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.
Capstone Copper (TSE:CS) and First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Capstone Copper received 7 more outperform votes than First Quantum Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.35% of users gave Capstone Copper an outperform vote while only 45.98% of users gave First Quantum Minerals an outperform vote.
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.
Capstone Copper pays an annual dividend of C$0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. First Quantum Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Capstone Copper pays out -665.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Quantum Minerals pays out -7.8% 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.
In the previous week, Capstone Copper had 4 more articles in the media than First Quantum Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Capstone Copper and 4 mentions for First Quantum Minerals. First Quantum Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Capstone Copper's score of -0.68 indicating that First Quantum Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Capstone Copper has a beta of 2.14, indicating that its stock price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Quantum Minerals has a beta of 1.73, indicating that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Capstone Copper has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
38.6% of Capstone Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.0% of First Quantum Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of Capstone Copper shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.4% of First Quantum Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Capstone Copper currently has a consensus price target of C$12.17, suggesting a potential upside of 83.79%. First Quantum Minerals has a consensus price target of C$21.82, suggesting a potential upside of 10.33%. Given Capstone Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly 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 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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