Capstone Copper Corp. (TSE:CS) Director Sells C$424,804.43 in Stock

Capstone Copper Corp. (TSE:CS - Get Free Report) Director Darren Murvin Pylot sold 44,250 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$9.60, for a total transaction of C$424,804.43.

Darren Murvin Pylot also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, November 25th, Darren Murvin Pylot sold 250,000 shares of Capstone Copper stock. The stock was sold at an average price of C$10.04, for a total value of C$2,508,950.00.
• On Friday, November 8th, Darren Murvin Pylot sold 500,000 shares of Capstone Copper stock. The shares were sold at an average price of C$10.50, for a total value of C$5,249,450.00.
• On Thursday, September 26th, Darren Murvin Pylot sold 100,000 shares of Capstone Copper stock. The stock was sold at an average price of C$11.05, for a total value of C$1,104,990.00.
• On Thursday, September 19th, Darren Murvin Pylot sold 283,954 shares of Capstone Copper stock. The shares were sold at an average price of C$9.96, for a total transaction of C$2,828,181.84.

Capstone Copper Trading Down 3.3 %

Shares of Capstone Copper stock traded down C$0.31 on Friday, hitting C$8.95. The stock had a trading volume of 3,220,384 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,249,448. The stock has a 50 day moving average of C$10.01 and a 200 day moving average of C$9.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 40.10, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a current ratio of 0.94. Capstone Copper Corp. has a twelve month low of C$5.97 and a twelve month high of C$11.51. The firm has a market capitalization of C$6.74 billion, a P/E ratio of -44.10, a PEG ratio of -0.09 and a beta of 2.14.

Capstone Copper (TSE:CS - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 31st. The mining company reported C$0.04 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates 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 business had revenue of C$572.14 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of C$612.00 million. Sell-side analysts expect that Capstone Copper Corp. will post 0.8541833 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

CS has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. CIBC lifted their price objective on Capstone Copper from C$12.00 to C$12.50 in a report on Monday, November 25th. Royal Bank of Canada reduced their price objective on Capstone Copper from C$14.00 to C$12.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, September 10th. Canaccord Genuity Group dropped their target price on Capstone Copper from C$14.00 to C$12.50 in a research report on Monday, November 25th. TD Securities raised their price target on shares of Capstone Copper from C$12.00 to C$13.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 2nd. Finally, Eight Capital increased their target price on shares of Capstone Copper from C$14.00 to C$15.00 in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Thirteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of C$12.77.

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.

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