Capstone Copper Corp. (TSE:CS) Receives Consensus Rating of "Moderate Buy" from Brokerages

Key Points

• Moderate Buy consensus from six analysts (1 strong buy, 3 buy, 2 hold) with an average 12‑month target of C$16.61.
• Several firms recently raised targets—Stifel to C$20, National Bank to C$19.50 and RBC to C$17—while Clarkson upgraded to strong‑buy and Desjardins downgraded to hold.
• Shares opened at C$10.27, trading well below analyst targets; latest quarter reported EPS of C$0.14 on C$906.88M revenue and the company has a market cap of C$7.84B and a PE of 25.05.

Shares of Capstone Copper Corp. (TSE:CS - Get Free Report) have been assigned an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the six research firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, three have given a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month target price among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is C$16.61.

Several equities analysts recently commented on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price objective on shares of Capstone Copper from C$17.00 to C$20.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. National Bank Financial upped their price target on shares of Capstone Copper from C$16.50 to C$19.50 in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. Clarkson Capital raised shares of Capstone Copper from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Desjardins downgraded shares of Capstone Copper from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from C$18.00 to C$16.00 in a research note on Wednesday, February 18th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on shares of Capstone Copper from C$15.00 to C$17.00 in a report on Wednesday, December 10th.

Capstone Copper Stock Performance

Shares of CS stock opened at C$10.27 on Thursday. Capstone Copper has a 12-month low of C$4.98 and a 12-month high of C$18.04. The business's fifty day simple moving average is C$13.65 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$12.74. The company has a current ratio of 1.20, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 45.58. The company has a market cap of C$7.84 billion, a PE ratio of 25.05, a PEG ratio of -0.09 and a beta of 1.86.

Capstone Copper (TSE:CS - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Monday, March 2nd. The mining company reported C$0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The company had revenue of C$906.88 million for the quarter. Capstone Copper had a return on equity of 9.77% and a net margin of 13.27%. Analysts expect that Capstone Copper will post 0.8541833 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Capstone Copper

Capstone Copper Corp is a company that mines, explores, and develops mineral properties in the Americas. Specifically, the group has operating mines in the US, Mexico, and Canada, and development projects in Chile and Canada. Capstone's main focus is copper, but the company also produces zinc, lead, molybdenum, silver, and gold.

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