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Best Copper Stocks to Buy Now (2026)

Top copper stocks in 2026 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:

Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) is the #1 top copper stock out of 6 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 Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: A, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 9 points higher than the copper industry average of 39.

SCCO passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Southern Copper has seen its stock return 104.97% over the past year, underperforming other copper stocks by -1 percentage points.

Southern Copper has an average 1 year price target of $133.85, a downside of -32.7% from Southern Copper's current stock price of $198.90.

Southern Copper stock has a consensus Sell recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 10 analysts covering Southern Copper, 10% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 30% have issued a hold, while 20% have issued a Sell rating, and 40% have issued a Strong Sell.

Freeport Mcmoran (NYSE:FCX) is the #2 top copper stock out of 6 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 Freeport Mcmoran (NYSE:FCX) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Freeport Mcmoran (NYSE:FCX) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 5 points higher than the copper industry average of 39.

FCX passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Freeport Mcmoran has seen its stock return 64.48% over the past year, underperforming other copper stocks by -41 percentage points.

Freeport Mcmoran has an average 1 year price target of $55.83, a downside of -11.74% from Freeport Mcmoran's current stock price of $63.26.

Freeport Mcmoran stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 12 analysts covering Freeport Mcmoran, 58.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% have issued a Buy, 16.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) is the #3 top copper stock out of 6 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: A, Sentiment: F, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 8 points higher than the copper industry average of 39.

ERO passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ero Copper has seen its stock return 123.2% over the past year, overperforming other copper stocks by 17 percentage points.

Ero Copper has an average 1 year price target of $32.50, an upside of 4.91% from Ero Copper's current stock price of $30.98.

Ero Copper stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts 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:

Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) has an annual dividend yield of 1.2%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the copper industry average of 0.64%. Southern Copper's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% five times in the last 10 years. Southern Copper's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Southern Copper's dividend payout ratio of 60.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Freeport Mcmoran (NYSE:FCX) has an annual dividend yield of 0.71%, which is the same as the copper industry average of 0.64%. 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 37% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Copper stocks were down -2.64% in the last day, and down -7.32% 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 57, which is 31 points higher than the copper industry average of 26. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ero Copper's stock has gained 123.2% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the copper industry by 17 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 43, which is 17 points higher than the copper industry average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Hudbay Minerals's stock has gained 165.03% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the copper industry by 59 percentage points.

Freeport Mcmoran (NYSE:FCX) 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.

Freeport Mcmoran has a valuation score of 14, which is -12 points higher than the copper industry average of 26. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Freeport Mcmoran's stock has gained 64.48% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the copper industry by -41 percentage points.

80% of copper stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect copper stocks to fall by -22.16% over the next year.

0% of copper stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of copper stocks are rated B (Buy), 83.33% are rated C (Hold), 16.67% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).