Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. AMR scored 17.0, CCJ scored 29.9 — CCJ leads.
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Different reporting periods. AMR's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but CCJ's are as of December 2025 — a 6-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
AMR
Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc.
Coking Coal · Quality-Growth
17
$181.57 · $2.3B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
12.9
CCJ leads
CCJ
Cameco Corporation
Uranium · Quality-Growth
29.9
$88.06 · $38.4B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthCCJ+11.0%
Strongest balance sheetAMR0.01
Highest qualityCCJ62 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
AMR
stronger →← stronger
CCJ
37
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
62
14
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
9
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
10
CCJ is stronger on 3 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
AMR
CCJ
-$1mF
FCF
$390mC
-28.0%F
Rev
+11.0%B
0.01A
D/E
0.17A-
1.1xB+
P/S
—
—
PEG
1.92C+
—
P/E
149.3xD
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
AMR
CCJ
—
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
488% above
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Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~58%/yr
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1-yr DCF upside
-85%
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5-yr DCF upside
-83%
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10-yr DCF upside
-80%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
AMR
Why this score
Buying back stock
CCJ
Why this score
Cyclical growth
Foreign reporter (CAD)
The companies
AMRAlpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc.
Coking Coal · $181.57 · beta 0.87
Why now
Coking Coal · market cap $2.3b. Down 28% from 52-week high of $253.82 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue -28% — in contraction; any catalyst that reverses this triggers re-rating. 3 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $186.67 (implying +3% upside).
Moat
Turnaround / out-of-favor name — GAAP-unprofitable for now, so the durability case is forward-looking: it rests on a recovery (margin normalization, a cyclical upturn or restructuring) or an un-monetized asset (IP / network effects / first-mover position) rather than on current reported results.
Risk
Free cash flow is negative (-$1m) — capital raises or debt issuance likely required; dilution / leverage risk. Revenue contracting -28% — the operational turn is not yet visible in the top line. Currently unprofitable (margin -2.2%) — path to GAAP profitability is the core thesis risk.
CCJCameco Corporation
Uranium · $88.06 · beta 1.14
Why now
Uranium · market cap $38.4b. Down 35% from 52-week high of $135.24 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +11%, comfortably above the S&P median. 11 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $126.78 (implying +44% upside).
Moat
Net margin 17% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. FCF converts 157% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Trailing P/E 149.3x prices in sustained high growth — any quarter that disappoints triggers sharp re-rating. Down 35% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. P/S 15.7x embeds aggressive forward growth — disappointing top-line guidance would compress the multiple hard.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where AMR and CCJ diverge
On the headline score the gap is 12.9 points in favor of CCJ. The widest single difference is Growth, where CCJ leads by 35.9 points.
GrowthAMR 14.1 · CCJ 50.0CCJ +35.9
QualityAMR 37.0 · CCJ 62.0CCJ +25.0
ValueAMR 9.4 · CCJ 10.1level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is CCJ or AMR the better stock?
CCJ scores higher: CCJ 29.9, AMR 17.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do CCJ and AMR differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where CCJ leads by 36 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. CCJ also leads quality, while value is effectively level between them.
How are CCJ and AMR scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.