Capstone Copper Corp. (TSE:CS) Given Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

Shares of Capstone Copper Corp. (TSE:CS) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the six research firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, three have given a buy recommendation and one has assigned a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month target price among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is C$16.61.

CS has been the subject of several analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on Capstone Copper from C$17.00 to C$20.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on Capstone Copper from C$15.00 to C$17.00 in a report on Wednesday, December 10th. National Bank Financial lifted their price target on Capstone Copper from C$16.50 to C$19.50 in a research report on Thursday, January 29th. Desjardins downgraded Capstone Copper from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and decreased their price target for the company from C$18.00 to C$16.00 in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Finally, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce lowered Capstone Copper from an “outperform” rating to a “hold” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from C$20.00 to C$16.00 in a research report on Thursday, February 19th.

Capstone Copper Stock Up 3.9%

CS stock opened at C$10.27 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of C$7.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -0.09 and a beta of 1.86. Capstone Copper has a 12 month low of C$4.98 and a 12 month high of C$18.04. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is C$13.65 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$12.74. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 45.58, a current ratio of 1.20 and a quick ratio of 0.98.

Capstone Copper (TSE:CS) last issued its earnings results on Monday, March 2nd. The mining company reported C$0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Capstone Copper had a net margin of 13.27% and a return on equity of 9.77%. The firm had revenue of C$906.88 million during the quarter. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Capstone Copper will post 0.8541833 earnings per share for the current year.

Capstone Copper Company Profile

Capstone Copper Corp is a company that mines, explores, and develops mineral properties in the Americas. Specifically, the group has operating mines in the US, Mexico, and Canada, and development projects in Chile and Canada. Capstone’s main focus is copper, but the company also produces zinc, lead, molybdenum, silver, and gold.