Capstone Copper (CS) Competitors

Capstone Copper (TSE:CS) and First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.

Is CS or FM more profitable?

Capstone Copper has a net margin of -1.47% compared to First Quantum Minerals' net margin of -24.07%. Capstone Copper's return on equity of -1.24% beat First Quantum Minerals' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Capstone Copper	-1.47%	-1.24%	0.47%
First Quantum Minerals	-24.07%	-14.87%	2.31%

Do analysts rate CS or FM?

Capstone Copper presently has a consensus price target of C$12.77, suggesting a potential upside of 44.14%. First Quantum Minerals has a consensus price target of C$21.05, suggesting a potential upside of 11.92%. Given Capstone Copper's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Capstone Copper is more favorable than First Quantum Minerals.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Capstone Copper	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.07
First Quantum Minerals	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CS or FM?

38.6% of Capstone Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.0% of First Quantum Minerals shares are owned by institutional investors. 15.4% of Capstone Copper shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.4% of First Quantum Minerals shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, CS or FM?

Capstone Copper has a beta of 2.14, meaning that its share price is 114% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Quantum Minerals has a beta of 1.73, meaning that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CS or FM?

In the previous week, Capstone Copper had 2 more articles in the media than First Quantum Minerals. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Capstone Copper and 8 mentions for First Quantum Minerals. First Quantum Minerals' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Capstone Copper's score of 0.29 indicating that First Quantum Minerals is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Capstone Copper	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
First Quantum Minerals	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CS or FM?

Capstone Copper received 6 more outperform votes than First Quantum Minerals when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.50% of users gave Capstone Copper an outperform vote while only 46.27% of users gave First Quantum Minerals an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Capstone Copper	Outperform Votes 695 69.50%	Underperform Votes 305 30.50%
First Quantum Minerals	Outperform Votes 689 46.27%	Underperform Votes 800 53.73%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, CS or FM?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Capstone Copper	C$1.41B	4.73	-C$20.65M	-C$0.21	-42.19
First Quantum Minerals	C$5.51B	2.85	-C$1.33B	-C$2.59	-7.26

Is CS or FM a better dividend stock?

Capstone Copper pays an annual dividend of C$0.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. First Quantum Minerals pays an annual dividend of C$0.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Capstone Copper pays out -123.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Quantum Minerals pays out -8.1% 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 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.