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    Capstone Copper (TSX:CS) Is Up 8.4% After Stronger Q2 Profits And Reaffirmed 2026 Guidance

    Simply Wall St·08/12/2026 18:25:39
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    • In the past quarter, Capstone Copper Corp. reported Q2 2026 sales of US$739.65 million and net income of US$74.26 million, with higher first-half 2026 earnings versus a year earlier, while reaffirming full-year copper production and C1 cash cost guidance.
    • Despite first-half 2026 copper production of 99,719 tonnes coming in below the prior-year period, the company delivered stronger profitability and reiterated expectations for higher second-half output driven by the Mantoverde Optimized project.
    • Next, we will examine how Capstone Copper’s stronger Q2 profitability and unchanged 2026 guidance shape its existing investment narrative.

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    Capstone Copper Investment Narrative Recap

    To own Capstone Copper, you need to believe its core mines and brownfield expansions can convert copper output into resilient cash flow without blowing out costs or balance sheet risk. The latest quarter reinforces that story in the near term: profitability improved even with softer first half production, and management kept 2026 copper and C1 cash cost guidance unchanged, so the key short term catalyst remains the ramp up at Mantoverde Optimized, while project execution and cost control are still the biggest swing factors.

    The most relevant recent announcement here is Capstone’s reaffirmed 2026 production target of 200,000 to 230,000 tonnes at C1 cash costs of US$2.45 to US$2.75 per pound. Against Q2’s C1 costs of US$2.82 per pound and first half production of 99,719 tonnes, sticking with that guidance puts real weight on higher second half volumes from Mantoverde Optimized, making that ramp up a crucial test of whether the earnings momentum seen so far in 2026 can be sustained.

    But while Q2 looked solid, investors should also be aware that if Mantoverde Optimized underperforms, concentrated asset risk could quickly become a bigger problem for...

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    Capstone Copper's narrative projects $3.6 billion revenue and $814.8 million earnings by 2029. This requires 10.5% yearly revenue growth and an earnings increase of about $339 million from $475.4 million today.

    Uncover how Capstone Copper's forecasts yield a CA$16.93 fair value, a 8% upside to its current price.

    Exploring Other Perspectives

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    Some of the lowest analysts were already assuming slower growth, with revenue only reaching about US$3.1 billion and earnings around US$558 million, so this stronger Q2 and reaffirmed guidance may challenge their more cautious view of regulatory and cost pressures and gives you a useful reference point to compare how your expectations differ from both the consensus and the most pessimistic forecasts.

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