Capstone Copper Corp. (TSE:CS) Director Darren Murvin Pylot Sells 100,000 Shares of Stock

Capstone Copper Corp. (TSE:CS) Director Darren Murvin Pylot sold 100,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$11.05, for a total value of C$1,104,990.00.

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

• 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 value of C$2,828,181.84.

Capstone Copper Trading Down 1.2 %

Shares of Capstone Copper stock opened at C$10.77 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 0.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 40.10. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is C$9.16 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$9.40. Capstone Copper Corp. has a 52-week low of C$4.40 and a 52-week high of C$11.51. The firm has a market cap of C$8.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -53.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -0.09 and a beta of 2.15.

Capstone Copper (TSE:CS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 1st. The mining company reported C$0.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of C$0.06 by C($0.02). Capstone Copper had a negative net margin of 1.47% and a negative return on equity of 1.24%. The company had revenue of C$537.85 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of C$545.84 million. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Capstone Copper Corp. will post 0.8813421 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

CS has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on shares of Capstone Copper from C$11.50 to C$12.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 22nd. Royal Bank of Canada cut their price target on Capstone Copper from C$14.00 to C$12.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, September 10th. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price objective on Capstone Copper from C$11.00 to C$11.50 in a research note on Friday, August 2nd. CIBC raised their target price on shares of Capstone Copper from C$10.50 to C$12.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 20th. Finally, National Bankshares upped their price target on shares of Capstone Copper from C$12.00 to C$12.75 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, July 15th. Twelve research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of C$12.57.

Capstone Copper Company Profile

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.