FM First Quantum Minerals Ltd.

Stock · Toronto · Canada · Basic Materials · CA3359341052

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Price 32.78 CAD +2.57%

52-week range 27.68 – 49.27

Dividend yield—

Market cap27.3B

NowoTrade score 6 Grade A

Price history

Daily prices in CAD.

Updated 08 Nov 2026 14:38. Information, not advice.

Results

Next results 09 Feb 2027 in 93 days · 16:00 · estimate 0.18

Last results 0.29 vs 0.17 estimated 28 Oct 2026 · Beat +73.3%

Beat the estimate 6 of 12 6 missed · 0 in line

Average surprise +387.0% reported against the estimate, last 12 quarters

Earnings per share: estimate and reported

Estimate Reported: beat Reported: miss In line

Quarterly results

Date	EPS estimate	EPS reported	Surprise	Result
09 Feb 2027 16:00	0.18	—	—	Upcoming
28 Oct 2026 16:00	0.17	0.29	+73.3%	Beat
27 Jul 2026 20:00	-0.04	-0.13	-189.5%	Miss
28 Apr 2026 14:00	0.05	-0.18	-436.5%	Miss
10 Feb 2026 12:00	0.07	0.01	-86.6%	Miss
28 Oct 2025 17:00	0.06	-0.02	-134.3%	Miss
23 Jul 2025 17:00	-0.04	0.02	+144.7%	Beat
23 Apr 2025 17:00	-0.07	—	+100.0%	—
11 Feb 2025 17:00	0.03	0.04	+49.1%	Beat
22 Oct 2024 17:00	—	0.14	+5,522.5%	Beat
23 Jul 2024 17:00	-0.02	-0.02	+1.1%	Beat
23 Apr 2024 17:00	-0.12	-0.20	-61.0%	Miss
20 Feb 2024 17:00	-0.08	-0.37	-349.4%	Miss
24 Oct 2023 17:00	0.25	0.52	+110.7%	Beat
25 Jul 2023 17:00	0.18	0.12	-32.3%	Miss
25 Apr 2023 18:00	0.13	0.11	-13.9%	Miss
14 Feb 2023 17:00	0.20	0.22	+10.9%	Beat
25 Oct 2022 16:00	0.16	0.14	-12.7%	Miss
26 Jul 2022 16:00	0.50	0.49	-1.1%	Miss
26 Apr 2022 16:00	0.54	0.70	+28.6%	Beat
15 Feb 2022 16:00	0.52	0.44	-14.6%	Miss
26 Oct 2021 16:00	0.28	0.29	+3.2%	Beat
27 Jul 2021 16:00	0.34	0.25	-25.9%	Miss
27 Apr 2021 16:00	0.19	0.22	+17.2%	Beat
16 Feb 2021 17:00	0.12	0.08	-33.3%	Miss
28 Oct 2020 16:00	-0.03	0.09	+395.1%	Beat
28 Jul 2020 16:00	-0.18	-0.12	+31.7%	Beat
27 Apr 2020 17:00	-0.08	-0.11	-31.4%	Miss
13 Feb 2020 16:00	-0.04	0.05	+229.0%	Beat
28 Oct 2019 16:00	0.06	0.05	-20.8%	Miss
29 Jul 2019 16:00	0.12	0.13	+4.3%	Beat
29 Apr 2019 13:00	0.13	0.14	+9.8%	Beat
14 Feb 2019 16:00	0.21	0.26	+23.6%	Beat
29 Oct 2018 16:00	0.16	0.19	+17.3%	Beat
30 Jul 2018 17:00	0.21	0.19	-8.3%	Miss
26 Apr 2018 17:00	0.14	0.07	-50.9%	Miss
12 Feb 2018 06:00	0.03	-0.05	-259.3%	Miss
26 Oct 2017 17:00	-0.03	-0.04	-38.3%	Miss
27 Jul 2017 17:00	0.02	-0.03	-241.4%	Miss
27 Apr 2017 17:00	0.06	-0.04	-162.7%	Miss
16 Feb 2017 17:00	0.08	0.04	-49.4%	Miss
27 Oct 2016 17:00	0.06	0.05	-12.3%	Miss
27 Jul 2016 17:00	0.05	0.06	+23.8%	Beat
28 Apr 2016 17:00	0.04	0.09	+113.5%	Beat
18 Feb 2016 17:00	0.04	0.28	+576.0%	Beat
09 Nov 2015 17:00	0.05	0.10	+90.1%	Beat
29 Jul 2015 17:00	0.10	0.03	-75.3%	Miss
30 Apr 2015 17:00	0.04	-0.02	-137.3%	Miss
20 Feb 2015 06:00	0.16	0.13	-20.0%	Miss
30 Oct 2014 17:00	0.26	0.23	-12.0%	Miss

