50% off Premium Yearly
Cameco CorporationCCO.TOCOMMENTSep 20, 2017Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Aug 24, 2026. Market Open.
ChatGPT unleashed a need for reliable power to electricity-hungry data centres. Recent results were mixed, but noteworthy was Westinghouse filing confidential IPO application. That should be huge, and CCO will benefit as 50% owner. Uranium supply/demand should get much tighter; demand will grow, and governments are investing in nuclear.
PE is high, but it's more of a net asset value story (very discounted compared to what it's really worth).
It goes back to the fact that there's been some profit-taking over the past month or so. Still up 50% over last 12 months. Long-term, clean-energy/renewable theme makes a lot of sense. Fallen to around the 200-day MA, still pretty attractive from a technical perspective with its higher highs and higher lows.
He owns some bonds, but hasn't pulled the trigger on the equity. Disconnect between a 10-year horizon for contracts and the current spot price for uranium. Spot price won't be showing up in the profitability.
If you've made money, well done. Remember that commodities tend to overshoot in either direction. Don't add at these levels.
He owns this, because it is a commodity company at the bottom of the uranium cycle. The uranium cycle was upended by the Fukushima disaster. Japan, being one of the big users of nuclear fuel, backed away and have not come back. Natural gas is cheaper in the short term, but we still need a lot of electricity. China is building 60 or 70 reactors and nuclear fuel, in a normal environment, is a low-cost provider. It has very limited environmental impact but has a very negative NIMBY association. There is still no solution in moving spent uranium from a reactor back to some place to store it. Has a $.40 dividend which is secure. This will end up being a spectacular investment.