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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:

Centrus Energy (NYSEMKT:LEU) is the #1 top uranium stock out of 9 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 Centrus Energy (NYSEMKT:LEU) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Centrus Energy (NYSEMKT:LEU) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 14 points higher than the uranium industry average of 30.

LEU passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Centrus Energy has seen its stock return 55.31% over the past year, overperforming other uranium stocks by 51 percentage points.

Centrus Energy has an average 1 year price target of $143.40, an upside of 119.84% from Centrus Energy's current stock price of $65.23.

Centrus Energy stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Centrus Energy, 20% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 40% have issued a Buy, 40% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) is the #2 top uranium stock out of 9 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: A, Momentum: D, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) has a Due Diligence Score of 37, which is 7 points higher than the uranium industry average of 30.

CCJ passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Cameco has seen its stock lose -15.03% over the past year, underperforming other uranium stocks by -19 percentage points.

Cameco has an average 1 year price target of $82.84, an upside of 106.17% from Cameco's current stock price of $40.18.

Cameco stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 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.

Encore Energy (NASDAQ:EU) is the #3 top uranium stock out of 9 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 Encore Energy (NASDAQ:EU) is: Value: D, Growth: C, Momentum: D, Sentiment: D, Safety: C, Financials: D, and AI: D.

Encore Energy (NASDAQ:EU) has a Due Diligence Score of 39, which is 9 points higher than the uranium industry average of 30. Although this number is above the industry average, our proven quant model rates EU as a "D".

EU passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Encore Energy has seen its stock lose -68.97% over the past year, underperforming other uranium stocks by -73 percentage points.

Encore Energy has an average 1 year price target of $2.75, an upside of 111.54% from Encore Energy's current stock price of $1.30.

Encore Energy stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Encore Energy, 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.

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 0.4%, which is the same as the uranium industry average of 0.4%. 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 up 2.83% in the last day, and up 1.37% over the last week.

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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:

Centrus Energy (NYSEMKT:LEU) 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.

Centrus Energy has a valuation score of 57, which is 40 points higher than the uranium industry average of 17. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Centrus Energy's stock has gained 55.31% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the uranium industry by 51 percentage points.

Cameco (NYSE:CCJ) 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.

Cameco has a valuation score of 0, which is -17 points higher than the uranium industry average of 17. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Cameco's stock has dropped -15.03% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the uranium industry by -19 percentage points.

Nexgen Energy (NYSE:NXE) is the third most undervalued uranium stock based on its Valuation Rating of D. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Nexgen Energy has a valuation score of 14, which is -3 points higher than the uranium industry average of 17. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Nexgen Energy's stock has dropped -40.26% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the uranium industry by -45 percentage points.

50% of uranium stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect uranium stocks to rise by 115.63% over the next year.

0% of uranium stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of uranium stocks are rated B (Buy), 22.22% are rated C (Hold), 22.22% are rated D (Sell), and 55.56% are rated F (Strong Sell).