Vox Royalty (NASDAQ:VOXR) & Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) Head to Head Comparison

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

Risk and Volatility

Vox Royalty has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cameco has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Vox Royalty and Cameco’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vox Royalty	35.42%	0.71%	0.58%
Cameco	17.00%	9.35%	6.45%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

46.0% of Vox Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.2% of Cameco shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Cameco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Vox Royalty and Cameco, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vox Royalty	1	1	0	0	1.50
Cameco	0	3	12	0	2.80

Cameco has a consensus price target of $150.40, suggesting a potential upside of 24.92%. Given Cameco’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cameco is more favorable than Vox Royalty.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Vox Royalty and Cameco”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vox Royalty	$16.62 million	22.14	$5.89 million	$0.07	76.29
Cameco	$2.49 billion	21.04	$421.96 million	$0.97	124.12

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

Dividends

Vox Royalty pays an annual dividend of $0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Cameco pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Vox Royalty pays out 85.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Cameco pays out 17.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cameco has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Summary

Cameco beats Vox Royalty on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vox Royalty

Vox Royalty Corp. operates as a mining royalty and streaming company. The company holds a portfolio of 60 royalties and streaming assets. It operates in Australia, Canada, Peru, Brazil, South Africa, Mexico, and the United States. Vox Royalty Corp. was founded in 2014 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

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.