A Nuclear Powerhouse Unleashed
Aug 25Cameco Corp. Q2 Results Better, But Shares Down Over The Last Month
Aug 11Cameco: AI And Politics Are Good For Business
Jul 08Cameco: Spanning The Uranium, Nuclear Value Chain With Favorable Growth Expectations
Jul 01Cameco Goes Nuclear
Jun 02Cameco: A Bullish Trend Set To Continue Despite Q1 Earnings
May 01Cameco: Upgrading To 'Buy' After Pullback, Strong Uranium Market
Mar 18Cameco Earnings: Outlook For 2024 Is Strong
Feb 12Cameco: Uranium Prices Are White Hot
Jan 11Cameco: Time To Book Some Profits
Dec 08Cameco's Promising Outlook: Riding The Wave Of The Uranium Resurgence
Oct 31Cameco: Nuclear's Bright Future Is Already Priced In
Sep 20Cameco: Bright Near-Term Outlook With Improving Market Fundamentals, 20% Upside
Sep 12Got Uranium? Why Cameco Remains Unstoppable
Sep 03Cameco: Keeps Adding To Its Contract Portfolio (Rating Downgrade)
Aug 18Cameco: First Half Results Robust, But The Stock Is Richly Priced
Aug 03Cameco: Digging For Precious Uranium Ore
Jul 19Cameco: Uranium Price In The Short Term, Nuclear Renaissance In The Long Term (Rating Upgrade)
Jun 20Cameco: Riding The Wave Of Positive Momentum In The Uranium Sector
Jun 13Cameco Q4 2022 Earnings Preview
Feb 08Cameco Is Now Well Positioned To Become A Significant Nuclear Supplier
Feb 02Cameco: 3 Catalysts For 2023
Jan 26Cameco: A Turnaround Is En Route
Jan 17Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: CCJ's short term assets (CA$1.5B) exceed its short term liabilities (CA$527.9M).
Long Term Liabilities: CCJ's short term assets (CA$1.5B) do not cover its long term liabilities (CA$2.5B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: CCJ's net debt to equity ratio (19.7%) is considered satisfactory.
Reducing Debt: CCJ's debt to equity ratio has increased from 20.3% to 22.9% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: CCJ's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (40.6%).
Interest Coverage: CCJ's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (5.6x coverage).
Balance Sheet
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2025/01/02 22:16 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2024/12/31 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2024/09/30 |
| Annual Earnings | 2023/12/31 |
Data Sources
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
Cameco Corporation is covered by 38 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Harriet Li | Accountability Research Corporation |
| Andrey Lobazov | Aton LLC |
| Alexander Robert Pearce | BMO Capital Markets Equity Research |