Hudbay Minerals (HBM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Hudbay Minerals Inc is a Canadian mining company with its operations, property developments, and exploration activities across the United States. The major mines that Hudbay operates are located in Manitoba, Canada, Arizona, United States; and Peru. The company is principally focused on the discovery, production, and marketing of base and precious metals. Hudbay produces copper concentrate, which contains copper, gold, and silver, as well as zinc metal. More than half the company's revenue is attributable to the copper business. The company sells copper concentrates to smelters across Asia, America, and Europe, and sells Zinc metal, the next biggest source of revenue, to industrial customers across North America.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$14.50 to C$14.92
• 50-Day Range: C$10.22 to C$14.93
• 52-Week Range: C$8.49 to C$15.19
• Volume: 1.77 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.71 million shs
• Market Capitalization: C$4.09 billion
• P/E Ratio: 41.48
• Dividend Yield: 0.14%
• Price Target: C$16.05
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Hudbay Minerals Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Hudbay Minerals scored higher than 49% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Hudbay Minerals has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.27, and is based on 8 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Hudbay Minerals has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Hudbay Minerals is 41.48, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.80.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Hudbay Minerals is 41.48, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Basic Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 93.10.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Hudbay Minerals has a PEG Ratio of 3.97. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Hudbay Minerals has a P/B Ratio of 1.92. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for HBM.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Hudbay Minerals has a dividend yield of 0.16%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Hudbay Minerals does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Hudbay Minerals is 5.63%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for HBM.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.64

News Sentiment

Hudbay Minerals has a news sentiment score of 0.64. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.54 average news sentiment score of Basic Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for Hudbay Minerals this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

28 people have searched for HBM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 300% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Hudbay Minerals insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought C$0.00 in company stock and sold C$447,953.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.07% of the stock of Hudbay Minerals is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

74.54% of the stock of Hudbay Minerals is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

HBM Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have HBM shares performed this year?

Hudbay Minerals' stock was trading at C$11.66 at the beginning of the year. Since then, HBM shares have increased by 26.3% and is now trading at C$14.73.

How do I buy shares of Hudbay Minerals?

Shares of HBM stock and other Canadian stocks can be purchased through an online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the Canadian stock market include BMO InvestorLine, CIBC Investor's Edge, Desjardins Online Brokerage, HSBC InvestDirect, Laurentian Bank Discount Brokerage, National Bank Direct Brokerage, Qtrade Investor, Questrade, RBC Direct Investing, Scotia iTrade, TD Direct Investing, and Virtual Brokers.

What other stocks do shareholders of Hudbay Minerals own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Hudbay Minerals investors own include Cellectar Biosciences (CLRB), First Quantum Minerals (FM), Zynga (ZNGA), (CXRX) (CXRX), Lundin Mining (LUN), Enbridge (ENB) and Quantum (QTM).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Basic Materials
• Industry: Copper
• Sub-Industry: Non-Metallic And Industrial Metal Mining
• Current Symbol: TSE:HBM
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.hudbayminerals.com
• Phone: +1-416-3628181
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,500
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Hudbay Minerals: C$16.23
• High Price Target: C$18.00
• Low Price Target: C$14.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +10.2%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.27
• Research Coverage: 11 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$0.36
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 41.48
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.13
• P/E Growth: 3.97
• Net Income: C$69.59 million
• Net Margins: 4.23%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 3.74%
• Return on Assets: 4.78%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 46.39
• Current Ratio: 1.86
• Quick Ratio: 0.85

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$1.64 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.48
• Cash Flow: C$2.27 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.50
• Book Value: C$7.67 per share
• Price / Book: 1.92

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 277,409,389
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$4.09 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.83