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Best Uranium Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top uranium stocks in 2026 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 C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

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

Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 6 points higher than the uranium industry average of 27.

CCJ passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Cameco has seen its stock return 116.21% over the past year, underperforming other uranium stocks by -75 percentage points.

Cameco has an average 1 year price target of $122.20, an upside of 5.53% from Cameco's current stock price of $115.80.

Cameco stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Cameco, 20% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 60% have issued a Buy, 20% 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: D, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: D.

Uranium Royalty (NASDAQ:UROY) has a Due Diligence Score of 30, which is 3 points higher than the uranium industry average of 27.

UROY passed 10 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Uranium Royalty has seen its stock return 87.87% over the past year, underperforming other uranium stocks by -103 percentage points.

Centrus Energy (NYSEMKT:LEU) is the #3 top uranium stock out of 10 with a Zen Rating of D. Stocks with a rating of D have had an average return of -4.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Centrus Energy (NYSEMKT:LEU) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: D.

Centrus Energy (NYSEMKT:LEU) has a Due Diligence Score of 37, which is 10 points higher than the uranium industry average of 27. Although this number is above the industry average, our proven quant model rates LEU as a "D".

LEU passed 12 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Centrus Energy has seen its stock return 256.85% over the past year, overperforming other uranium stocks by 66 percentage points.

Centrus Energy has an average 1 year price target of $265.50, a downside of -15.96% from Centrus Energy's current stock price of $315.92.

Centrus Energy stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 8 analysts covering Centrus Energy, 12.5% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 37.5% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

50% of uranium stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect uranium stocks to fall by -9.56% over the next year.

0% of uranium stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of uranium stocks are rated B (Buy), 20% are rated C (Hold), 40% are rated D (Sell), and 40% are rated F (Strong Sell).

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 -10 points higher than the uranium industry average of 10. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cameco's stock has gained 116.21% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the uranium industry by -75 percentage points.

Uranium Royalty (NASDAQ:UROY) 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 Royalty has a valuation score of 14, which is 4 points higher than the uranium industry average of 10. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Uranium Royalty's stock has gained 87.87% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the uranium industry by -103 percentage points.

Uranium Energy (NYSEMKT:UEC) 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.

Uranium Energy has a valuation score of 14, which is 4 points higher than the uranium industry average of 10. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Uranium Energy's stock has gained 143.53% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the uranium industry by -48 percentage points.

Uranium stocks were down -2.5% in the last day, and up 7.35% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why uranium stocks are down.