Annual results · USD

Year	Revenue	Change	Net income	Net margin	EPS	EPS change	Free cash flow
2025	5.2B	+9.1%	-28M	-0.5%	-0.03	—	948M
2024	4.8B	-25.6%	2M	0.0%	0.00	+100.0%	365M
2023	6.5B	-15.3%	-954M	-14.8%	-1.38	-192.6%	127M
2022	7.6B	—	1B	13.6%	1.49	—	1.2B

Dates and earnings per share from the company reports as collected by the data provider; the estimate is the analysts' average before the report. Information, not advice.

Prices by day, week and month

Day Week Month

Price history in CAD, by day
Period	Opening price	High	Low	Closing price	Change	Volume	Dividend
30 Aug 2023	35.60	36.10	35.52	35.62	+0.14%	1,885,600
29 Aug 2023	34.07	35.58	33.81	35.57	+3.37%	1,226,200
28 Aug 2023	33.37	34.46	33.37	34.41	+3.05%	1,444,600
25 Aug 2023	33.28	33.82	32.99	33.39	+0.33%	1,536,200	0.0800
24 Aug 2023	34.16	34.55	33.27	33.28	-3.98%	1,200,100
23 Aug 2023	33.83	34.80	33.80	34.66	+2.79%	893,000
22 Aug 2023	34.61	34.94	33.61	33.72	-1.17%	1,056,700
21 Aug 2023	33.35	34.30	33.19	34.12	+2.34%	1,880,300
18 Aug 2023	33.77	33.77	33.06	33.34	-1.10%	1,004,100
17 Aug 2023	34.28	34.70	33.62	33.71	+0.15%	1,089,100
16 Aug 2023	32.96	34.18	32.77	33.66	+1.36%	2,146,000
15 Aug 2023	34.99	35.01	33.09	33.21	-7.10%	2,069,000
14 Aug 2023	36.05	36.25	35.16	35.75	-1.87%	1,274,300
11 Aug 2023	35.56	36.47	35.17	36.43	+0.97%	973,300
10 Aug 2023	36.90	37.03	35.62	36.08	-1.34%	1,002,500
09 Aug 2023	36.61	37.00	35.95	36.57	+0.03%	1,053,600
08 Aug 2023	36.22	36.63	34.80	36.56	-1.38%	2,198,700
04 Aug 2023	36.58	37.61	36.38	37.07	+0.79%	2,282,400
03 Aug 2023	36.18	37.01	35.88	36.78	+0.88%	1,397,400
02 Aug 2023	37.52	37.53	36.07	36.46	-4.93%	3,071,200
01 Aug 2023	38.52	38.89	37.80	38.35	-1.94%	1,086,300
31 Jul 2023	38.12	39.13	37.91	39.11	+2.81%	1,972,400
28 Jul 2023	37.50	38.25	37.22	38.04	+1.47%	2,008,800
27 Jul 2023	36.50	38.06	36.39	37.49	+1.79%	3,001,800
26 Jul 2023	35.30	36.88	34.77	36.83	+1.97%	2,600,300

Prices in CAD, adjusted for splits but not for dividends. Weeks run Monday to Friday and months follow the calendar; the change compares each close with the previous period's. Dividends are those whose ex-dividend date falls in the period, per share. Information, not advice.

