Business Description
Hudbay Minerals Inc. operates as a diversified mining firm, encompassing its subsidiaries, focusing on the exploration, extraction, and commercialization of both industrial and precious metals across the North and South American continents. The company's primary products consist of copper concentrates (from which copper, gold, and silver are derived), silver-gold doré, molybdenum concentrates, and metallic zinc. Hudbay maintains a significant presence with three multi-metal mining operations, four ore processing facilities, and a dedicated zinc production plant, situated in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan, Canada, and in Cusco, Peru. Furthermore, it is actively developing copper projects in the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada. Founded in 1927, Hudbay Minerals Inc. is centrally managed from its headquarters in Toronto, Canada.
Business History
Generated: Jun 9, 2026 6:22pmRevenue & Net Income Trend
| Period | Revenue | Net Income | Net Margin | YoY/QoQ |
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Key Metrics
EPS (Diluted): 1.46
Total Equity: $3.23B
Shares: 396,648,796
Total Debt: $1.06B
Cash: $568.06M
EBITDA: $1.44B
Total Debt: $1.06B
Cash: $568.06M
Revenue: $2.21B
Revenue: $2.21B
Revenue: $2.21B
Total Equity: $3.23B
Tax Rate: 38.1%
Equity: $3.23B
Total Debt: $1.06B
Cash: $568.06M
Current Liabilities: $1.23B
Long-Term Debt: $564.77M
Total Debt: $1.06B
Total Equity: $3.23B
Shares: 396,648,796
Shares: 396,648,796
CapEx: -$474.87M
Shares: 396,648,796
Stock Price: $28.00
Net Income: $568.50M
Industry Benchmarks
Deep Analysis
Pre-flight intelligence scans the company first, then routes to the right analytical methods.
Income Statement (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 9, 2026 7:16pm (3d ago)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.5B | $1.5B | $1.7B | $2.0B | $2.2B |
| Cost of Revenue | $1.4B | $1.2B | $1.3B | $1.5B | $1.5B |
| Gross Profit | $131.0M | $276.9M | $392.5M | $553.8M | $743.2M |
| Operating Expenses | $112.8M | -$26.2M | $92.3M | $135.8M | $181.6M |
| Operating Income | $18.3M | $303.1M | $300.2M | $418.0M | $561.6M |
| Net Income | -$244.4M | $70.4M | $66.4M | $76.7M | $568.5M |
| EBITDA | $274.4M | $530.3M | $650.8M | $780.3M | $1.4B |
| EPS | $-0.93 | $0.27 | $0.21 | $0.20 | $1.46 |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 9, 2026 6:19pm (3d ago)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | $271.0M | $225.7M | $249.8M | $541.8M | $568.1M |
| Total Current Assets | $656.7M | $524.2M | $673.2M | $1.0B | $1.2B |
| Total Assets | $4.6B | $4.3B | $5.3B | $5.5B | $6.2B |
| Current Liabilities | $509.2M | $447.6M | $537.4M | $537.2M | $1.2B |
| Long-Term Debt | $1.2B | $1.2B | $1.3B | $1.1B | $564.8M |
| Total Liabilities | $3.1B | $2.8B | $3.1B | $2.8B | $3.0B |
| Total Equity | $1.5B | $1.6B | $2.1B | $2.6B | $3.2B |
| Retained Earnings | -$301.8M | -$235.5M | -$173.6M | -$102.4M | $459.7M |
Cash Flow (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 9, 2026 7:16pm (3d ago)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $385.1M | $487.8M | $476.9M | $666.2M | $672.8M |
| Capital Expenditure | -$352.2M | -$309.0M | -$281.1M | -$348.9M | -$474.9M |
| Free Cash Flow | $32.9M | $178.8M | $195.8M | $317.3M | $197.9M |
| Acquisitions (net) | $0 | $0 | $11.0M | $0 | $0 |
| Debt Repayment | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends Paid | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stock Buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net Change in Cash | -$168.1M | -$45.3M | $24.1M | $292.0M | $25.6M |
Analyst Estimates (Annual)
