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Freeport-McMoRan FCX

US equityMarket cap rank #151Copper
$72.34
−$0.24 (-0.33%)
Market open · Sep 24, 1:10 pm ET
After hours $72.40 -0.25%
Open$71.69
Prev close$72.58
Day range$71.00 – $72.69
Volume4.65M
Market cap$103.88B
P/E (TTM)35.5
Dividend yield0.83%

Price chart

Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).

FCX at a glance

Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) is trading at $72.34, down 0.33% on the day. Its market value of $103.88B makes it the 151st largest of the 300 companies we follow.

Over the past 52 weeks it has traded between $35.67 and $80.24, so it sits 9.8% below the top of that range. Holders are ahead 94.1% over twelve months, and up 17.3% across the last three months.

On the chart it holds above both the 50-day ($69.10) and 200-day ($62.55) moving averages; RSI is 50, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 48% annualized volatility.

Revenue for the quarter ended Jun 2026 was $7.03B, down 7.3% from a year earlier, with $1.39B of net profit (a 11.4% margin).

Valuation works out to 35.5 times trailing earnings, 35% above its five-year average of 26.3. The median for its industry group is 22.0.

15 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "buy". The mean target, $75.75, sits 4.7% over where the stock trades.

This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.

Freeport-McMoRan: the business

Freeport-McMoRan mines copper, with gold and molybdenum as by-products, at sites in Arizona, Chile, Peru and Indonesia's Grasberg.

What tends to move it. Copper prices are the main driver, and Indonesian export policy and mine output add to the risk.

Written by hand by the BeStock desk and revised when a business changes. See how we work. Spot something out of date? Tell us.

Performance

Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes

1 day
-0.3%
1 week
+4.5%
1 month
-7.0%
3 months
+17.3%
6 months
+28.7%
Year to date
+43.4%
1 year
+94.1%
Day range
$71.00$72.69
52-week range
$35.67$80.24

Technical signals

Full technicals →
Trend readLeaning bullish

4 bullish · 3 bearish of 7 signals

IndicatorValueSignal
Price vs 20-day average-1.2%Bearish
Price vs 50-day average+4.7%Bullish
Price vs 200-day average+15.6%Bullish
50-day vs 200-day50d above 200dBullish
RSI (14)50.2Bullish
MACD (12,26,9)0.38Bearish
Bollinger band position42%Bearish

Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.

Key statistics

Bid / Ask$72.33 / $72.36
Average price today$71.84
Volume4.65MAvg (90d) 13.85M
Turnover$333.82M
Turnover rate0.33%of shares outstanding
Volume ratio0.77vs. recent average pace
Day amplitude2.33%
Market cap$103.88B
Float market cap$100.67B
Shares outstanding1.39B
EPS (TTM)$1.52
P/E (TTM)35.46
P/B5.17
Book value / share$14.00
Earnings yield0.15%
Dividend (TTM)$0.60 / shareYield 0.83%
Net profit (TTM)$2.18B
Net assets$20.11B
30-day volatility47.9%annualized
Avg daily range (ATR)4.26%of price, 14 days
Max drawdown (1y)-24.3%-9.5% from 1y peak

Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 1:10 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.

How FCX ranks on BeStock

Market value#151 of 300
P/E (cheapest = 1)#229 of 283
Dividend yield#189 of 244
Closeness to 52-week high#105 of 300
Dollar volume today#107 of 300

Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.

Latest reported quarter: Q2, ended Jun 2026

Revenue$7.03B-7.3% YoY
Operating profit$1.99B-18.4% YoY
Net profit$1.39B-10.1% YoY
Diluted EPS$0.68+28.3% YoY
Free cash flow$944.00M+1.1% YoY
Operating cash flow$2.05B

Revenue, last 8 quarters

$6.8BSep '24$5.7BDec '24$5.7BMar '25$7.6BJun '25$7.0BSep '25$5.6BDec '25$6.2BMar '26$7.0BJun '26

Net profit, last 8 quarters

$1.2BSep '24$721.0MDec '24$793.0MMar '25$1.5BJun '25$1.2BSep '25$565.0MDec '25$1.4BMar '26$1.4BJun '26

Profitability & balance sheet

Gross margin27.1%
Operating margin23.9%
Net margin11.4%
Return on equity15.4%
Return on assets5.1%
Return on invested capital11.2%
Current ratio2.07
Liabilities / assets46.1%
Cash & investments$4.08B
Total debt$10.36B
Net cash (debt)-$6.28B
Free cash flow / sales6.8%

Where the revenue comes from

Quarter 2026/Q2

By business line

  • United States Rod & Refining$2.24B 24.7%
  • United States Copper Mines - Other$1.53B 16.9%
  • Cerro Verde$1.49B 16.4%
  • Indonesia Operations$1.48B 16.4%
  • Atlantic Copper Smelting & Refining$1.03B 11.4%
  • Morenci$756.00M 8.4%
  • South America Operations - Other$323.00M 3.6%
  • Molybdenum Mines$204.00M 2.3%
Average move on report day±3.4%last 16 reports
Closed higher7 of 1644% of the time
Best reaction+6.9%
Worst reaction-12.6%

Stock move on the day after each report

+1.2%2024/Q3-1.5%2024/Q4+6.9%2025/Q1-2.1%2025/Q2+1.1%2025/Q3-2.9%2025/Q4-12.6%2026/Q1-2.3%2026/Q2

"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.

