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First Quantum Minerals (FM) Competitors

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C$19.63 -0.15 (-0.76%)
As of 05/21/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

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

Should you be buying First Quantum Minerals stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Quantum Minerals include Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) (KAT), Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ), Lundin Mining (LUN), Capstone Copper (CS), 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.

First Quantum Minerals vs.

Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) (TSE:KAT) and First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to First Quantum Minerals' net margin of -32.41%. Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)'s return on equity of 0.00% beat First Quantum Minerals' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)N/A N/A N/A
First Quantum Minerals -32.41%-14.05%2.31%

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

First Quantum Minerals received 562 more outperform votes than Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.15% of users gave Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) an outperform vote while only 45.98% of users gave First Quantum Minerals an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)Outperform Votes
130
69.15%
Underperform Votes
58
30.85%
First Quantum MineralsOutperform Votes
692
45.98%
Underperform Votes
813
54.02%

First Quantum Minerals has a consensus price target of C$21.82, indicating a potential upside of 11.17%. Given First Quantum Minerals' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Quantum Minerals is more favorable than Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO).

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
First Quantum Minerals
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

First Quantum Minerals has higher revenue and earnings than Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO). First Quantum Minerals is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)C$1.39B0.00-C$11.75B-C$0.19N/A
First Quantum MineralsC$3.25B3.43-C$1.05B-C$2.71-7.25

In the previous week, First Quantum Minerals had 5 more articles in the media than Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO). MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for First Quantum Minerals and 0 mentions for Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO). First Quantum Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO)'s score of 0.00 indicating that First Quantum Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) Neutral
First Quantum Minerals Neutral

Summary

First Quantum Minerals beats Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FM vs. The Competition

MetricFirst Quantum MineralsCopper IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$11.14BC$2.06BC$3.09BC$5.94B
Dividend Yield1.57%4.52%5.21%6.32%
P/E Ratio-7.2512.8371.9029.95
Price / Sales3.431,662.8625,591,212,775,234,100.00752.53
Price / Cash12.3531.3624.3483.71
Price / Book1.401.945.193.96
Net Income-C$1.05B-C$78.74MC$156.48MC$301.32M
7 Day Performance-2.29%0.36%1.32%0.84%
1 Month Performance17.83%6.22%4.39%7.48%
1 Year Performance5.20%-5.66%16.53%16.03%

First Quantum Minerals Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FM
First Quantum Minerals
2.3285 of 5 stars
C$19.63
-0.8%
C$21.82
+11.2%
-1.9%C$11.14BC$3.25B-7.2520,000Gap Up
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
2.8246 of 5 stars
C$12.31
-2.3%
C$15.88
+29.0%
-29.3%C$7.52BC$3.27B24.436,019
CS
Capstone Copper
2.1081 of 5 stars
C$6.60
-3.4%
C$12.17
+84.3%
-39.0%C$3.53BC$998.95M-168.961,049Analyst Revision
HBM
Hudbay Minerals
4.0603 of 5 stars
C$11.34
-2.7%
C$15.64
+37.9%
-17.0%C$3.15BC$1.64B31.932,500
NSU
Nevsun Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.82BC$335.39M-50.00N/A
ERO
Ero Copper
3.2777 of 5 stars
C$18.31
-3.8%
C$29.82
+62.9%
-41.0%C$1.28BC$315.28M80.102,460Gap Up
TKO
Taseko Mines
2.2508 of 5 stars
C$2.80
-0.7%
C$4.50
+60.7%
N/AC$849.69MC$609.59M10.95N/AGap Up
IE
Ivanhoe Electric
N/AC$9.54
-0.2%
N/A-43.1%C$818.46MC$2.31M-4.24244
AYM
Atalaya Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$808.51MC$363.40M10.70423Gap Up

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This page (TSE:FM) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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