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

Capstone Copper Corp. (TSE:CS) Director Darren Murvin Pylot sold 100,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 26th. The shares were 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 shares were sold at an average price of C$9.96, for a total value of C$2,828,181.84.

Capstone Copper Price Performance

CS opened at C$10.77 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is C$9.16 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$9.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 40.10, a current ratio of 0.94 and a quick ratio of 0.98. Capstone Copper Corp. has a 1 year low of C$4.40 and a 1 year 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 PEG ratio of -0.09 and a beta of 2.15.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

CS has been the subject of several research reports. Eight Capital increased their price target on Capstone Copper from C$12.50 to C$14.00 in a research note on Thursday, July 11th. TD Securities increased their price target on Capstone Copper from C$11.00 to C$12.00 in a research note on Monday, July 22nd. BMO Capital Markets increased their price target on Capstone Copper from C$11.00 to C$11.50 in a research note on Friday, August 2nd. Royal Bank of Canada cut their price target on Capstone Copper from C$14.00 to C$12.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, September 10th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on Capstone Copper from C$11.50 to C$12.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 22nd. Twelve investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of C$12.57.

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.