News

Zacks Industry Outlook Highlights Southern Copper, Freeport-McMoRan, First Quantum Minerals, Lundin Mining and Centrus Energy (opens in a new tab) Zacks · 02 Nov 2026 09:19
First Quantum Minerals Q3 Earnings Call Highlights (opens in a new tab) MarketBeat · 31 Oct 2026 08:13
First Quantum Minerals (FQVLF) Q3 Earnings and Revenues Top Estimates (opens in a new tab) Zacks · 28 Oct 2026 22:30
First Quantum Minerals: Q3 Earnings Snapshot (opens in a new tab) Associated Press · 28 Oct 2026 22:23
Can First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM) Still Sit Below Fair Value After Copper Swings? (opens in a new tab) Simply Wall St. · 27 Oct 2026 01:08
First Quantum Minerals (FQVLF) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth (opens in a new tab) Zacks · 21 Oct 2026 14:00
First Quantum Minerals Q2 Earnings Call Highlights (opens in a new tab) MarketBeat · 01 Aug 2026 11:03
First Quantum Minerals Ltd (FQVLF) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Copper Production ... (opens in a new tab) GuruFocus.com · 29 Jul 2026 22:01
Analysts Estimate First Quantum Minerals (FQVLF) to Report a Decline in Earnings: What to Look Out for (opens in a new tab) Zacks · 15 Jul 2026 15:00
First Quantum Minerals (FQVLF) Surges 5.8%: Is This an Indication of Further Gains? (opens in a new tab) Zacks · 16 Jun 2026 10:58
A Look At First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM) Valuation After Recent Choppy Share Price Performance (opens in a new tab) Simply Wall St. · 11 Jun 2026 16:10
First Quantum Minerals (FQVLF) Soars 5.0%: Is Further Upside Left in the Stock? (opens in a new tab) Zacks · 29 May 2026 10:47

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Key data

Previous close: 31.96 CAD
Market cap: 27.3B
5-year average yield: 0.07%
Last dividend: 0.0800 CAD · 25 Aug 2023
Exchange: Toronto
Country: Canada
Sector: Basic Materials
Industry: Copper
Currency: CAD

Dividends

Ex-dividend date	Per share
25 Aug 2023	0.0800 CAD
14 Apr 2023	0.1300 CAD
26 Aug 2022	0.1600 CAD
13 Apr 2022	0.0050 CAD
27 Aug 2021	0.0050 CAD
14 Apr 2021	0.0050 CAD
27 Aug 2020	0.0050 CAD
15 Apr 2020	0.0050 CAD
27 Aug 2019	0.0050 CAD
12 Apr 2019	0.0050 CAD
27 Aug 2018	0.0050 CAD
16 Apr 2018	0.0050 CAD

Why this score

How the score is made up
Part of the score	Points	Why
Business growth Yearly growth of revenue and of earnings per share.	0.0 / 25	Revenue growth of -11.8% a year
Quality Return on equity, net margin and how stable the margins are.	0.0 / 25	ROE of 1%
Financial strength Net debt against operating earnings, interest cover and free cash flow.	6.6 / 20	Net debt is 3.3× EBITDA Free cash flow yield of -0.2%
Valuation Free cash flow yield and the P/E against its sector.	0.0 / 15	P/E 113.0 against 23.9 for its sector
Analysts How far the analysts' average target is from today's price.	10.0 / 10	Analysts' target is +57% from the price

Thin interest cover: operating profit is only 1.8× the interest
The last full year was a loss

Growth profile: it pays no dividend, so it is scored on business growth, quality and financial strength. Based on 95% of the figures (grade A). Warnings take 12 points off.

Warnings take points off and some cap the score. In your account the score also considers how the share fits your portfolio.

Figures

Valuation
Figure	Value	Reading	Sector median
P/E (trailing)	113.03×	Weak	23.92×
P/E (forward)	12.3×	Good	11.83×
Price / book	1.68×	Fair	2.11×
Price / sales	4.22×	Fair	2.02×
EV / EBITDA	16.82×	Weak	8.88×
Free cash flow yield	-0.2%	Weak	2.2%

Quality
Figure	Value	Reading	Sector median
Gross margin	25.7%	Fair	28.8%
Operating margin	28.3%	Good	11.6%
Net margin	2.7%	Weak	4.2%
Return on equity	0.9%	Weak	7.4%
Return on assets	2.9%	Weak	4.4%

Growth
Figure	Value	Reading	Sector median
Revenue growth / year	-11.8%	Weak	0%

Financial health
Figure	Value	Reading	Sector median
Debt / equity	0.65×	Good	0.37×
Net debt / EBITDA	3.35×	Weak	1.27×
Interest cover	1.79×	Weak	4.37×
Current ratio	1.79×	Good	2.37×

Dividends
Figure	Value	Reading	Sector median
Payout of earnings	0%	Weak	21.4%
Payout of free cash flow (3 years)	6.5%	Good	—
Dividend growth / year	15.4%	Good	5.9%
Years of rising dividends	2	Weak	2

The reading follows general rules of thumb and each sector has its own norms: compare with the sector median when it is shown. Information, not advice.

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