Last updated: Jun 12, 2026 2:34am (21h ago)| Metric | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue |
$3.4B $2.9B – $3.9B
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$3.3B $3.3B – $3.3B
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$3.8B $3.4B – $4.3B
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$3.2B $2.9B – $3.6B
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| EBITDA |
$1.3B $1.2B – $1.5B
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$1.3B $1.3B – $1.3B
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$1.5B $1.3B – $1.7B
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$1.3B $1.1B – $1.4B
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| Net Income |
$888.4M $607.3M – $1.2B
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$767.7M $589.0M – $1.0B
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$886.5M $768.8M – $1.0B
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$664.4M $576.2M – $781.6M
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| EPS | — | — | — | — |
Growth Trends (YoY %)
Last updated: Jun 9, 2026 7:16pm (3d ago)| Metric | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth | -2.7% | +15.6% | +19.6% | +9.4% |
| Gross Profit Growth | +111.3% | +41.8% | +41.1% | +34.2% |
| Operating Income Growth | +1,559.0% | -0.9% | +39.2% | +34.4% |
| Net Income Growth | +128.8% | -5.7% | +15.5% | +641.2% |
| EBITDA Growth | +93.3% | +22.7% | +19.9% | +84.9% |
Dividend History (Last 20)
Last updated: Jun 9, 2026 6:19pm (3d ago)| Date | Dividend | Declaration | Record | Payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-09 | $0.01 | 2026-04-30 | 2026-06-09 | 2026-06-26 |
| 2026-03-10 | $0.01 | 2026-02-19 | 2026-03-10 | 2026-03-27 |
| 2025-09-02 | $0.01 | 2025-08-12 | 2025-09-02 | 2025-09-19 |
| 2025-03-04 | $0.01 | 2025-02-18 | 2025-03-04 | 2025-03-21 |
| 2024-09-03 | $0.01 | 2024-08-12 | 2024-09-03 | 2024-09-20 |
| 2024-03-04 | $0.01 | 2024-02-22 | 2024-03-05 | 2024-03-22 |
| 2023-08-31 | $0.01 | 2023-08-08 | 2023-09-01 | 2023-09-22 |
| 2023-03-06 | $0.01 | 2023-02-23 | 2023-03-07 | 2023-03-24 |
| 2022-09-01 | $0.01 | 2022-08-08 | 2022-09-02 | 2022-09-23 |
| 2022-03-07 | $0.01 | 2022-02-23 | 2022-03-08 | 2022-03-25 |
| 2021-09-02 | $0.01 | 2021-08-09 | 2021-09-03 | 2021-09-24 |
| 2021-03-08 | $0.01 | 2021-02-22 | 2021-03-09 | 2021-03-26 |
| 2020-09-03 | $0.01 | 2020-08-13 | 2020-09-04 | 2020-09-25 |
| 2020-03-09 | $0.01 | 2020-02-20 | 2020-03-10 | 2020-03-27 |
| 2019-09-05 | $0.01 | 2019-08-08 | 2019-09-06 | 2019-09-27 |
| 2019-03-07 | $0.01 | 2019-02-19 | 2019-03-08 | 2019-03-29 |
| 2018-09-06 | $0.01 | 2018-07-31 | 2018-09-07 | 2018-09-28 |
| 2018-03-08 | $0.01 | 2018-02-21 | 2018-03-09 | 2018-03-29 |
| 2017-09-07 | $0.01 | 2017-08-04 | 2017-09-08 | 2017-09-29 |
| 2017-03-08 | $0.01 | 2017-02-23 | 2017-03-10 | 2017-03-31 |
Narrative Economics
Delvantic AI Findings
Looking at the raw quarterlies first: revenue went $425M → $486M → $585M → $595M → $536M → $347M → $733M → $757M. That Q3 2025 print of $347M with a 64.1% net margin is bizarre — almost certainly a one-time gain (asset sale, derivative mark, or tax benefit) inflating NI to $222M on collapsed revenue. Strip that quarter and the trajectory is choppy, not "accelerating." The TTM revenue stacks to ~$2.37B vs. 2025 annual of $2.21B and 2024 of $2.02B — real growth, but the 14.4% revenue CAGR is riding a copper price tailwind, not volume heroics. Gross margin expanded from 8.7% (2021) to 33.6% (2025) — this is operational leverage to copper, full stop. At $4.50/lb copper, Hudbay prints; at $3.50/lb, the 2022-2023 margin profile (15-20% gross) returns and EBITDA roughly halves.
