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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:

Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) 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 Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: A, Sentiment: D, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Ero Copper (NYSE:ERO) has a Due Diligence Score of 55, which is 11 points higher than the copper industry average of 44.

ERO passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ero Copper has seen its stock return 184.83% over the past year, overperforming other copper stocks by 43 percentage points.

Ero Copper has an average 1 year price target of $32.50, a downside of -4.92% from Ero Copper's current stock price of $34.18.

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.

Hudbay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) 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 Hudbay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: A, Sentiment: D, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Hudbay Minerals (NYSE:HBM) has a Due Diligence Score of 37, which is -7 points lower than the copper industry average of 44.

HBM passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Hudbay Minerals has seen its stock return 301.84% over the past year, overperforming other copper stocks by 160 percentage points.

Hudbay Minerals has an average 1 year price target of $25.00, a downside of -11.75% from Hudbay Minerals's current stock price of $28.33.

Hudbay Minerals stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Hudbay Minerals, 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.

Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) 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 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 46, which is 2 points higher than the copper industry average of 44.

SCCO passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Southern Copper has seen its stock return 141.24% over the past year, underperforming other copper stocks by -1 percentage points.

Southern Copper has an average 1 year price target of $137.59, a downside of -36.97% from Southern Copper's current stock price of $218.30.

Southern Copper stock has a consensus Sell recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 11 analysts covering Southern Copper, 9.09% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 27.27% have issued a hold, while 27.27% have issued a Sell rating, and 36.36% 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 1.54%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the copper industry average of 0.74%. 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 64.3% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Freeport Mcmoran (NYSE:FCX) has an annual dividend yield of 0.66%, which is the same as the copper industry average of 0.74%. 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 39.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Copper stocks were up 0.87% in the last day, and up 9.21% 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 28 points higher than the copper industry average of 29. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ero Copper's stock has gained 184.83% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the copper industry by 43 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 14 points higher than the copper industry average of 29. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Hudbay Minerals's stock has gained 301.84% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the copper industry by 160 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 -15 points higher than the copper industry average of 29. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Freeport Mcmoran's stock has gained 81.93% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the copper industry by -60 percentage points.

80% of copper stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect copper stocks to fall by -26.36% 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), 0% are rated D (Sell), and 16.67% are rated F (Strong Sell).