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Freeport-McMoRan Inc (NYSE: FCX) closed the day trading at $42.74 up 1.40% from the previous closing price of $42.15. In other words, the price has increased by $1.40 from its previous closing price. On the day, 13.12 million shares were traded. FCX stock price reached its highest trading level at $43.09 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $42.19.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of FCX, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 13.00 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 36.31. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.21 and its Current Ratio is at 2.47. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.51 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.49.
On July 15, 2025, Morgan Stanley Downgraded its rating to Equal-Weight which previously was Overweight but kept the price unchanged to $54.
UBS Downgraded its Buy to Neutral on July 11, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $50.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 02 ’25 when Mikes Ellie L. sold 8,584 shares for $40.02 per share. The transaction valued at 343,520 led to the insider holds 48,333 shares of the business.
Mikes Ellie L. bought 8,584 shares of FCX for $343,519 on Jun 02 ’25. On Nov 11 ’24, another insider, Robertson Maree E., who serves as the EVP & CFO of the company, sold 13,000 shares for $44.91 each. As a result, the insider received 583,878 and left with 68,198 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, FCX now has a Market Capitalization of 61364809728 and an Enterprise Value of 77913989120. As of this moment, Freeport-McMoRan’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 32.37, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 16.14. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.35. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.39 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.37. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.018 whereas that against EBITDA is 8.101.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for FCX is 1.59, which has changed by -0.01927489 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16657472 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, FCX has reached a high of $52.23, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $27.55. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -0.19%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 6.81%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, FCX traded about 14.60M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, FCX traded about 13348290 shares per day. A total of 1.44B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 1.43B. Insiders hold about 0.58% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 86.68% stake in the company. Shares short for FCX as of 1753920000 were 32318086 with a Short Ratio of 2.21, compared to 1751241600 on 19647287. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 32318086 and a Short% of Float of 2.26.
Dividends & Splits
FCX’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.30, up from 0.6 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.014234875The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.73. The current Payout Ratio is 46.04% for FCX, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-07-15 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-07-15. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2011-02-02 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
The dynamic stock of Freeport-McMoRan Inc (FCX) is currently attracting attention from 10.0 analysts actively involved in rating its market status.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.5, with high estimates of $0.71 and low estimates of $0.35.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $2.38 and $1.5 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $1.79. EPS for the following year is $2.63, with 15.0 analysts recommending between $4.06 and $1.65.
Revenue Estimates
5 analysts predict $7.02B in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $7.22B to a low estimate of $6.76B. As of the current estimate, Freeport-McMoRan Inc’s year-ago sales were $6.79BFor the next quarter, 5 analysts are estimating revenue of $7.34B. There is a high estimate of $7.61B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $6.98B.
A total of 14 analysts have provided revenue estimates for FCX’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $28.12B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $26.38B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $27.42B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $25.45BBased on 15 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $30.51B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $33.2B and the low estimate is $28.3B.
