FY2025 EPS Forecast for Capstone Copper Decreased by Analyst

Capstone Copper Corp. (TSE:CS) – Stock analysts at Scotiabank dropped their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Capstone Copper in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, January 8th. Scotiabank analyst O. Wowkodaw now expects that the mining company will post earnings of $0.22 per share for the year, down from their previous estimate of $0.95. Scotiabank currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $13.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Capstone Copper’s current full-year earnings is $0.85 per share. Scotiabank also issued estimates for Capstone Copper’s FY2026 earnings at $0.60 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Paradigm Capital set a C$12.00 target price on shares of Capstone Copper and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 28th. Citigroup upgraded shares of Capstone Copper to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. National Bankshares upped their price objective on shares of Capstone Copper from C$12.75 to C$13.75 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 15th. CIBC lifted their target price on Capstone Copper from C$12.00 to C$12.50 in a research report on Monday, November 25th. Finally, TD Securities increased their price target on Capstone Copper from C$12.00 to C$13.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Thirteen analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Capstone Copper has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of C$12.77.

Capstone Copper Stock Performance

Capstone Copper stock opened at C$8.69 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 40.10, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a current ratio of 0.94. Capstone Copper has a one year low of C$5.97 and a one year high of C$11.51. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is C$9.42 and its 200 day moving average price is C$9.55. The firm has a market capitalization of C$6.54 billion, a PE ratio of -41.38, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -0.09 and a beta of 2.14.

Capstone Copper (TSE:CS) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 31st. The mining company reported C$0.04 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of C$0.11 by C($0.07). Capstone Copper had a negative return on equity of 1.24% and a negative net margin of 1.47%. The company had revenue of C$572.14 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of C$612.00 million.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Darren Murvin Pylot sold 500,000 shares of Capstone Copper stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$10.50, for a total value of C$5,249,450.00. Also, Director John Mackenzie sold 49,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$9.65, for a total transaction of C$473,075.40. In the last three months, insiders sold 843,250 shares of company stock valued at $8,656,280. Company insiders own 15.37% of the company’s stock.

Capstone Copper Company Profile

Capstone Copper Corp. operates as a copper mining company in the United States, Chile, and Mexico. It primarily explores for copper, silver, zinc, and other metals. The company owns 100% interests in Pinto Valley copper mine located in the Arizona, the United States; Mantos Blancos copper-silver mine located in the Region of Antofagasta, Chile; Santo Domingo copper-iron-gold-cobalt project located in the Atacama region, Chile; and Cozamin copper-silver mine located in the Zacatecas, Mexico.