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Another analyst joins the uranium fan club
William Blair has started coverage on Cameco with an Outperform rating, basically telling investors that this isn’t just a mining stock — it’s a front-row ticket to the nuclear revival.
Why Cameco keeps showing up on the hot list
The pitch is pretty simple: Cameco isn’t some one-trick uranium pony. It’s the only vertically integrated nuclear company in the mix, which means it gets exposure from the mine all the way to the reactor core. That kind of setup is catnip when the market starts dreaming about more nuclear builds and tighter fuel supply.
The firm also pointed to Cameco’s 49% stake in Westinghouse Electric, which gives it another lever to pull if new reactors actually get built instead of just talked about at conferences and in policy speeches. That matters because every new reactor can mean more demand for nuclear fuel, and Cameco loves a good demand flywheel.
The stock already did a lot of the heavy lifting
Cameco shares have ripped hard over the past year, and that’s exactly why this kind of call matters less as a moonshot and more as a “the story still has legs” signal. In other words: Wall Street isn’t treating the uranium theme like a fad that showed up wearing a fake mustache.
Big picture: if nuclear power keeps getting political and industrial support, Cameco has one of the cleanest ways for investors to play it — from the uranium mine to the reactor room.