Stifel Canada Forecasts Weaker Earnings for Hudbay Minerals

Hudbay Minerals Inc. (TSE:HBM) (NYSE:HBM) – Equities researchers at Stifel Canada cut their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Hudbay Minerals in a report released on Tuesday, April 15th. Stifel Canada analyst R. Profiti now expects that the mining company will post earnings per share of $0.15 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.20. 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’ Q3 2025 earnings at $0.15 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.11 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.14 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.14 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.14 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.14 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.26 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $1.07 EPS, FY2028 earnings at $1.19 EPS and FY2029 earnings at $1.48 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the company. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target on Hudbay Minerals from C$16.00 to C$16.50 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Canaccord Genuity Group dropped their target price on shares of Hudbay Minerals from C$15.50 to C$14.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Raymond James raised their price target on shares of Hudbay Minerals from C$16.00 to C$17.00 in a report on Friday, April 4th. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price objective on shares of Hudbay Minerals from C$15.00 to C$16.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, March 13th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets upgraded Hudbay Minerals to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Eleven research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of C$15.64.

Hudbay Minerals Stock Down 0.4 %

Hudbay Minerals stock opened at C$9.74 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of C$10.65 and a 200-day moving average price of C$11.87. Hudbay Minerals has a 1-year low of C$8.49 and a 1-year high of C$14.33. The stock has a market capitalization of C$2.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.43, a PEG ratio of 3.97 and a beta of 1.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 46.39, a current ratio of 1.86 and a quick ratio of 0.85.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Hudbay Minerals news, Senior Officer Francisco Javier Del Rio Del Aguila sold 12,959 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$12.00, for a total transaction of C$155,508.00. Also, Director Peter Gerald Jan Kukielski bought 9,300 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 21st. The stock was bought at an average price of C$10.76 per share, for a total transaction of C$100,068.00. Over the last quarter, insiders bought 11,800 shares of company stock worth $127,418. Company insiders own 0.07% of the company’s stock.

Hudbay Minerals Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 21st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 21st were issued a $0.01 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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.