COBA vs HBM vs CRS Stock Comparison

Chilean Cobalt, Hudbay Minerals and Carpenter Technology Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
COBA Chilean Cobalt Corp.
$2.15 -6.5% 1M +465.8% 1Y
Market cap
$124.64M
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Copper Basic Materials
1 win
HBM Hudbay Minerals Inc.
$23.60 -12.2% 1M +46.0% 1Y
Market cap
$9.33B
P/E
13.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.47B
Div. yield
0.13%
Copper Basic Materials
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Hudbay Minerals leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Hudbay Minerals 6, Carpenter Technology 5, Chilean Cobalt 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCOBAHBMCRSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $124.64M $9.33B $13.87B CRS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -36.7x 13.6x 24.5x HBM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 15.9x 19.9x HBM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +12.1% +10.2% HBM
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 27.7% 17.9% HBM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 12.6% 20.8% CRS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.1x 0.6x HBM
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.13% 0.29% CRS
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +465.8% +46.0% -9.7% COBA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +27.7%/yr +55.5%/yr CRS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 153.8% 62.6% 49.0% CRS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 38/100 70/100 62/100 HBM

Percentile Scorecard

COBAHBMCRS

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCOBAHBMCRS
Valuation 32 #111 of 162 82 #30 of 162 52 #78 of 162
Growth 14 #127 of 147 89 #17 of 147 70 #45 of 147
Profitability 11 #109 of 122 87 #17 of 122 71 #36 of 122
Financial Health 98 #5 of 164 49 #85 of 164 41 #97 of 164
Shareholder Returns – 42 #63 of 107 76 #27 of 107
Overall 38 70 62
  • COBA ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • HBM ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • CRS ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCOBAHBMCRSSPY
1 month -6.5%-12.2%-27.3% +0.9%
3 months -17.0%+7.4%-47.2% +5.9%
6 months +5.4%+5.1%-31.1% +8.5%
Year to date -12.6%+18.9%-11.1% +13.3%
1 year +465.8%+46.0%-9.7% +12.4%
3 years —+438.8%+348.1% +88.1%
3 years, per year —+75.4%+64.9% +23.5%
5 years —+239.1%+806.8% +68.2%
5 years, per year —+27.7%+55.5% +11.0%
10 years —+475.6%+782.8% +263.4%
10 years, per year —+19.1%+24.3% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureCOBAHBMCRSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 153.8%62.6%49.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 149.9%67.5%52.4% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -1.022.761.64 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 3.030.74-0.20 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -89.5%-63.3%-54.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -28.6%-25.9%-54.8% -0.9%
52-week high $3.01$31.87$619.28 $779.14
52-week low $0.30$14.58$280.03 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCOBAHBMCRS
P/E now vs peer median -36.7xmedian 13.4x 13.6xmedian 13.4x 24.5xmedian 13.4x
P/S now vs peer median —median 3.2x 3.8xmedian 3.2x 4.3xmedian 3.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 7.3x 6.2xmedian 7.3x 16.1xmedian 7.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median -96.3xmedian 14.8x 10.6xmedian 14.8x 40.7xmedian 14.8x
P/B now vs peer median 26.7xmedian 2.3x 1.9xmedian 2.3x 6.4xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 1.36median 0.31 0.04median 0.31 0.33median 0.31

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCOBAHBMCRS
Revenue – $2.47B $3.19B
Gross profit – $972.40M $995.30M
Operating income -$1.54M $1.10B $745.00M
Net income -$3.35M $680.00M $569.80M
Free cash flow -$1.29M $880.20M $340.80M
R&D $101.94K $58.40M –
EPS (diluted) $-0.06 $1.72 $11.40
Cash & equivalents $3.02M $890.90M $159.50M
Total debt – $3.67B $691.00M
Shares (diluted) 57.17M 396.65M 50.00M
Enterprise value $116.79M $6.65B $12.79B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCOBAHBMCRS
P/E -36.7x 13.6x 24.5x
P/FCF -96.3x 10.6x 40.7x
P/Operating cash flow -96.3x 10.6x 22.4x
P/S – 3.8x 4.3x
P/B 26.7x 1.9x 6.4x
P/Tangible book 26.7x 1.9x 6.4x
EV/EBITDA – 6.2x 16.1x
EV/EBIT -78.8x 8.6x 19.3x
EV/Revenue – 3.9x 4.5x
EV/FCF -93.9x 10.8x 42.3x
EV/Operating cash flow -93.9x 10.8x 23.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.36 0.04 0.33

