CS vs. FM, KAT, TRQ, LUN, HBM, NSU, ERO, TKO, AYM, and IE
Should you be buying Capstone Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capstone Copper include First Quantum Minerals (FM), Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) (KAT), Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ), Lundin Mining (LUN), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Nevsun Resources (NSU), Ero Copper (ERO), Taseko Mines (TKO), Atalaya Mining (AYM), and Ivanhoe Electric (IE). These companies are all part of the "copper" industry.
Capstone Copper vs.
First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM) and Capstone Copper (TSE:CS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
First Quantum Minerals has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capstone Copper has a beta of 2.14, suggesting that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.
First Quantum Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Capstone Copper pays an annual dividend of C$0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. First Quantum Minerals pays out -7.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capstone Copper pays out -665.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Capstone Copper is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Capstone Copper has a net margin of -1.47% compared to First Quantum Minerals' net margin of -32.41%. Capstone Copper's return on equity of -0.74% beat First Quantum Minerals' return on equity.
In the previous week, First Quantum Minerals had 24 more articles in the media than Capstone Copper. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for First Quantum Minerals and 4 mentions for Capstone Copper. Capstone Copper's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat First Quantum Minerals' score of 0.43 indicating that Capstone Copper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Capstone Copper has lower revenue, but higher earnings than First Quantum Minerals. Capstone Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Quantum Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Capstone Copper received 6 more outperform votes than First Quantum Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.31% of users gave Capstone Copper an outperform vote while only 46.01% of users gave First Quantum Minerals an outperform vote.
53.0% of First Quantum Minerals shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.6% of Capstone Copper shares are held by institutional investors. 19.4% of First Quantum Minerals shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Capstone Copper shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
First Quantum Minerals presently has a consensus price target of C$21.77, suggesting a potential upside of 17.59%. Capstone Copper has a consensus price target of C$12.17, suggesting a potential upside of 83.23%. Given Capstone Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Capstone Copper is more favorable than First Quantum Minerals.
Summary
Capstone Copper beats First Quantum Minerals on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:CS) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff