Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) Stock Price & Analysis
FCX Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- MXN 1,164.00 - MXN 1,205.00
- 52-Week Range
- MXN 720.00 - MXN 1,399.00
- Previous Close
- MXN 1,237.00
- Volume
- 52
- Average Volume (3M)
- 616
- Market Cap
- MXN 1.69T
- Enterprise Value
- MXN 119.31B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- MXN 4.33B
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- MXN 10.36B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 26.2
- Beta
- 1.11
- Next Earnings
- Jan 27, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 20.27
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 0.93%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Deleveraging
A substantially lower debt burden reduces financial risk and interest pressure, giving Freeport greater flexibility to fund mine development, manage commodity cycles, and meet maturities. The stronger equity base also improves resilience while preserving options for shareholder returns and growth investment.
Cash Generation
Strong recent operating and free cash flow demonstrates meaningful cash conversion from the mining portfolio and supports self-funded investment. This capacity can finance sustaining and growth projects while allowing the company to reduce leverage or return capital when operating conditions remain favorable.
Volume Growth Pipeline
The Grasberg ramp-up provides a visible internal growth driver from an existing, long-life asset rather than relying solely on acquisitions. Higher throughput, the smelter restart, and planned operating improvements could lift copper and gold volumes across the next several quarters.
Bears Say
Commodity-Cycle Exposure
The sharp revenue decline shows that Freeport remains exposed to volatile commodity prices, sales volumes, and product mix. Even with healthy current margins, a weaker copper or by-product environment can quickly reduce revenue, cash generation, and the funding available for projects.
Input-Cost Inflation
Higher diesel, electricity, labor, steel, and project costs can compress margins and reduce the returns from Freeport’s growth program. Sustained inflation also raises the capital required to expand and maintain mines, making execution and cost control more important to future cash generation.
Operational Execution Risk
Repeated volume reductions and operational constraints indicate that planned production growth is not assured. Weather, ore quality, recovery variability, and mine sequencing could delay the benefits of expansion projects, increase unit costs, and make near-term earnings less predictable.
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Company Description
Freeport-McMoRan
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. is a prominent mining enterprise conducting extensive operations across North America, South America, and Indonesia. The company primarily focuses on the exploration and extraction of key mineral resources such as copper, gold, molybdenum, and silver, alongside other valuable metals. Additionally, it maintains a significant presence in the oil and gas sector. Its diverse portfolio of assets features the notable Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia; numerous sites in the United States including Morenci, Bagdad, Safford, Sierrita, and Miami in Arizona; Tyrone and Chino in New Mexico; and Henderson and Climax in Colorado. In South America, its holdings include Cerro Verde in Peru and El Abra in Chile. Beyond its mineral interests, Freeport-McMoRan operates a collection of oil and gas properties, predominantly situated off the coasts of California and in the Gulf of Mexico, managing approximately 135 wells as of December 31, 2021. Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, the company adopted its current name, Freeport-McMoRan Inc., in July 2014, having previously operated as Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
- Sector
- Basicmaterials
- Industry
- Copper
- CEO
- Kathleen L. Quirk
- Employees
- 29,000
- Website
- fcx.com
- Address
- 4340 E. Cotton Center Blvd., Phoenix, AZ, 85040-8852, US
Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) Earnings & Revenues
FCX Company Deck
FCX Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call was strongly positive overall. Management reported higher third-quarter earnings, significant Grasberg ramp-up progress, improving copper and gold volume prospects, a favorable copper-price and demand environment, substantial shareholder returns, and multiple organic growth opportunities. The main challenges were lower 2026 and 2027 copper sales estimates, weather and water constraints, low U.S. ore grades and recovery variability, higher energy and capital costs, and uncertainty around the field performance of the next-generation leach additive.
View all MX:FCX earnings summariesFCX Net sales Breakdown
- 24.35% Copper Concentrate
- 31.44% Copper Cathode
- 17.05% Rod and other refined copper products
- 1.73% Purchased copper
- 15.05% Gold
- 7.59% Molybdenum
- -1.37% Royalty expense
- 2.81% Embedded derivatives
- 2.89% Silver and other
- -1.30% PTFI export duties
- -0.24% Treatment charges
FCX Stock 12 Month Forecast
Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| Technical Analysis | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Moving Averages | 2 | 0 | 10 |
