Stifel Canada Lowers Earnings Estimates for Hudbay Minerals

Hudbay Minerals Inc. (TSE:HBM) (NYSE:HBM) – Stifel Canada lowered their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Hudbay Minerals in a research note issued on Thursday, March 27th. Stifel Canada analyst R. Profiti now expects that the mining company will earn $0.76 per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of $0.79. Stifel Canada has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Hudbay Minerals’ current full-year earnings is $1.12 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for Hudbay Minerals’ Q1 2026 earnings at $0.13 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.11 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.11 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.11 EPS, FY2028 earnings at $1.09 EPS and FY2029 earnings at $1.43 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also recently weighed in on HBM. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on shares of Hudbay Minerals from C$16.00 to C$16.50 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Scotiabank decreased their target price on shares of Hudbay Minerals from C$14.00 to C$13.50 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday. Canaccord Genuity Group cut their price target on shares of Hudbay Minerals from C$15.50 to C$14.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 20th. TD Securities decreased their price objective on Hudbay Minerals from C$15.00 to C$14.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 20th. Finally, National Bankshares cut their target price on Hudbay Minerals from C$17.00 to C$15.50 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Thirteen analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of C$15.15.

Hudbay Minerals Stock Performance

Shares of Hudbay Minerals stock opened at C$10.91 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 46.39, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a current ratio of 1.86. The business’s 50 day moving average price is C$11.54 and its 200 day moving average price is C$11.95. The company has a market cap of C$3.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.72, a PEG ratio of 3.97 and a beta of 1.83. Hudbay Minerals has a one year low of C$9.08 and a one year high of C$14.33.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Senior Officer Francisco Javier Del Rio Del Aguila sold 12,959 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$12.00, for a total value of C$155,508.00. Also, Director Peter Gerald Jan Kukielski bought 9,300 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 21st. The shares were purchased at an average price of C$10.76 per share, with a total value of C$100,068.00. Insiders have purchased a total of 11,800 shares of company stock worth $127,418 in the last quarter. 0.07% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Hudbay Minerals Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 21st. Investors of record on Friday, March 21st were paid a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 4th. This represents a yield of 0.1%. Hudbay Minerals’s payout ratio is 5.63%.

About Hudbay Minerals

Hudbay Minerals Inc, a diversified mining company, focuses on the exploration, development, operation, and optimization of properties in North and South America. It produces copper concentrates containing gold, silver, and molybdenum; gold concentrates containing zinc; zinc concentrates; molybdenum concentrates; and silver/gold doré.