Cameco
Cameco's revenue rose 11.0% to C$3.5 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 17.8%, up from 16.3% a year earlier. Free cash flow was C$1.1 billion, up 55.0%. It paid out C$104 million in dividends and buybacks, 10% of free cash flow.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2018 to 2025, earnings per share grew 18.2% a year and net income 19.8% a year, as new shares raised the share count by 10% and diluted each share's earnings.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 1,247 | 1,144 | 567 | 600 | 1,115 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 996 | 997 | 1,784 | 1,281 | 996 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | −251 | −147 | 1,217 | 681 | −119 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | −4.6x | −0.8x | 2.4x | 0.9x | −0.1x |
| Debt to equity | 0.2x | 0.2x | 0.3x | 0.2x | 0.1x |
| Interest coverage | −3.5x | 0.4x | 5.5x | 6.0x | 11.8x |
| Current ratio | 5.2x | 5.9x | 1.6x | 1.6x | 2.5x |
| Quick ratio | 4.2x | 4.7x | 1.0x | 0.9x | 1.7x |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Current ratio rose | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Share count didn't rise | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| F-score | 6 of 9 | 7 of 9 | 9 of 9 |
| Accruals ratio | −3.5% | −7.4% | −8.1% |
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10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 2,431 | 2,157 | 2,092 | 1,863 | 1,800 | 1,475 | 1,868 | 2,588 | 3,136 | 3,482 |
| Revenue growth | — | −11.3% | −3.0% | −10.9% | −3.4% | −18.1% | 26.6% | 38.5% | 21.2% | 11.0% |
| Gross profit | 464 | 436 | 296 | 242 | 106 | 2 | 233 | 562 | 783 | 970 |
| Research and development | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 36 | 38 |
| Operating income | −142 | −128 | 70 | 92 | −79 | −136 | 15 | 283 | 510 | 618 |
| Net income | −62 | −205 | 166 | 74 | −53 | −103 | 89 | 361 | 172 | 590 |
| Diluted EPS (CAD) | −0.16 | −0.52 | 0.42 | 0.19 | −0.13 | −0.26 | 0.22 | 0.83 | 0.39 | 1.35 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 396 | 396 | 396 | 396 | 396 | 398 | 407 | 435 | 436 | 436 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 312 | 596 | 668 | 527 | 57 | 458 | 305 | 688 | 905 | 1,408 |
| Capital expenditure | 217 | 114 | 55 | 75 | 78 | 99 | 143 | 154 | 212 | 333 |
| Free cash flow | 95 | 482 | 612 | 452 | −21 | 360 | 161 | 534 | 694 | 1,075 |
| Dividends paid | 158 | 158 | 71 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 52 | 52 | 70 | 104 |
| Share buybacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Acquisitions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 3,029 | 0 | 0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 320 | 592 | 712 | 1,062 | 918 | 1,247 | 1,144 | 567 | 600 | 1,115 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 1,493 | 1,494 | 1,496 | 997 | 996 | 996 | 997 | 1,784 | 1,281 | 996 |
| Total assets | 8,249 | 7,779 | 8,019 | 7,427 | 7,581 | 7,518 | 8,633 | 9,934 | 9,907 | 10,301 |
| Total liabilities | 2,991 | 2,919 | 3,025 | 2,432 | 2,622 | 2,672 | 2,797 | 3,840 | 3,543 | 3,398 |
| Shareholders' equity | 5,258 | 4,859 | 4,993 | 4,995 | 4,958 | 4,846 | 5,836 | 6,094 | 6,364 | 6,903 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 19.1% | 20.2% | 14.1% | 13.0% | 5.9% | 0.1% | 12.5% | 21.7% | 25.0% | 27.9% |
| Operating margin | −5.8% | −5.9% | 3.4% | 5.0% | −4.4% | −9.2% | 0.8% | 10.9% | 16.3% | 17.8% |
| Net margin | −2.5% | −9.5% | 8.0% | 4.0% | −3.0% | −7.0% | 4.8% | 13.9% | 5.5% | 16.9% |
| Free cash flow margin | 3.9% | 22.4% | 29.3% | 24.2% | −1.1% | 24.4% | 8.6% | 20.7% | 22.1% | 30.9% |
| Return on capital | — | −1.7% | 1.2% | 0.9% | −1.2% | −2.2% | 0.3% | 3.2% | 4.8% | 6.8% |
| Return on equity | — | −4.0% | 3.4% | 1.5% | −1.1% | −2.1% | 1.7% | 6.0% | 2.8% | 8.9% |
| Return on assets | — | −2.6% | 2.1% | 1.0% | −0.7% | −1.4% | 1.1% | 3.9% | 1.7% | 5.8% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 5.1x | 4.5x | 2.0x | −0.2x | 0.6x | −4.6x | −0.8x | 2.4x | 0.9x | −0.1x |