CS vs. FM, LUN, KAT, TRQ, HBM, ERO, IE, NSU, AYM, and CMMC
Should you be buying Capstone Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Capstone Copper include First Quantum Minerals (FM), Lundin Mining (LUN), Katanga Mining Limited (KAT.TO) (KAT), Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ), Hudbay Minerals (HBM), Ero Copper (ERO), Ivanhoe Electric (IE), Nevsun Resources (NSU), Atalaya Mining (AYM), and Copper Mountain Mining (CMMC). These companies are all part of the "copper" industry.
Capstone Copper (TSE:CS) and First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.
32.7% of Capstone Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.7% of First Quantum Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.9% of Capstone Copper shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.1% of First Quantum Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Capstone Copper has a beta of 2.34, indicating that its share price is 134% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Quantum Minerals has a beta of 1.96, indicating that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Capstone Copper presently has a consensus target price of C$11.75, indicating a potential upside of 22.40%. First Quantum Minerals has a consensus target price of C$17.78, indicating a potential upside of 1.56%. Given Capstone Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Capstone Copper is more favorable than First Quantum Minerals.
In the previous week, First Quantum Minerals had 9 more articles in the media than Capstone Copper. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for First Quantum Minerals and 9 mentions for Capstone Copper. Capstone Copper's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat First Quantum Minerals' score of 0.43 indicating that Capstone Copper is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Capstone Copper has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Quantum Minerals. Capstone Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Quantum Minerals, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Capstone Copper has a net margin of -6.41% compared to First Quantum Minerals' net margin of -20.02%. Capstone Copper's return on equity of -3.13% beat First Quantum Minerals' return on equity.
Capstone Copper received 2 more outperform votes than First Quantum Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.77% of users gave Capstone Copper an outperform vote while only 46.58% of users gave First Quantum Minerals an outperform vote.
Capstone Copper pays an annual dividend of C$0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. First Quantum Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Capstone Copper pays out -123.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Quantum Minerals pays out -9.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Capstone Copper is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Capstone Copper beats First Quantum Minerals on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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