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Best Copper Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top copper stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best copper stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best copper mining stocks to buy right now are:

Mac Copper (NYSE:MTAL) is the #1 top copper stock out of 7 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Mac Copper (NYSE:MTAL) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Mac Copper (NYSE:MTAL) has a Due Diligence Score of 27, which is -4 points lower than the copper industry average of 31. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates MTAL as a "B".

MTAL passed 9 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Mac Copper has seen its stock lose -28.35% over the past year, underperforming other copper stocks by -2 percentage points.

Mac Copper has an average 1 year price target of $14.50, an upside of 52.15% from Mac Copper's current stock price of $9.53.

Mac Copper stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Mac Copper, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Hudbay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) is the #2 top copper stock out of 7 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Hudbay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: D, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Hudbay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) has a Due Diligence Score of 31, which is equal to the copper industry average of 31.

HBM passed 12 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Hudbay Minerals has seen its stock lose -15.65% over the past year, overperforming other copper stocks by 10 percentage points.

Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) is the #3 top copper stock out of 7 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: D, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) has a Due Diligence Score of 21, which is -10 points lower than the copper industry average of 31.

ERO passed 7 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ero Copper has seen its stock lose -40.07% over the past year, underperforming other copper stocks by -14 percentage points.

Ero Copper has an average 1 year price target of $19.00, an upside of 49.96% from Ero Copper's current stock price of $12.67.

Ero Copper stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Ero Copper, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 2 copper stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 2 copper stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Freeport Mcmoran (NYSE:FCX) has an annual dividend yield of 1.21%, which is the same as the copper industry average of 0.94%. Freeport Mcmoran's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Freeport Mcmoran's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Freeport Mcmoran's dividend payout ratio of 40.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Hudbay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) has an annual dividend yield of 0.23%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the copper industry average of 0.94%. Hudbay Minerals's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Hudbay Minerals's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Hudbay Minerals's dividend payout ratio of 8.5% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Copper stocks were down -0.58% in the last day, and up 6.26% over the last week.

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Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued copper stocks right now are:

Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) is the most undervalued copper stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Ero Copper has a valuation score of 14, which is -17 points higher than the copper industry average of 31. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates ERO a Valuation Rating of "B".

Ero Copper's stock has dropped -40.07% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the copper industry by -14 percentage points.

Hudbay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) is the second most undervalued copper stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Hudbay Minerals has a valuation score of 29, which is -2 points higher than the copper industry average of 31. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Hudbay Minerals's stock has dropped -15.65% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the copper industry by 10 percentage points.

Mac Copper (NYSE:MTAL) is the third most undervalued copper stock based on its Valuation Rating of C. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Mac Copper has a valuation score of 14, which is -17 points higher than the copper industry average of 31. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Mac Copper's stock has dropped -28.35% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the copper industry by -2 percentage points.

60% of copper stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect copper stocks to rise by 11.08% over the next year.

0% of copper stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 14.29% of copper stocks are rated B (Buy), 57.14% are rated C (Hold), 28.57% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).