Stock · FCX · Basic Materials
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1995 · Revenue 12 mo. $25.9B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. engages in the mining of mineral properties in North America, South America, and Indonesia.
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. engages in the mining of mineral properties in North America, South America, and Indonesia. The company primarily explores for copper, gold, molybdenum, silver, and other metals. Its assets include the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia; Morenci, Bagdad, Safford, Sierrita, and Miami in Arizona; Chino and Tyrone in New Mexico; and Henderson and Climax in Colorado, North America, as well as Cerro Verde in Peru and El Abra in Chile. The company was formerly known as Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. and changed its name to Freeport-McMoRan Inc. in July 2014. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Summary
45.5 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €1B (2025), it supports €11.1B. The remaining €64.8B of the market value assume it grows 26.8% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
26.8%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 14.5×, above its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 8.5× to 11.9×, median 10.4×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
No indication in the stored figures.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
7 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., FCF, 12 mo., Gross margin, FCF margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 11.66% | 10.66% | Rank 55 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 12.97% | 14.75% | Rank 45 |
| EBIT margin | 24.44% | 15.82% | Rank 66 |
| FCF margin | 4.34% | 8.70% | Rank 30 |
| Gross margin | 26.98% | 34.18% | Rank 31 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 1.12% | 4.25% | Rank 41 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | −13.81% | 0.28% | Rank 30 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 30.22% | 13.36% | Rank 81 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 17.46% | 9.35% | Rank 77 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 2.57% | 4.98% | Rank 24 |
| FCF yield | 1.32% | 3.94% | Rank 19 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 3.58 | 2.36 | Rank 35 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 14.64 | 14.61 | Rank 50 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 44.13% | 8.75% | Rank 93 |
| Share price, 6 months | −3.13% | −1.37% | Rank 46 |
| Share price, 3 months | −9.52% | −1.16% | Rank 26 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −25.64% | −21.97% | Rank 37 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 1.89% | 0.63% | Rank 41 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −0.14% | −0.01% | Rank 57 |
| Dividend streak in years | 5 | 3 | Rank 69 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 0.55% | 0.05% | Rank 60 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 32.49% | 54.83% | Rank 8 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 0.85 | 1.01 | Rank 54 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 0.61 | 0.37 | Rank 31 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 47.80% | 37.23% | Rank 31 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 14.6 | 5.1% | $916.0M | 1.32B | 11.8 |
| 2017 | 15.9 | 21.3% | $3.3B | 1.45B | 8.7 |
| 2018 | 19.0 | 27.5% | $1.8B | 1.46B | 6.9 |
| 2019 | 14.4 | 4.7% | −$1.2B | 1.45B | 8.1 |
| 2020 | 13.9 | 13.7% | $1.1B | 1.46B | 6.3 |
| 2021 | 22.4 | 35.0% | $5.6B | 1.48B | 1.7 |
| 2022 | 23.3 | 32.4% | $1.7B | 1.45B | 2.8 |
| 2023 | 22.7 | 26.8% | $455.0M | 1.44B | 4.5 |
| 2024 | 25.5 | 27.0% | $2.4B | 1.45B | 5.8 |
| 2025 | 25.7 | 24.4% | $1.1B | 1.44B | 8.1 |
2 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc mainly meets criteria in the Momentum category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
2 of 7 rules met
2 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 38.9 | 19.6 |
| P/B ratio | 4.5 | 2.1 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 11.7% | 10.7% |
| Equity ratio | 32.5% | 54.8% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 0.61 | 0.37 |
| Dividend yield | 1.0% | 2.1% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| FCX | Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Incthis page | |
| SCCO | Southern Copper Corporation | locked |
| ANTO.L | Antofagasta PLC | locked |
| TECK-B.TO | Teck Resources Limited | locked |
| FM.TO | First Quantum Minerals Ltd | locked |
| 600362.SS | Jiangxi Copper Co Ltd Class A | locked |
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