First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

2025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
20.159.207.285.41
Price/Sales ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/A
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$0.82$1.79$2.27$3.05

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
10.19-4.90-151.01-30.9712.53-136.44-55.2319.8613.93-5.98-8.57-136.44
Price/Sales ratio
2.400.902.542.951.391.712.372.291.880.881.941.39
Price/Book Value ratio
0.950.250.731.090.580.731.391.641.320.550.940.58
Price/Cash Flow ratio
11.452.047.3610.702.797.827.675.726.174.008.012.79
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
-4.47-6.50-31.17-13.26-33.91-12.2912.338.7412.3644.982.30K-33.91
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.140.031.65-0.05-0.051.22-0.16-0.040.690.03-0.581.22
Dividend Yield
0.91%1.60%0.10%0.05%0.09%0.07%0.04%0.03%0.50%1.62%0.41%0.09%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
28.17%10.85%12.68%10.12%24.65%19.42%20.71%35.52%28.84%20.01%19.28%19.42%
Operating Profit Margin
23.74%-3.11%10.47%5.52%20.39%11.65%19.06%36.02%29.38%1.20%14.55%11.65%
Pretax Profit Margin
24.06%-3.40%9.98%1.81%19.94%0.46%0.61%26.35%19.26%-7.52%-12.20%0.46%
Net Profit Margin
23.57%-18.38%-1.68%-9.54%11.11%-1.25%-4.30%11.53%13.55%-14.77%-20.57%-1.25%
Effective Tax Rate
-16.52%-563.04%7.11%498.33%35.77%368.42%800%42.71%21.78%-155.76%-111.20%368.42%
Return on Assets
4.68%-2.66%-0.23%-1.46%1.87%-0.20%-0.92%3.29%4.12%-4.01%-5.23%-0.20%
Return On Equity
9.36%-5.18%-0.48%-3.52%4.63%-0.53%-2.52%8.30%9.48%-9.31%-11.02%-0.53%
Return on Capital Employed
4.91%-0.47%1.62%0.93%3.69%2.13%4.54%11.01%9.60%0.35%3.88%3.69%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A2.68N/A
Quick Ratio
1.810.880.911.011.250.700.721.561.550.921.190.70
Cash ratio
0.510.330.650.620.760.450.391.100.970.570.670.45
Days of Sales Outstanding
79.3449.6454.8971.8960.5545.9551.7431.4342.5732.9637.0645.95
Days of Inventory outstanding
171.76179.69161.38132.74146.09152.25118.03103.1498.07112.59118.81152.25
Operating Cycle
251.11229.34216.28204.64206.65198.21169.77134.57140.65145.55155.88198.21
Days of Payables Outstanding
69.2969.6668.6587.4789.2955.2467.4756.4351.8658.6650.0855.24
Cash Conversion Cycle
181.82159.68147.62117.16117.35142.96102.3078.1488.7986.89105.79142.96
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.330.310.320.350.320.350.390.360.340.310.250.35
Debt Equity Ratio
0.670.610.680.850.810.931.090.920.790.730.540.93
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.390.320.350.420.420.430.490.470.420.390.330.43
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.400.380.400.450.440.480.520.470.440.420.350.48
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A1.27N/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.120.200.140.110.250.100.160.310.270.180.210.10
Company Equity Multiplier
1.991.942.112.412.472.612.732.522.302.312.092.61
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.200.440.340.270.490.210.310.400.300.220.220.21
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
-2.55-0.31-0.23-0.80-0.08-0.630.620.650.490.080.00-0.08
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.120.200.140.110.250.100.160.310.270.180.210.10
Short Term Coverage Ratio
13.020.990.711.003.080.611.779.214.051.474.273.08
Dividend Payout Ratio
9.34%-7.86%-15.55%-1.58%1.13%-10.03%-2.35%0.59%6.96%-9.74%-7.57%-10.03%