Stifel Canada Reduces Earnings Estimates for Capstone Copper

Capstone Copper Corp. (TSE:CS) – Equities research analysts at Stifel Canada cut their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of Capstone Copper in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, January 23rd. Stifel Canada analyst M. Tapscott now anticipates that the mining company will post earnings per share of $0.35 for the year, down from their prior forecast of $0.57. The consensus estimate for Capstone Copper’s current full-year earnings is $0.85 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for Capstone Copper’s FY2026 earnings at $0.72 EPS.

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

Several other analysts have also recently issued reports on CS. Scotiabank decreased their price objective on Capstone Copper from C$12.00 to C$11.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. Paradigm Capital set a C$12.00 price objective on shares of Capstone Copper and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 28th. TD Securities boosted their target price on shares of Capstone Copper from C$12.00 to C$13.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Eight Capital increased their price target on shares of Capstone Copper from C$14.00 to C$15.00 in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Finally, Citigroup raised Capstone Copper to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 11th. Thirteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of C$12.60.

Capstone Copper Price Performance

TSE:CS opened at C$7.98 on Monday. The business’s 50-day moving average is C$9.06 and its 200 day moving average is C$9.42. Capstone Copper has a 12 month low of C$6.23 and a 12 month high of C$11.51. The company has a market capitalization of C$6.01 billion, a P/E ratio of -38.00, a P/E/G ratio of -0.09 and a beta of 2.14. The company has a current ratio of 0.94, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 40.10.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director John Mackenzie sold 49,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$9.65, for a total transaction of C$473,075.40. Also, Director Darren Murvin Pylot sold 44,250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$9.60, for a total transaction of C$424,804.43. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 843,250 shares of company stock valued at $8,656,280. Corporate 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.