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Best Uranium Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top uranium stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best uranium stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best uranium stocks to buy right now are:

Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) is the #1 top uranium stock out of 10 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) has a Due Diligence Score of 37, which is 12 points higher than the uranium industry average of 25.

CCJ passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Cameco has seen its stock return 42.9% over the past year, underperforming other uranium stocks by -132 percentage points.

Cameco has an average 1 year price target of $91.32, an upside of 10.33% from Cameco's current stock price of $82.77.

Cameco stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Cameco, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Uranium Royalty (NASDAQ:UROY) is the #2 top uranium stock out of 10 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Uranium Royalty (NASDAQ:UROY) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: D, and AI: C.

Uranium Royalty (NASDAQ:UROY) has a Due Diligence Score of 30, which is 5 points higher than the uranium industry average of 25.

UROY passed 10 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Uranium Royalty has seen its stock return 23.38% over the past year, underperforming other uranium stocks by -151 percentage points.

Uranium Royalty has an average 1 year price target of $4.50, an upside of 18.42% from Uranium Royalty's current stock price of $3.80.

Uranium Royalty stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Uranium Royalty, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Denison Mines (NYSEMKT:DNN) is the #3 top uranium stock out of 10 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Denison Mines (NYSEMKT:DNN) is: Value: D, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: F, and AI: C.

Denison Mines (NYSEMKT:DNN) has a Due Diligence Score of 24, which is -1 points lower than the uranium industry average of 25.

DNN passed 7 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Denison Mines has seen its stock return 18.78% over the past year, underperforming other uranium stocks by -156 percentage points.

Out of 1 uranium stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 1 uranium stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) has an annual dividend yield of 0.19%, which is the same as the uranium industry average of 0.19%. Cameco's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Cameco's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cameco's dividend payout ratio of 56.8% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Uranium stocks were down -5.72% in the last day, and down -7.85% over the last week. Encore Energy was the among the top losers in the uranium industry, dropping -11.38% yesterday.

Shares of nuclear and uranium-linked stocks are trading lower. The sector may be pulling back as part of a broader commodity selloff.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued uranium stocks right now are:

Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) is the most undervalued uranium stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Cameco has a valuation score of 0, which is -11 points higher than the uranium industry average of 11. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cameco's stock has gained 42.9% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the uranium industry by -132 percentage points.

Uranium Energy (NYSEMKT:UEC) is the second most undervalued uranium stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Uranium Energy has a valuation score of 14, which is 3 points higher than the uranium industry average of 11. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Uranium Energy's stock has gained 60.26% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the uranium industry by -115 percentage points.

Centrus Energy (NYSEMKT:LEU) is the third most undervalued uranium stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Centrus Energy has a valuation score of 14, which is 3 points higher than the uranium industry average of 11. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Centrus Energy's stock has gained 299.04% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the uranium industry by 124 percentage points.

57.14% of uranium stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect uranium stocks to fall by -25.73% over the next year.

0% of uranium stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 11.11% of uranium stocks are rated B (Buy), 33.33% are rated C (Hold), 22.22% are rated D (Sell), and 33.33% are rated F (Strong Sell).