CS vs. FM, KAT, LUN, TRQ, HBM, ERO, NSU, IE, AYM, and CMMC
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), Ero Copper (ERO), Nevsun Resources (NSU), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Atalaya Mining (AYM), and Copper Mountain Mining (CMMC). These companies are all part of the "copper" industry.
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 companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Capstone Copper received 5 more outperform votes than First Quantum Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.63% of users gave Capstone Copper an outperform vote while only 46.38% 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 -24.07%. Capstone Copper's return on equity of -1.24% beat First Quantum Minerals' return on equity.
First Quantum Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Capstone Copper pays an annual dividend of C$0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. First Quantum Minerals pays out -8.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Capstone Copper pays out -130.0% 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.
First Quantum Minerals currently has a consensus price target of C$20.12, indicating a potential upside of 35.50%. Capstone Copper has a consensus price target of C$12.57, indicating a potential upside of 51.06%. Given Capstone Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Capstone Copper is more favorable than First Quantum Minerals.
In the previous week, First Quantum Minerals and First Quantum Minerals both had 4 articles in the media. First Quantum Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Capstone Copper's score of 0.15 indicating that First Quantum Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the 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.
52.5% of First Quantum Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.3% of Capstone Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.4% of First Quantum Minerals shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of Capstone Copper shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
First Quantum Minerals has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capstone Copper has a beta of 2.15, suggesting that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Capstone Copper beats First Quantum Minerals on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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