On valuation: 6.4x EV/EBITDA and 15.4x P/E look cheap until you remember these are peak-cycle multiples on peak-cycle earnings. The honest framing is mid-cycle: normalize EBITDA to ~$700-800M (vs. TTM ~$1.05B implied by EV/EBITDA math on ~$6.7B EV), and the multiple becomes 8-9x — fair, not cheap. FCF tells the real story: $197.9M FCF on $672.8M operating cash flow because capex was $475M, and that capex is going UP with Copper World and Copperworld Arizona development. The 0.5% FCF CAGR vs. 192.6% earnings CAGR is the tell — accounting earnings are exploding while cash conversion is being eaten by growth capex. ROIC of 6.6% against a likely 9-10% cost of capital for a cyclical miner means Hudbay is not creating value at the margin even in a good tape.
The prior models are directionally right but soft. The pre-flight call ("commodity-cyclical-miner, mean reversion expected") is the correct frame, and the synthesis verdict of "High Conviction Required" is appropriate hedging — but neither commits to a number. The "mature_earner" classification at confidence 1 is laughably wrong; this is a cyclical, not a compounder, and the narrative engine's "steady-compounder" archetype is also miscast — three years of expanding margins on a commodity tailwind is not compounding, it's leverage. The market-forces module failed entirely, which matters because copper price action IS the thesis here. The bull narrative ("structural supply deficit, energy transition") is consensus and already priced — the stock has tripled from $8.93 to $25.59 on exactly this story. A contrarian would argue: (1) copper inventories at LME are rising, not falling; (2) China property demand for copper is structurally lower; (3) Hudbay's Arizona projects face years of permitting risk and $1B+ capex against a $10B market cap; (4) current ratio of 0.95 with undisclosed total debt is a yellow flag I can't size without the balance sheet.
My read: Hudbay is fairly valued to modestly overvalued at $25.59, dissenting mildly from the synthesis's implicit "wait" posture by being more explicit. Mid-cycle fair value is $18-22 assuming $4.00-4.25/lb copper and 25% EBITDA margins; peak-cycle justification of $25-28 requires copper to hold $4.50+ AND Copper World to de-risk without capex blowout. The risk/reward is asymmetric the wrong way at current levels — you're paying for execution that hasn't happened on commodity prices that may not hold. The Q3 2025 anomaly needs to be investigated before trusting any TTM-derived multiple (P/E, EV/EBITDA, ROE, ROIC all flagged as TTM-sourced). If that quarter contained a one-time gain of ~$150M+ in NI, the real TTM earnings power is closer to $500M, pushing actual P/E to ~20x — meaningfully less cheap. Insider activity wasn't provided, which for a cyclical near recent highs is a notable gap. I'd want to see Q2 2026 print confirming the $700M+ revenue run-rate is repeatable at current copper before committing capital, and I'd want copper to dip to $3.80-4.00/lb to get an entry that survives a cycle.
VERDICT:
GPT Critique
Hudbay Minerals Inc. presents a compelling case of a company that has benefitted significantly from the recent copper price boom. The most striking element in the raw data is the company's revenue growth trajectory, which climbed from $1.69B in 2023 to $2.21B in 2025, marking a robust expansion largely influenced by favorable commodity prices. However, the quarterly revenue data reveals volatility, with a notable anomaly in Q3 2025 where revenue dropped to $347M, yet net income soared to $222.4M, resulting in a staggering 64.1% net margin. This suggests a one-time event rather than a sustainable operational improvement. Moreover, the company's operating cash flow at $672.8M is strong, yet the hefty capital expenditures of $474.9M significantly dilute free cash flow to a modest $197.9M, highlighting the capital-intensive nature of its operations and potential challenges in sustaining cash generation if copper prices fluctuate.
