Q1 Earnings Estimate for TSE:FM Issued By Stifel Canada

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSE:FM) – Investment analysts at Stifel Canada issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of First Quantum Minerals in a research note issued on Tuesday, April 1st. Stifel Canada analyst R. Profiti expects that the company will earn ($0.10) per share for the quarter. Stifel Canada currently has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for First Quantum Minerals’ current full-year earnings is $0.56 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for First Quantum Minerals’ Q3 2025 earnings at ($0.06) EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.06 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.09 EPS and FY2029 earnings at $1.53 EPS.

First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 11th. The company reported C$0.04 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of C$0.03 by C$0.01. First Quantum Minerals had a negative return on equity of 14.05% and a negative net margin of 32.41%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned ($0.37) earnings per share.

FM has been the topic of several other reports. Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price target on shares of First Quantum Minerals from C$23.00 to C$22.00 in a report on Monday, January 6th. Canaccord Genuity Group cut shares of First Quantum Minerals from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from C$24.00 to C$20.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of First Quantum Minerals from C$20.20 to C$22.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, December 12th. Raymond James increased their price target on First Quantum Minerals from C$20.00 to C$21.00 in a research note on Friday. Finally, Barclays reduced their price objective on First Quantum Minerals from C$25.00 to C$23.40 in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, First Quantum Minerals currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of C$21.57.

First Quantum Minerals Stock Performance

First Quantum Minerals stock opened at C$16.00 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.41, a current ratio of 1.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 56.41. The stock has a market cap of C$9.08 billion, a PE ratio of -5.91, a P/E/G ratio of -1.28 and a beta of 1.73. First Quantum Minerals has a 12-month low of C$13.81 and a 12-month high of C$23.28. The business’s 50-day moving average price is C$19.20 and its two-hundred day moving average price is C$18.72.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Alison Cheryl Beckett bought 1,388 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 31st. The shares were bought at an average price of C$19.25 per share, for a total transaction of C$26,719.00. Also, Senior Officer Zenon Wozniak sold 40,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$21.11, for a total transaction of C$844,400.00. Company insiders own 19.35% of the company’s stock.

First Quantum Minerals Company Profile

First Quantum Minerals Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, and production of mineral properties. It primarily explores for copper, nickel, pyrite, silver, gold, and zinc ores, as well as produces acid. The company has operating mines located in Zambia, Panama, Finland, Turkey, Spain, Australia, and Mauritania, as well as a development project in Zambia.