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Capstone Copper (CS) Competitors

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C$8.62 -0.26 (-2.93%)
As of 07/3/2025 04:15 PM Eastern

CS vs. FM, KAT, LUN, TRQ, HBM, NSU, ERO, TKO, IE, and AYM

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), Lundin Mining (LUN), Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Nevsun Resources (NSU), Ero Copper (ERO), Taseko Mines (TKO), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), and Atalaya Mining (AYM). These companies are all part of the "copper" industry.

Capstone Copper vs. Its Competitors

First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM) and Capstone Copper (TSE:CS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
First Quantum Minerals-32.41% -14.05% 2.31%
Capstone Copper -1.47%-0.74%0.47%

First Quantum Minerals currently has a consensus price target of C$22.05, indicating a potential downside of 12.22%. Capstone Copper has a consensus price target of C$12.17, indicating a potential upside of 41.14%. Given Capstone Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Capstone Copper is more favorable than First Quantum Minerals.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Quantum Minerals
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Capstone Copper
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11

First Quantum Minerals has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capstone Copper has a beta of 2.14, meaning that its stock price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
First Quantum MineralsC$3.25B4.39-C$1.05B-C$2.71-9.28
Capstone CopperC$998.95M4.61-C$14.64M-C$0.04-220.68

In the previous week, First Quantum Minerals had 3 more articles in the media than Capstone Copper. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for First Quantum Minerals and 9 mentions for Capstone Copper. Capstone Copper's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat First Quantum Minerals' score of 0.78 indicating that Capstone Copper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Quantum Minerals
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Capstone Copper
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

53.0% of First Quantum Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.6% of Capstone Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.4% of First Quantum Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of Capstone Copper shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

First Quantum Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Capstone Copper pays an annual dividend of C$0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. 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.

Summary

Capstone Copper beats First Quantum Minerals on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CS vs. The Competition

MetricCapstone CopperCopper IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$4.61BC$2.43BC$3.27BC$6.19B
Dividend Yield0.07%4.52%5.16%6.72%
P/E Ratio-220.6815.2994.4352.72
Price / Sales4.611,569.6925,844,173,692,363,800.001,193.25
Price / Cash16.5131.3623.8683.29
Price / Book1.942.245.904.76
Net Income-C$14.64M-C$78.74MC$147.76MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance4.23%3.93%2.13%2.00%
1 Month Performance11.51%10.88%5.47%4.53%
1 Year Performance-17.12%15.20%25.66%25.97%

Capstone Copper Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CS
Capstone Copper
2.6763 of 5 stars
C$8.62
-2.9%
C$12.17
+41.1%
-15.7%C$4.61BC$998.95M-220.681,049News Coverage
Analyst Revision
FM
First Quantum Minerals
1.3349 of 5 stars
C$24.19
+1.1%
C$21.75
-10.1%
+31.1%C$13.73BC$3.25B-8.9420,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
KAT
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$9.79BC$1.39B-0.834,457Gap Up
LUN
Lundin Mining
2.3624 of 5 stars
C$14.32
-0.7%
C$15.91
+11.1%
-5.9%C$8.75BC$3.27B28.426,019Analyst Revision
TRQ
Turquoise Hill Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$8.65BC$1.65B11.843,480
HBM
Hudbay Minerals
2.3578 of 5 stars
C$14.45
-0.1%
C$16.05
+11.0%
+12.0%C$4.01BC$1.64B40.692,500Analyst Revision
NSU
Nevsun Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.82BC$335.39M-50.00N/A
ERO
Ero Copper
3.4617 of 5 stars
C$23.00
+0.0%
C$29.30
+27.4%
-24.9%C$1.61BC$315.28M100.622,460News Coverage
Analyst Revision
TKO
Taseko Mines
1.8225 of 5 stars
C$4.30
+2.1%
C$5.25
+22.1%
+26.9%C$1.30BC$609.59M16.82N/AInsider Trade
IE
Ivanhoe Electric
N/AC$12.35
-6.7%
N/A-8.3%C$1.06BC$2.31M-5.49244
AYM
Atalaya Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$808.51MC$363.40M10.70423Gap Up

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This page (TSE:CS) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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