Stifel Canada Reduces Earnings Estimates for Capstone Copper

Capstone Copper Corp. (TSE:CS) – Research analysts at Stifel Canada cut their FY2025 EPS estimates for Capstone Copper in a research note issued on Thursday, January 23rd. Stifel Canada analyst M. Tapscott now anticipates that the mining company will post earnings of $0.35 per share for the year, down from their previous 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.

A number of other research analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. Paradigm Capital set a C$12.00 price target on shares of Capstone Copper and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 28th. TD Securities upped their price target on shares of Capstone Copper from C$12.00 to C$13.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Eight Capital lifted their price objective on Capstone Copper from C$14.00 to C$15.00 in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. Canaccord Genuity Group cut their target price on Capstone Copper from C$14.00 to C$12.50 in a research report on Monday, November 25th. Finally, Citigroup upgraded Capstone Copper to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. Thirteen analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of C$12.60.

Capstone Copper Trading Up 2.4 %

CS opened at C$8.47 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 40.10, a current ratio of 0.94 and a quick ratio of 0.98. Capstone Copper has a fifty-two week low of C$6.23 and a fifty-two week high of C$11.51. The company’s 50 day moving average price is C$9.14 and its two-hundred day moving average price is C$9.46. The firm has a market capitalization of C$6.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -40.33, a PEG ratio of -0.09 and a beta of 2.14.

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 the consensus estimate 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 Transactions at Capstone Copper

In other news, Director John Mackenzie sold 49,000 shares of the business’s 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 value of C$473,075.40. Also, Director Darren Murvin Pylot sold 250,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$10.04, for a total transaction of C$2,508,950.00. Insiders sold a total of 843,250 shares of company stock worth $8,656,280 in the last quarter. Insiders own 15.37% of the company’s stock.

About Capstone Copper

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.