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FQVLF
First Quantum Minerals Ltd
~4 min film100% real numbersplain English
WHAT DOES THIS COMPANY DO?
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. What it actually does.

Explore and develop mineral properties, focusing on copper and other metals. Operate several mines across multiple countries, including Zambia and Panama. Now — the numbers.

on the stock market since 2009
27K employees
$26B market value
Revenue last year:
$5.3B
The loss that same year:
$28.5M
Sales don’t cover the costs; the gap drains from the cash pile every year.

The company closed last year at a loss: costs ran above sales. The picture changes only if spending is reined in.

THE SALES TREND
Sales have been shrinking.

An average decline of 7% a year over the last 4 years — the most striking risk in this picture. Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.

$7.2B
2021
2022
2023
2024
$5.3B
2025
In the vault right now:
$716M
DEBT: $5.9B
At this pace, that money lasts about 25.1 years.

At this burn rate the cash pile isn’t the pressing question — for now, time is on the company’s side.

Every quarter, analysts set a profit bar.
How many of the last 8 did the company clear?
3 / 8
EXPECTATIONS MET OR BEATEN
3
Oct 2024
Jul 2026
3 TIMES IN THE LAST 8 QUARTERS
It misses the bar more often than not.
THE PRICE TAG
MARKET VALUE / ANNUAL SALES
4.9×

This company is not turning a profit, so the market is pricing its sales instead: 4.9× for every dollar of annual revenue.

No analyst target is on record for this company.

THE FIVE-YEAR JOURNEY
Trading below its recent peak.

The stock trades below its recent peak — about 12% off the top. A pullback, not a collapse.

1
THE BRIGHT SIDE · 1/1
Sales are holding up

The company sells $5.3B a year; the problem isn’t sales — it’s costs running above that number.

1
THE RISKS · 1/3
Lost money last year

A loss of $28.5M against $5.3B in annual sales.

2
THE RISKS · 2/3
Thin trading in the shares

Getting in and out without moving the price could prove difficult.

3
THE RISKS · 3/3
Sales are shrinking

Sales are going backwards, not just slowing.

FINALE · THE GRADE
grade pending

We don’t have a report card for this stock yet — the data isn’t mature enough to grade. No grade is information too: it means the evidence is thin.

One-line summary: few numbers, an untested story. Keep watching.

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Not covered, because the filings we hold do not carry it: the revenue breakdown.

This was a film — not investment advice.
Data: FMP & company filings
Sep 12, 2026 · stockexpertai.com · Stock Film