Financial Comparison: Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) and Surge Battery Metals (OTCMKTS:NILIF)

Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) and Surge Battery Metals (OTCMKTS:NILIF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and profitability.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Cameco and Surge Battery Metals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cameco	0	5	11	0	2.69
Surge Battery Metals	0	0	0	0	0.00

Cameco currently has a consensus target price of $148.62, suggesting a potential upside of 45.56%. Given Cameco’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cameco is more favorable than Surge Battery Metals.

Risk & Volatility

Cameco has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Surge Battery Metals has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

70.2% of Cameco shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Cameco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Cameco and Surge Battery Metals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cameco	18.38%	11.05%	7.65%
Surge Battery Metals	N/A	-77.13%	-74.71%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Cameco and Surge Battery Metals”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cameco	$3.54 billion	12.57	$421.96 million	$1.08	94.54
Surge Battery Metals	N/A	N/A	-$4.76 million	($0.04)	-12.88

Cameco has higher revenue and earnings than Surge Battery Metals. Surge Battery Metals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cameco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Cameco beats Surge Battery Metals on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Cameco

Cameco Corporation provides uranium for the generation of electricity. It operates through Uranium, Fuel Services, Westinghouse segments. The Uranium segment is involved in the exploration for, mining, and milling, purchase, and sale of uranium concentrate. The Fuel Services segment engages in the refining, conversion, and fabrication of uranium concentrate, as well as the purchase and sale of conversion services. This segment also produces CANDU reactor fuel bundles and other reactor components. The company offers nuclear fuel processing services. The Westinghouse segment engages in the manufacture of nuclear reactor technology original equipment. This segment provides products and services to commercial utilities and government agencies; and outage and maintenance services, engineering support, instrumentation and controls equipment, plant modification, and components and parts to nuclear reactors. It sells its uranium and fuel services to nuclear utilities in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Cameco Corporation was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Saskatoon, Canada.

About Surge Battery Metals

Surge Battery Metals Inc., an exploration stage company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in North America. It primarily explores for lithium and nickel. The company's flagship property is the 100% owned Nevada North lithium project consisting of 243 mineral claims located in Elko County, Nevada. The company was formerly known as Copper Creek Gold Corp. and changed its name to Surge Exploration Inc. in April 2018. Surge Battery Metals Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.