Opus rightly notes the peculiar nature of the Q3 2025 earnings, pointing out the likelihood of a one-time gain skewing results. I agree with this assessment, as excluding such anomalies provides a clearer view of the company's true performance. The analysis correctly identifies that Hudbay's current valuation at 6.4x EV/EBITDA and 15.4x P/E is based on peak-cycle metrics. Normalizing these would suggest a more realistic mid-cycle valuation. However, I disagree with Opus's assertion that these multiples are fair; given the inherent risks and capital demands, I would argue that they reflect optimism rather than reality. Additionally, the suggestion that Hudbay's growth is primarily leveraged to copper prices rather than operational improvements aligns with my view, emphasizing the cyclical risk investors face.
Opus challenges the "mature earner" classification, arguing that Hudbay is better characterized as a cyclical play. I concur, as the company's fortunes are tightly bound to copper market dynamics rather than internal innovation or market expansion. The skepticism regarding the narrative of a structural supply deficit in copper is also valid, as inventory levels and geopolitical factors could rapidly shift the landscape. Opus highlights the permitting and capex risks associated with Hudbay's Arizona projects, concerns that are crucial given the company's ambitious development plans and the substantial financial outlays required. However, I believe Opus underestimates the potential long-term benefits of these projects, which could offer significant value if managed effectively and if copper prices remain robust.
A careful skeptic might argue that both Opus and my analysis overlook the potential for Hudbay to improve operational efficiency and reduce costs, thereby enhancing margins irrespective of copper prices. They might also point to the potential for geopolitical developments to drive copper prices higher, beyond current expectations, or for technological advancements in mining to reduce the environmental impact and costs associated with development projects.
Advanced Analysis Forensic deep-dive · two lenses
With no quality lens this run, I'm leaning entirely on the valuation read (-37, Fairly Valued), and it tells me exactly what I already suspect about mid-tier copper miners: the energy-transition narrative is the price, not the edge. At $25.59 versus deserved ~$24-27, there is zero margin of safety, and I refuse to pay mid-cycle multiples on peak-cycle copper for a polymetallic miner with finite mine lives and permitting risk on the growth pipeline. Cyclicals should trade BELOW deserved value at the top of the cycle, not at it — that's the asymmetry I want and it isn't here.
The play: I'm sidelined with a working bid. Attractive-below is $20, and that's where I'd open a starter (50-75 bps) — meaningful copper-deck reset with the structural thesis still intact. I scale to a full position (200-250 bps, max 3%) only if we see sub-$18 on a broader commodity flush AND Copper World permitting shows tangible progress, because that's the optionality I'm not paying for today. Above $28 with no fundamental change I lose interest entirely; I'd rather express copper through a lower-cost senior producer or the metal itself. The one thing that flips me to aggressive sooner is a sharp tape-driven drawdown (say $21-22) on macro fear while the copper deck holds — that's the 'crushed but real' setup. Until then, no trade is the trade.
This lens hasn't been run for this ticker yet.
Hudbay trades at $25.59 with a ~$10.2B market cap — a level that already discounts a copper deficit narrative and assumes the energy-transition bid persists. The e2e synthesis flags 'High Conviction Required,' which is code for: the fair value depends heavily on which copper deck you plug in. At $4.50/lb copper the business looks reasonable; at $3.50/lb the cash flows compress sharply and today's price looks full. That asymmetry is the whole valuation debate.
Earnings quality is decent (score 2), so no haircut needed there — what you see is roughly what you get. But this is a polymetallic miner with finite mine lives, real capex needs on development projects (permitting risk explicitly flagged), and operational underperformance risk. Deserved value for a mid-tier copper producer through-cycle is typically 4-6x EV/EBITDA on normalized prices; HBM is not trading at a screaming discount to that on any reasonable normalization. The bull case requires copper to stay elevated AND projects to advance on schedule — that's not heroic, but it IS already in the tape.
Net: this is a fair price for a decent cyclical asset. No margin of safety, no obvious overvaluation. I'd want a copper pullback or a project setback to create entry, not chase here.
Verify before trusting this (5)
- Management's copper price assumption in latest guidance and sensitivity disclosures
- Unit cash cost per lb copper vs peers — is HBM actually low-cost as the bull claims?
- Capex schedule and permitting timeline for Copper World / development pipeline
- Hedging book — any locked-in prices that cap upside or cushion downside
- Net debt trajectory and free cash flow at $3.50, $4.00, $4.50/lb scenarios