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCOBAHBMCRS
Revenue growth (1Y) – 12.1% 10.2%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 24.6% -5.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 32.8% 23.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 71.9% 34.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) -44.0% 89.3% 32.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -7.8% 126.5% 56.7%
Net income growth (1Y) -217.7% 139.9% 37.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -39.9% 410.6% 74.6%
EPS growth (1Y) -141.7% 122.6% 38.8%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -27.0% 346.8% 74.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -44.0% 1.5% 40.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -14.2% – 83.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -44.0% 2,912% 26.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -14.2% 115.3% 232.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCOBAHBMCRS
Gross margin – 39.4% 31.2%
EBITDA margin – 61.9% 28.0%
Operating margin – 44.7% 23.4%
Pretax margin – 47.3% 22.1%
Net margin – 27.7% 17.9%
FCF margin – 35.7% 10.7%
Operating cash flow margin – 35.6% 19.4%
Return on equity -93.1% 16.3% 25.8%
Return on assets -90.7% 43.1% 15.0%
Return on invested capital – 12.6% 20.8%
Return on capital employed -43.3% – 22.4%
Asset turnover – 1.6x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.4x 1.3x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 3.3% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCOBAHBMCRS
Debt / assets – 78.4% 18.5%
Debt / equity – 0.2x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.1x 0.6x
Debt / FCF – 1.3x 2.0x
Liabilities / assets 2.7% -231.7% 41.7%
Equity / assets 97.3% 331.7% 58.3%
Interest coverage – 14.9x –
Current ratio 24.8x – 3.9x
Quick ratio 23.4x – 1.9x
Cash ratio 23.4x – 0.3x
Altman Z-score – – 8.16

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCOBAHBMCRS
Dividend yield – 0.1% 0.3%
Net buyback yield – -0.3% 1.8%
Shareholder yield – -0.2% 2.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 1.3% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 1.0% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – -260.4% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – -59.0% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCOBAHBMCRS
Forward P/E – 15.9xFY2026 19.9xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year – $1.48FY2026 $14.05FY2027
EPS growth, next FY – +120.9%FY2026 +30.6%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after – +27.7% +8.6%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $3.05BFY2026 $3.56BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY – +37.8%FY2026 +14.0%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after – +18.9% -0.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCOBAHBMCRS
Held by institutions – 83.1% 93.3%
Institutions holding – 319 875
Change in shares held, QoQ – +10.9% -0.9%
Institutions buying – 200 547
Institutions selling – 82 249
Buyers to sellers – 2.44 2.20

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

COBAHBMCRS
COBA 1.00 -0.05 -0.06
HBM -0.05 1.00 0.40
CRS -0.06 0.40 1.00

Add a Peer

Largest companies in the same industry

Related Comparisons

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, COBA, HBM and CRS?

Carpenter Technology (CRS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Chilean Cobalt (COBA) $124.64M, Hudbay Minerals (HBM) $9.33B, Carpenter Technology (CRS) $13.87B.

Which stock is cheaper, COBA, HBM and CRS?

Hudbay Minerals (HBM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Chilean Cobalt (COBA) -36.7x, Hudbay Minerals (HBM) 13.6x, Carpenter Technology (CRS) 24.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Hudbay Minerals (HBM) is cheapest (Hudbay Minerals (HBM) 15.9x, Carpenter Technology (CRS) 19.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Hudbay Minerals (HBM) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Hudbay Minerals (HBM) +12.1%, Carpenter Technology (CRS) +10.2%.

Which company is more profitable?

Hudbay Minerals (HBM) has the highest net margin (Hudbay Minerals (HBM) 27.7%, Carpenter Technology (CRS) 17.9%). On return on invested capital, Carpenter Technology (CRS) leads (Hudbay Minerals (HBM) 12.6%, Carpenter Technology (CRS) 20.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Chilean Cobalt (COBA) returned the most: Chilean Cobalt (COBA) +465.8%, Hudbay Minerals (HBM) +46.0%, Carpenter Technology (CRS) -9.7%. Over five years, Carpenter Technology (CRS) compounded fastest (Hudbay Minerals (HBM) +27.7%/yr, Carpenter Technology (CRS) +55.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Carpenter Technology (CRS) has the highest dividend yield: Hudbay Minerals (HBM) 0.13%, Carpenter Technology (CRS) 0.29%. Chilean Cobalt (COBA) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Carpenter Technology (CRS) has been the steadiest (Chilean Cobalt (COBA) 153.8%, Hudbay Minerals (HBM) 62.6%, Carpenter Technology (CRS) 49.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, COBA, HBM and CRS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Hudbay Minerals (HBM) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.