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Capstone Copper (CS) Competitors

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C$6.64 -0.19 (-2.78%)
As of 04:00 PM Eastern

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.

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%

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
First Quantum Minerals
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Capstone Copper
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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$3.25B3.23-C$1.05B-C$2.71-6.84
Capstone CopperC$998.95M3.55-C$14.64M-C$0.04-169.99

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
First Quantum MineralsOutperform Votes
692
46.01%
Underperform Votes
812
53.99%
Capstone CopperOutperform Votes
698
69.31%
Underperform Votes
309
30.69%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
First Quantum Minerals
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Capstone Copper
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.07

Summary

Capstone Copper beats First Quantum Minerals on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CS vs. The Competition

MetricCapstone CopperCopper IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$3.55BC$1.91BC$3.03BC$5.65B
Dividend Yield0.07%4.52%5.18%6.84%
P/E Ratio-169.9911.9674.6729.27
Price / Sales3.551,724.5725,549,533,275,675,700.00568.85
Price / Cash16.5131.3624.3283.07
Price / Book1.491.935.213.72
Net Income-C$14.64M-C$78.74MC$155.11MC$300.39M
7 Day Performance0.91%0.20%1.07%1.51%
1 Month Performance-14.10%-2.53%2.95%-0.15%
1 Year Performance-30.33%-3.82%18.88%14.09%

Capstone Copper Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CS
Capstone Copper
1.9094 of 5 stars
C$6.64
-2.8%
C$12.17
+83.2%
-32.8%C$3.55BC$998.95M-169.991,049Positive News
Gap Down
FM
First Quantum Minerals
2.3921 of 5 stars
C$18.58
-3.1%
C$21.77
+17.2%
+7.5%C$10.55BC$3.25B-6.8720,000Analyst Revision
News Coverage
KAT
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$9.79BC$1.39B-0.834,457Gap Up
TRQ
Turquoise Hill Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$8.65BC$1.65B11.843,480
LUN
Lundin Mining
3.8568 of 5 stars
C$11.75
-2.5%
C$16.02
+36.4%
-28.9%C$7.18BC$3.27B23.326,019
HBM
Hudbay Minerals
3.5154 of 5 stars
C$10.29
-0.1%
C$15.64
+52.0%
-14.4%C$2.85BC$1.64B28.982,500
NSU
Nevsun Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.82BC$335.39M-50.00N/A
ERO
Ero Copper
3.2637 of 5 stars
C$17.49
-0.1%
C$29.83
+70.6%
-39.1%C$1.23BC$315.28M76.512,460
TKO
Taseko Mines
2.1242 of 5 stars
C$3.26
+3.2%
C$4.50
+38.0%
N/AC$989.29MC$609.59M12.75N/A
AYM
Atalaya Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$808.51MC$363.40M10.70423Gap Up
IE
Ivanhoe Electric
N/AC$9.10
+0.3%
N/A-40.7%C$780.71MC$2.31M-4.05244

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This page (TSE:CS) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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