Valuation

Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history

Valuation detail →
Price / earnings34.7x
CheapRich

Near the top of its 5-year range · 80th percentile, 5-year average 26.3x

#2232 of 2975 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)

Price / book5.1x
CheapRich

Near the top of its 5-year range · 95th percentile, 5-year average 3.8x

#4298 of 5302 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)

Price / sales3.9x
CheapRich

Near the top of its 5-year range · 99th percentile, 5-year average 2.6x

#3519 of 5141 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)

P/E over five years

5x20x35x49xSep '21Mar '24Sep '26

Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.

Morningstar fair value estimate

Fair value$30.00
Price vs. fair value+141.1%Trading above the estimate
Star rating★☆☆☆☆
UncertaintyHigh

Analyst view

All ratings →
ConsensusBuy
Analysts15
Average target$75.75+4.7% vs. price
  • Buy 73%
  • Hold 27%
Low $66.00Now $72.34Avg $75.75High $85.00

Latest rating actions

  • 15 Sep 2026RBC CapitalHOLD · PT $85.00
  • 14 Sep 2026BernsteinHOLD
  • 3 Sep 2026Freedom Capital MarketsHOLD · PT $75.00
  • 27 Aug 2026Erste GroupBUY
  • 27 Jul 2026CitiBUY · PT $66.00

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Ownership detail →
Institutional ownership89.1%-0.16 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding2,190-8 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)9 buys / 4 sellsNet buying
Short interest2.14% of floatDays to cover 1.8 · as of 31 Aug 2026
Short-sale volume share18.5%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

11%16%20%24%Aug '26Sep '26Sep '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$12.37M (9 inflow days, 11 outflow days).

Dividends

Dividend yield (TTM)0.83%
Last dividend$0.08Ex-date 15 Jul 2026
Next-to-last$0.08
Payments on file40

Dividends paid per share, by year

1.2520140.5720150.2020190.5320220.6020230.3820240.302025

Across the full calendar years shown, the annual payout shrank by roughly 21.2% a year.

Latest headlines

More news →
  • Analysts Offer Insights on NA Companies: Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), ServiceTitan, Inc. Class A (TTAN) and Chime Financial, Inc. Class A (CHYM)TipRanks · 9 Sep 2026
  • Freedom Capital Markets Maintains Freeport-McMoRan(FCX.US) With Hold Rating, Raises Target Price to $75Market news · 3 Sep 2026
  • Bernstein Maintains Freeport-McMoRan(FCX.US) With Hold RatingMarket news · 14 Sep 2026
  • Analysts Offer Insights on NA Companies: Fair Isaac (FICO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) and BioAge Labs, Inc. (BIOA)TipRanks · 14 Sep 2026
  • Goldman Sachs Maintains Freeport-McMoRan(FCX.US) With Buy RatingMarket news · 10 Sep 2026
  • Erste Group Initiates Freeport-McMoRan(FCX.US) With Buy RatingMarket news · 28 Aug 2026

FCX stock: common questions

How is Freeport-McMoRan stock doing today?

$72.34 is the latest print for FCX, a move of -0.33% against yesterday's close of $72.58. Today's low and high so far: $71.00 and $72.69.

How big is Freeport-McMoRan?

Equity value comes to $103.88B at the current price. By that measure it is number 151 of the 300 names in our coverage.

Is FCX expensive on earnings?

Buyers pay 35.5 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $1.52). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 26.3, and today's level ranks in the 80th percentile of its own history.

Where does FCX sit in its 52-week range?

The year's floor is $35.67 and the ceiling $80.24. Shares are 9.8% away from that ceiling.

Does FCX send cash back through a dividend?

It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 0.83% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was July 15, 2026.

What is the analyst view on Freeport-McMoRan?

Of 15 analysts, 73% say buy, 27% hold and 0% sell. Price targets average $75.75, with the most cautious at $66.00 and the most optimistic at $85.00.

What does Freeport-McMoRan do?

Freeport-McMoRan mines copper, with gold and molybdenum as by-products, at sites in Arizona, Chile, Peru and Indonesia's Grasberg.

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