Q2 Earnings Forecast for TSE:FM Issued By Stifel Canada

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSE:FM - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Stifel Canada issued their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for First Quantum Minerals in a report released on Tuesday, April 1st. Stifel Canada analyst R. Profiti expects that the company will earn ($0.09) per share for the quarter. Stifel Canada currently has a "Hold" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for First Quantum Minerals' current full-year earnings is $0.56 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for First Quantum Minerals' Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.04) EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.04) EPS, FY2025 earnings at ($0.30) EPS, FY2025 earnings at ($0.30) EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.07 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.07 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.04 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $0.27 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $0.27 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $0.23 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $0.23 EPS, FY2028 earnings at $1.26 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $1.26 EPS.

Several other brokerages also recently weighed in on FM. TD Securities increased their target price on shares of First Quantum Minerals from C$19.00 to C$20.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price objective on shares of First Quantum Minerals from C$23.00 to C$22.00 in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on First Quantum Minerals from C$20.20 to C$22.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Barclays reduced their target price on First Quantum Minerals from C$25.00 to C$23.40 in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada boosted their target price on shares of First Quantum Minerals from C$23.00 to C$24.00 in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, First Quantum Minerals has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of C$21.57.

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First Quantum Minerals Trading Down 4.1 %

Shares of TSE FM traded down C$0.61 during trading hours on Friday, hitting C$14.44. 2,090,451 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,612,903. The stock has a market capitalization of C$8.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.34, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -1.28 and a beta of 1.73. The company's 50 day moving average price is C$19.04 and its 200 day moving average price is C$18.74. First Quantum Minerals has a 12 month low of C$13.81 and a 12 month high of C$23.28. The company has a current ratio of 1.80, a quick ratio of 1.41 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 56.41.

First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 11th. The company reported C$0.04 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of C$0.03 by C$0.01. First Quantum Minerals had a negative return on equity of 14.05% and a negative net margin of 32.41%. During the same quarter last year, the business earned ($0.37) earnings per share.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other First Quantum Minerals news, Senior Officer Zenon Wozniak sold 40,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$21.11, for a total value of C$844,400.00. Also, Director Alison Cheryl Beckett purchased 1,388 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, March 31st. The stock was acquired at an average cost of C$19.25 per share, with a total value of C$26,719.00. 19.35% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About First Quantum Minerals

First Quantum Minerals Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, and production of mineral properties. It primarily explores for copper, nickel, pyrite, silver, gold, and zinc ores, as well as produces acid. The company has operating mines located in Zambia, Panama, Finland, Turkey, Spain, Australia, and Mauritania, as well as a development project in Zambia.