Capstone Copper Corp. (TSE:CS) Director Darren Murvin Pylot Sells 44,250 Shares of Stock

Capstone Copper Corp. (TSE:CS) Director Darren Murvin Pylot sold 44,250 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$9.60, for a total transaction of C$424,804.43.

Darren Murvin Pylot also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, November 25th, Darren Murvin Pylot sold 250,000 shares of Capstone Copper stock. The stock was sold at an average price of C$10.04, for a total transaction of C$2,508,950.00.
• On Friday, November 8th, Darren Murvin Pylot sold 500,000 shares of Capstone Copper stock. The stock was sold at an average price of C$10.50, for a total transaction of C$5,249,450.00.
• On Thursday, September 26th, Darren Murvin Pylot sold 100,000 shares of Capstone Copper stock. The stock was sold at an average price of C$11.05, for a total transaction of C$1,104,990.00.
• On Thursday, September 19th, Darren Murvin Pylot sold 283,954 shares of Capstone Copper stock. The stock was sold at an average price of C$9.96, for a total transaction of C$2,828,181.84.

Capstone Copper Stock Down 3.3 %

CS opened at C$8.95 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average of C$9.97 and a 200 day moving average of C$9.62. The company has a market cap of C$6.74 billion, a PE ratio of -42.62, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -0.09 and a beta of 2.14. Capstone Copper Corp. has a 12 month low of C$5.97 and a 12 month high of C$11.51. The company has a current ratio of 0.94, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 40.10.

Capstone Copper (TSE:CS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 31st. The mining company reported C$0.04 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of C$0.11 by C($0.07). The business had revenue of C$572.14 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of C$612.00 million. Capstone Copper had a negative return on equity of 1.24% and a negative net margin of 1.47%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Capstone Copper Corp. will post 0.8541833 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently weighed in on CS. Eight Capital upped their target price on shares of Capstone Copper from C$14.00 to C$15.00 in a report on Friday, November 22nd. Paradigm Capital set a C$12.00 price objective on shares of Capstone Copper and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 28th. TD Securities increased their price objective on shares of Capstone Copper from C$12.00 to C$13.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 2nd. National Bankshares increased their price objective on shares of Capstone Copper from C$12.75 to C$13.75 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 15th. Finally, Citigroup upgraded shares of Capstone Copper to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Thirteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Capstone Copper currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of C$12.77.

About Capstone Copper

Capstone Copper Corp. operates as a copper mining company in the United States, Chile, and Mexico. It primarily explores for copper, silver, zinc, and other metals. The company owns 100% interests in Pinto Valley copper mine located in the Arizona, the United States; Mantos Blancos copper-silver mine located in the Region of Antofagasta, Chile; Santo Domingo copper-iron-gold-cobalt project located in the Atacama region, Chile; and Cozamin copper-silver mine located in the Zacatecas, Mexico.