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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:

Hudbay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) is the #1 top copper stock out of 7 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

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

Hudbay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 7 points higher than the copper industry average of 34.

HBM passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Hudbay Minerals has seen its stock return 87.92% over the past year, overperforming other copper stocks by 78 percentage points.

Freeport Mcmoran (NYSE:FCX) is the #2 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 Freeport Mcmoran (NYSE:FCX) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Freeport Mcmoran (NYSE:FCX) has a Due Diligence Score of 37, which is 3 points higher than the copper industry average of 34.

FCX passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Freeport Mcmoran has seen its stock return 6.96% over the past year, underperforming other copper stocks by -3 percentage points.

Freeport Mcmoran has an average 1 year price target of $50.46, an upside of 12.82% from Freeport Mcmoran's current stock price of $44.72.

Freeport Mcmoran stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 11 analysts covering Freeport Mcmoran, 36.36% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 36.36% have issued a Buy, 27.27% 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 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: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: D, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) has a Due Diligence Score of 50, which is 16 points higher than the copper industry average of 34.

ERO passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ero Copper has seen its stock lose -17.99% over the past year, underperforming other copper stocks by -28 percentage points.

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 2.06%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the copper industry average of 0.93%. Southern Copper's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% six 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 58.7% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Hudbay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) has an annual dividend yield of 0.05%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the copper industry average of 0.93%. 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 2.3% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Copper stocks were down -0.18% in the last day, and up 2.09% over the last week. Freeport Mcmoran was the among the top losers in the copper industry, dropping -2.61% yesterday.

Freeport-McMoRan shares are trading lower after the company announced mining operations in the Grasberg minerals district remain temporarily suspended to prioritize the safe evacuations of the seven contract workers.

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 A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Ero Copper has a valuation score of 71, which is 36 points higher than the copper industry average of 35. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ero Copper's stock has dropped -17.99% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the copper industry by -28 percentage points.

Hudbay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) is the second 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.

Hudbay Minerals has a valuation score of 43, which is 8 points higher than the copper industry average of 35. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Hudbay Minerals's stock has gained 87.92% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the copper industry by 78 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 29, which is -6 points higher than the copper industry average of 35. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Freeport Mcmoran's stock has gained 6.96% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the copper industry by -3 percentage points.

40% of copper stocks rated by analysts are a hold right now. On average, analysts expect copper stocks to rise by 3.17% over the next year.

16.67% of copper stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 16.67% of copper stocks are rated B (Buy), 66.67% are rated C (Hold), 0% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).