Analysts Set Expectations for Hudbay Minerals Q1 Earnings

Hudbay Minerals Inc. (TSE:HBM) (NYSE:HBM) – Equities researchers at Haywood Securities reduced their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Hudbay Minerals in a research note issued on Wednesday, March 12th. Haywood Securities analyst P. Vaillancourt now forecasts that the mining company will post earnings per share of $0.20 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.24. The consensus estimate for Hudbay Minerals’ current full-year earnings is $1.12 per share. Haywood Securities also issued estimates for Hudbay Minerals’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.22 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.22 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.16 EPS.

A number of other analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on Hudbay Minerals from C$16.00 to C$16.50 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. National Bankshares dropped their price target on shares of 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. Royal Bank of Canada upped 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. Scotiabank decreased their price target on Hudbay Minerals from C$15.50 to C$14.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group lowered their price objective on shares of Hudbay Minerals from C$15.50 to C$14.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Thirteen research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Hudbay Minerals currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of C$15.18.

Hudbay Minerals Trading Up 2.0 %

Shares of Hudbay Minerals stock opened at C$10.66 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.85, a current ratio of 1.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 46.39. The firm has a market cap of C$2.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.02, a PEG ratio of 3.97 and a beta of 1.83. Hudbay Minerals has a twelve month low of C$9.01 and a twelve month high of C$14.33. The business has a 50-day moving average price of C$11.81 and a 200-day moving average price of C$11.89.

Hudbay Minerals Announces Dividend

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Peter Gerald Jan Kukielski purchased 9,300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 21st. The shares were bought at an average cost of C$10.76 per share, with a total value of C$100,068.00. 0.07% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.