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Freeport-McMoRan FCX

US equityMarket cap rank #258Copper

$59.42 +$1.52 (+2.63%)

Market closed · Nov 6, 8:10 pm ET · Last extended-hours $59.49 +0.13%

Open$59.09

Prev close$57.90

Day range$58.30 – $60.52

Volume16.25M

Market cap$85.33B

P/E (TTM)25.0

Dividend yield1.01%

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership89.2%-0.39 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding2,294+65 vs. prior quarter

Insider trades (recent)27 buys / 23 sellsNet buying

Short interest1.82% of floatDays to cover 2.3 · as of 15 Oct 2026

Short-sale volume share13.0%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$51.81M (8 inflow days, 12 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 28.1% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

BlackRock8.49%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC7.10%
Fisher Investments4.74%
State Street Global Advisors4.63%
Capital Research3.14%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.29%
Putnam LLC2.18%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC1.68%

By investor type

Mutual Fund74.10%
Hedge Fund5.33%
Public Company4.49%
Private Company2.43%
Government Pension Fund1.67%
Individual/Insider0.52%
Family Office/Trust0.29%
Insurance Company0.28%

Reported short interest has fallen from 1.99% to 1.82% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).

Recent institutional activity

Holder	Type	Period	Share change	New stake
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+2,501,881	0.4%
J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Inc.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+8,774,072	1.4%
Capital Wealth Planning, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+5,317,798	0.4%
Victory Capital Management Inc.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+5,138,850	1.1%
AQR Capital Management	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+3,030,050	0.8%
FMR	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+2,567,939	1.3%
State Street Global Advisors	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+2,300,416	4.6%
Marshall Wace LLP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+2,053,928	0.2%
Fisher Investments	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,832,408	4.7%
Wellington Management Group	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,810,698	1.0%
Putnam LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,796,721	2.2%
MFS Investment Management	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,675,716	0.1%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Public Company	2026/Q3	+1,527,113	0.7%
Mackenzie Financial Corporation	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,525,454	0.1%
Fred Alger Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,480,807	0.1%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

Date	Insider	Title	Transaction	Shares	Price	Held after
30 Sep 2026	Hugh Grant	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+482	$70.00	29,632
30 Sep 2026	John Stephens	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+294	$70.00	100,998
26 Aug 2026	Lydia Kennard	Independent Director	Open Market Disposition	-3,798	$79.11	119,902
24 Aug 2026	Douglas Currault	Executive Vice President	Derivative Exercise and Sale	-80,000	$78.56	174,517
4 Aug 2026	Stephen Higgins	Executive Vice President	Open Market Disposition	-14,277	$69.50	72,379
4 Aug 2026	Ellie Mikes	Vice President	Open Market Disposition	-4,773	$70.00	–
29 Jul 2026	Stephen Higgins	Executive Vice President	Open Market Disposition	-7,550	$63.00	86,656
30 Jun 2026	Hugh Grant	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+536	$62.89	29,150
30 Jun 2026	John Stephens	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+327	$62.89	100,704
31 May 2026	Dustan McCoy	Lead Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,800	–	79,900
31 May 2026	Hugh Grant	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,800	–	20,700
31 May 2026	Sara Lewis	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,800	–	7,300
31 May 2026	Lydia Kennard	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,800	–	2,800
31 May 2026	David Abney	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,800	–	2,800
31 May 2026	Ryan Lance	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,800	–	6,300
31 May 2026	Marcela Donadio	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,800	–	20,700
31 May 2026	John Stephens	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,800	–	15,800
31 May 2026	Frances Townsend	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,800	–	16,700
31 Mar 2026	Hugh Grant	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+574	$58.78	28,614
31 Mar 2026	John Stephens	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+350	$58.78	95,477

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report date	Shares short	% of float	Days to cover
15 Oct 2026	26,153,581	1.8%	2.3
30 Sep 2026	25,136,099	1.8%	2.4
15 Sep 2026	34,304,914	2.4%	2.8
31 Aug 2026	30,687,702	2.1%	1.8
14 Aug 2026	25,984,513	1.8%	2.3
31 Jul 2026	27,791,020	2.0%	1.8

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