HudBay Minerals Q4 EPS Estimate Boosted by Stifel Canada

HudBay Minerals Inc (NYSE:HBM) (TSE:HBM) – Investment analysts at Stifel Canada raised their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for HudBay Minerals in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, August 19th. Stifel Canada analyst R. Profiti now forecasts that the mining company will earn $0.20 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.18. The consensus estimate for HudBay Minerals’ current full-year earnings is $0.79 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for HudBay Minerals’ FY2027 earnings at $0.79 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $0.93 EPS.

HudBay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) (TSE:HBM) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, August 13th. The mining company reported $0.19 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.11 by $0.08. The business had revenue of $536.40 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $558.21 million. HudBay Minerals had a net margin of 13.13% and a return on equity of 10.73%. HudBay Minerals’s revenue was up 26.1% compared to the same quarter last year.

A number of other analysts have also issued reports on HBM. Scotiabank reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of HudBay Minerals in a report on Tuesday, May 13th. Raymond James Financial upgraded shares of HudBay Minerals to a “moderate buy” rating in a research note on Monday, June 30th. CIBC reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of HudBay Minerals in a research report on Tuesday, July 15th. Veritas raised shares of HudBay Minerals to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 7th. Finally, National Bankshares restated an “outperform” rating on shares of HudBay Minerals in a research report on Thursday, August 14th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and six have issued a Buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy”.

HudBay Minerals Trading Up 2.7%

Shares of NYSE:HBM opened at $11.2850 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.20, a quick ratio of 1.92 and a current ratio of 1.03. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $10.15 and its 200-day moving average is $8.70. The company has a market cap of $4.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.46, a P/E/G ratio of 0.27 and a beta of 1.63. HudBay Minerals has a 52-week low of $5.95 and a 52-week high of $12.10.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On HudBay Minerals

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in HBM. GMT Capital Corp acquired a new stake in HudBay Minerals in the 2nd quarter valued at $337,809,000. Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd bought a new position in HudBay Minerals during the 2nd quarter valued at about $154,359,000. Picton Mahoney Asset Management acquired a new position in HudBay Minerals in the second quarter valued at about $61,432,000. Norges Bank bought a new stake in HudBay Minerals during the second quarter worth about $60,053,000. Finally, Millennium Management LLC grew its stake in HudBay Minerals by 298.5% during the first quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 6,115,053 shares of the mining company’s stock worth $46,411,000 after buying an additional 4,580,718 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 57.82% of the company’s stock.

HudBay Minerals Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a semi-annual dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 19th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 2nd will be given a $0.0073 dividend. This represents a yield of 10.0%. This is an increase from HudBay Minerals’s previous semi-annual dividend of $0.01. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 2nd. HudBay Minerals’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 1.37%.

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.