Hudbay Minerals (TSE:HBM) Shares Cross Above 200 Day Moving Average – Here’s Why

Hudbay Minerals Inc. (TSE:HBM) (NYSE:HBM)’s stock price passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of C$27.45 and traded as high as C$30.39. Hudbay Minerals shares last traded at C$30.39, with a volume of 1,639,071 shares changing hands.

Analyst Ratings Changes

HBM has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Bank of America upped their price target on shares of Hudbay Minerals from C$37.75 to C$44.50 in a report on Thursday, February 26th. TD Securities upped their price target on shares of Hudbay Minerals from C$17.00 to C$43.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Citigroup upped their price target on shares of Hudbay Minerals from C$23.00 to C$32.50 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on shares of Hudbay Minerals from C$28.00 to C$41.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce upped their price target on shares of Hudbay Minerals from C$35.00 to C$42.00 in a report on Wednesday, February 4th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of C$37.90.

Hudbay Minerals Stock Performance

The company has a market capitalization of C$12.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.10, a P/E/G ratio of 3.97 and a beta of 2.28. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is C$32.06 and its 200 day moving average price is C$27.45. The company has a current ratio of 0.95, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 33.86.

Hudbay Minerals (TSE:HBM) (NYSE:HBM) last released its earnings results on Friday, February 20th. The mining company reported C$0.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Hudbay Minerals had a return on equity of 19.30% and a net margin of 25.80%.The business had revenue of C$1.50 billion for the quarter. Analysts expect that Hudbay Minerals Inc. will post 1.1220575 earnings per share for the current year.

Hudbay Minerals Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 27th were paid a dividend of $0.01 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 10th. This represents a dividend yield of 3.0%. Hudbay Minerals’s dividend payout ratio is currently 0.99%.

Insider Activity at Hudbay Minerals

In related news, insider Eugene Chi-Yen Lei acquired 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 27th. The stock was bought at an average price of C$26.85 per share, with a total value of C$26,850.00. Following the acquisition, the insider owned 195,847 shares in the company, valued at C$5,258,491.95. This represents a 0.51% increase in their position. Insiders own 0.07% of the company’s stock.

Hudbay Minerals Company Profile

Hudbay (TSX, NYSE: HBM) is a copper-focused critical minerals mining company with three long-life operations and a world-class pipeline of copper growth projects in tier-one mining jurisdictions of Canada, Peru and the United States. Hudbay’s operating portfolio includes the Constancia mine in Cusco (Peru), the Snow Lake operations in Manitoba (Canada) and the Copper Mountain mine in British Columbia (Canada). Copper is the primary metal produced by the Company, which is complemented by meaningful gold production and by-product zinc, silver and molybdenum.