HudBay Minerals (HBM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Hudbay Minerals, now known as Hudbay Inc., is a mining company focused on the discovery, development and operation of copper and other metal deposits. Its products include copper, zinc, gold, silver and molybdenum.

The company operates the Constancia mine in Peru and mining and processing assets in Manitoba, Canada, including the Lalor mine. In British Columbia, Hudbay operates the Copper Mountain mine. It also advances copper exploration and development projects in the United States, including projects in Arizona.

Hudbay’s roots in Canadian mining date to the Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company, established in 1927. The company is headquartered in Toronto and is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Peter Kukielski.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $20.96 to $21.71
• 50-Day Range: $20.54 to $29.03
• 52-Week Range: $14.34 to $32.15
• Volume: 931,532 shs
• Average Volume: 5.37 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $9.45 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.52
• Dividend Yield: 0.14%
• Price Target: $31.33
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

HudBay Minerals Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

HudBay Minerals scored higher than 97% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 14th out of 227 stocks in the materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

HudBay Minerals has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.83, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 10 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

HudBay Minerals has a consensus price target of $31.33, representing about 47.2% upside from its current price of $21.29.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

HudBay Minerals has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 18.71%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for HudBay Minerals are expected to grow by 18.71% in the coming year, from $1.39 to $1.65 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of HudBay Minerals is 12.54, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.34.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of HudBay Minerals is 12.54, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 27.90.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

HudBay Minerals has a PEG Ratio of 0.40. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

HudBay Minerals has a P/B Ratio of 2.62. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.25% of the float of HudBay Minerals has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

HudBay Minerals has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.88, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in HudBay Minerals has recently increased by 0.95%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

HudBay Minerals has a dividend yield of 0.13%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

HudBay Minerals does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of HudBay Minerals is 1.76%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, HudBay Minerals will have a dividend payout ratio of 1.82% next year. This indicates that HudBay Minerals will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.21

News Sentiment

HudBay Minerals has a news sentiment score of 0.21. 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 is a lower news sentiment than the 0.38 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 14 news articles for HudBay Minerals this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

21 people have searched for HBM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 17% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

13 people have added HudBay Minerals to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 63% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, HudBay Minerals insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.25% of the stock of HudBay Minerals is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

57.82% of the stock of HudBay Minerals is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 9/25 Dividend: 9/08/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/25 Dividend: 9/08/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/25/2026
• Last Earnings: 11/12/2026
• Today: 11/13/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: Copper
• Current Symbol: NYSE:HBM
• CIK: 1322422
• Web: www.hudbayminerals.com
• Phone: (416) 362-8181
• Fax: 416-362-7844
• Employees: 3,072
• Year Founded: 2012

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for HudBay Minerals: $31.33
• High Price Target: $32.50
• Low Price Target: $29.50
• Potential Upside/Downside: +46.7%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.83
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.70
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.54
• Forward P/E Ratio: 12.95
• P/E Growth: 0.4
• Net Income: $568.50 million
• Net Margins: 27.48%
• Pretax Margin: 47.28%
• Return on Equity: 9.47%
• Return on Assets: 5.44%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.17
• Current Ratio: 2.24
• Quick Ratio: 1.93

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $2.21 billion
• Price / Sales: 4.29
• Cash Flow: $1.58 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.52
• Book Value: $8.14 per share
• Price / Book: 2.62

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 444,150,000
• Free Float: 443,041,000
• Market Cap: $9.49 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.62