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Capstone Copper (CSC) – a copper alternative ?

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Capstone Copper (CSC) – a copper alternative ?

WIRE.AXW - the Copper Miners ETF, is often suggested as alternative copper exposure to Sandfire but WIRE's management fee is 0.65%. That is equivalent to about 25% of WIRE's dividend yield. I'd rather consider direct investment in Capstone which has five copper mines in the Americas, has a 4.36% weighting in the WIRE ETF and is listed on the ASX as a CDI with the ticker CSC. Why does Capstone get so little coverage in Australia ? Is the market cap. only $1.2B as stated by IRESS or is that the market cap of the CDIs. What are your thoughts on Capstone ?

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Hi John,

CSC’s market cap. is actually $8bn ($CAD 7.3bn) it’s a dual listed company which  has only been trading on the ASX since early April. Coverage is low because the primary listing is overseas, and overseas brokers will be in the box seat to get any corporate $$, hence, it makes little commercial sense for local brokers to cover it.

  • Since listing in April its advanced +7.5% while Sandfire (SFR) has only edged up +2.2%, i.e. its performing ok.

MM owns SFR in our Active Growth Portfolio and do believe CSC is a viable alternative to WIRE for international copper exposure, but the Australian CDI is going to trade in line with its Canadian headstock where the volume traded is on average 3-4x greater.

The largest, most diverse copper company globally is the $US64bn Freeport McMoran (FCX US) which we own in our International Equities Portfolio.

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