FY2025 EPS Forecast for Hudbay Minerals Reduced by Analyst

Hudbay Minerals Inc. (TSE:HBM) (NYSE:HBM) – Investment analysts at Haywood Securities decreased their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Hudbay Minerals in a research report issued on Wednesday, March 12th. Haywood Securities analyst P. Vaillancourt now anticipates that the mining company will post earnings of $0.79 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of $1.19. The consensus estimate for Hudbay Minerals’ current full-year earnings is $1.12 per share. Haywood Securities also issued estimates for Hudbay Minerals’ FY2026 earnings at $1.28 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $1.24 EPS, FY2028 earnings at $1.19 EPS and FY2029 earnings at $0.65 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on HBM. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their target price on Hudbay Minerals from C$15.00 to C$16.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 13th. Canaccord Genuity Group reduced their target price on Hudbay Minerals from C$15.50 to C$14.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. National Bankshares reduced their target price on Hudbay Minerals from C$17.00 to C$15.50 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on Hudbay Minerals from C$16.00 to C$16.50 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, TD Securities reduced their target price on Hudbay Minerals from C$15.00 to C$14.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Thirteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of C$15.18.

Hudbay Minerals Price Performance

Shares of Hudbay Minerals stock opened at C$11.75 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 46.39, a current ratio of 1.86 and a quick ratio of 0.85. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is C$11.73 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$11.90. The stock has a market capitalization of C$3.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.97 and a beta of 1.83. Hudbay Minerals has a one year low of C$9.01 and a one year high of C$14.33.

Hudbay Minerals Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 21st will be issued a dividend of $0.01 per share. This represents a dividend yield of 0.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 4th. Hudbay Minerals’s payout ratio is currently 5.63%.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Peter Gerald Jan Kukielski acquired 9,300 shares of Hudbay Minerals stock in a transaction that occurred on 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. Corporate insiders own 0.07% of the company’s stock.

Hudbay Minerals Company Profile

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.