Hudbay Minerals Valuation

Is HBM undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of HBM when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: HBM (CA$12.62) is trading above our estimate of fair value (CA$9.81)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HBM is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for HBM?

Key metric: As HBM is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HBM. This is calculated by dividing HBM's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HBM's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio41.2x
EarningsUS$86.25m
Market CapUS$3.58b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does HBM's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for HBM vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average58.6x
AFM Alphamin Resources
14.7xn/aCA$1.5b
IVN Ivanhoe Mines
115.6x43.2%CA$25.2b
MDI Major Drilling Group International
15.1x31.4%CA$698.1m
ALS Altius Minerals
89x9.0%CA$1.2b
HBM Hudbay Minerals
41.2x28.6%CA$5.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HBM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (41.2x) compared to the peer average (58.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HBM's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the CA Metals and Mining Industry?

34 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
SLI Standard Lithium
2.7xn/aUS$324.28m
APM Andean Precious Metals
2.3x-42.9%US$134.61m
STGO Steppe Gold
2.1xn/aUS$117.54m
DC.A Dundee
2.4xn/aUS$113.81m
HBM 41.2xIndustry Avg. 13.5xNo. of Companies34PE01632486480+
34 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HBM is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (41.2x) compared to the Canadian Metals and Mining industry average (13.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HBM's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

HBM PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio41.2x
Fair PE Ratio25.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HBM is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (41.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.6x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst HBM forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCA$12.62
CA$16.08
+27.4%
5.6%CA$18.05CA$15.00n/a15
Nov ’25CA$12.64
CA$16.07
+27.1%
5.1%CA$18.07CA$15.04n/a15
Oct ’25CA$12.61
CA$15.55
+23.3%
6.0%CA$17.93CA$13.76n/a15
Sep ’25CA$11.00
CA$15.48
+40.7%
7.9%CA$17.98CA$13.74n/a15
Aug ’25CA$10.83
CA$16.30
+50.5%
8.3%CA$19.13CA$14.16n/a16
Jul ’25CA$12.38
CA$15.83
+27.9%
8.9%CA$18.98CA$13.00n/a16
Jun ’25CA$13.30
CA$15.22
+14.4%
11.8%CA$17.97CA$10.06n/a16
May ’25CA$11.46
CA$12.49
+9.0%
9.4%CA$13.99CA$10.06n/a15
Apr ’25CA$9.46
CA$10.71
+13.2%
9.3%CA$12.53CA$8.51n/a15
Mar ’25CA$8.23
CA$10.21
+24.1%
10.9%CA$12.04CA$8.53n/a14
Feb ’25CA$7.55
CA$9.87
+30.7%
10.3%CA$11.95CA$8.49n/a14
Jan ’25CA$7.29
CA$9.30
+27.6%
11.9%CA$11.18CA$6.59n/a14
Dec ’24CA$6.55
CA$9.41
+43.7%
11.8%CA$11.45CA$6.42n/a15
Nov ’24CA$6.04
CA$9.88
+63.6%
9.9%CA$11.66CA$7.58CA$12.6415
Oct ’24CA$6.61
CA$10.05
+52.0%
7.5%CA$11.49CA$8.07CA$12.6115
Sep ’24CA$6.80
CA$9.94
+46.1%
9.3%CA$11.63CA$8.03CA$11.0017
Aug ’24CA$7.74
CA$9.98
+28.9%
10.1%CA$11.51CA$7.26CA$10.8317
Jul ’24CA$6.35
CA$9.97
+57.0%
9.5%CA$11.37CA$7.80CA$12.3817
Jun ’24CA$5.95
CA$10.34
+73.7%
10.1%CA$11.66CA$8.00CA$13.3016
May ’24CA$6.92
CA$10.25
+48.1%
12.3%CA$12.99CA$8.01CA$11.4615
Apr ’24CA$7.09
CA$9.67
+36.4%
18.6%CA$14.98CA$6.97CA$9.4616
Mar ’24CA$7.16
CA$9.48
+32.4%
12.5%CA$11.05CA$7.01CA$8.2316
Feb ’24CA$7.66
CA$9.42
+23.0%
13.2%CA$10.94CA$6.83CA$7.5516
Jan ’24CA$6.84
CA$9.24
+35.1%
16.2%CA$11.93CA$5.96CA$7.2917
Dec ’23CA$7.81
CA$8.90
+13.9%
15.7%CA$11.80CA$5.90CA$6.5517
Nov ’23CA$5.79
CA$8.73
+50.8%
18.1%CA$11.78CA$5.95CA$6.0417

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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