Central Asia Metals (CAML) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Central Asia Metals (CAML) is a base metals producer quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange with copper operations in Kazakhstan, and a zinc and lead mine in North Macedonia CAML is based in London and owns 100% of the Kounrad solvent extraction and electrowinning (SX-EW) copper facility in central Kazakhstan and 100% of the Sasa zinc and lead mine in North Macedonia. It is an established low-cost, diversified base-metals producer, with capacity to generate annual copper production of up to 14,000 tonnes, zinc production of up to 21,000 tonnes and lead production of up to 29,000 tonnes. CAML was incorporated in the United Kingdom and raised $60 million at IPO in September 2010, which was used to build the Kounrad recovery plant in central Kazakhstan. Construction of the Kounrad plant was completed in early 2012, 15% below budget with production commencing in April 2012. In November 2017, the acquisition of the Sasa zinc and lead mine in North Macedonia was completed for a total consideration of $402.5 million. Since then, there has been substantial investment into the mine through the Company’s capital projects. During 2023, CAML set up an exploration subsidiary, CAML Exploration (CAML X) with a team of early-stage exploration geologists in Kazakhstan. Potential target areas have been reviewed and remain under review. The Company expects to spend up to $3 million during 2024 on exploration work in Kazakhstan. In June 2024, CAML completed a £3 million initial investment into Aberdeen Minerals Ltd (Aberdeen) and has received warrants to invest an additional £2 million. Upon completion, Louise Wrathall, CAML Executive Director of Corporate Development, joined the Aberdeen board as a Non-Executive Director. Aberdeen has already demonstrated the presence of scalable copper-nickel-cobalt mineralisation at Arthrath, in northeast Scotland, with encouraging drilling and geophysics results, and a compelling exploration model for high-grade base-metal sulphides at depth.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 174.20 to 179.80
• 50-Day Range: 129.20 to 181.80
• 52-Week Range: 125.27 to 244
• Volume: 977,116 shs
• Average Volume: 1.97 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £303.86 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 8.91%
• Price Target: GBX 181.25
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Central Asia Metals Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Central Asia Metals scored higher than 35% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Central Asia Metals has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.25, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Central Asia Metals is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Central Asia Metals has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Central Asia Metals is -4.19, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Central Asia Metals is -4.19, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Central Asia Metals has a P/B Ratio of 0.91. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CAML.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Central Asia Metals is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 8.91%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Central Asia Metals does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.65

News Sentiment

Central Asia Metals has a news sentiment score of 0.65. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Central Asia Metals this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net £10,034.85 in company stock, which represents 0.0033% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Central Asia Metals insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £10,034.85 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

8.57% of the stock of Central Asia Metals is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

30.78% of the stock of Central Asia Metals is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 9/10/2025
• Today: 9/04/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: Copper
• Current Symbol: LON:CAML
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.centralasiametals.com
• Phone: +44-20-78989001
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Central Asia Metals: GBX 181.25
• High Price Target: GBX 205
• Low Price Target: GBX 160
• Potential Upside/Downside: +1.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.25
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX (42.56)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 7.13
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: £47.93 million
• Net Margins: -16.88%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -15.91%
• Return on Assets: 9.30%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.62
• Current Ratio: 3.41
• Quick Ratio: 1.97

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £275.92 million
• Price / Sales: 1.10
• Cash Flow: GBX 21.47 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.30
• Book Value: GBX 195.07 per share
• Price / Book: 0.91

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 170,407,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £303.86 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.19