Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX) Stock

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX) is a Materials stock trading at $77.81 (as of 2026-08-24), with a market capitalization of $111.74B and a trailing P/E of 26.7. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

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, as well as oil and gas. Its assets include the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia; Morenci, Bagdad, Safford, Sierrita, and Miami in Arizona; Tyrone and Chino 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 also operates a portfolio of oil and gas properties primarily located in offshore California and the Gulf of Mexico. As of December 31, 2021, it operated approximately 135 wells. The company was formerly known as Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. and changed its name to Freeport-McMoRan Inc. in July 2014. Freeport-McMoRan Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

Understand Freeport-McMoRan Inc.: how it makes money

Freeport-McMoRan mines mineral properties (primarily copper, gold, molybdenum, silver and other metals) and also operates an oil and gas property portfolio, earning money from these mining and resource operations tied to its asset locations in the Americas and Indonesia.

FCX’s profit model is tied to running its mineral districts and extracting the metals it primarily explores for (copper, gold, molybdenum, silver, and others), alongside income from its separate portfolio of oil and gas properties, including offshore California.

Business quality (Solid): Investor focus is constrained by limited detail here: no official reportable product segments were provided, and the only operating KPI available in the inputs is a prior period adjustment metric rather than an underlying business driver.

Valuation: At 36× earnings, FCX trades 14% above the Metal Mining average (32×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

  • Asset and product breadth: FCX’s operations span multiple major mineral districts, and it primarily explores for more than one metal (copper, gold, molybdenum, silver and other metals).
  • Multiple resource lines: In addition to mining, FCX operates a portfolio of oil and gas properties, primarily located in offshore California.

Bear case

  • Operational complexity across geographies: The company’s mining footprint includes North America, South America, and Indonesia, which can increase execution and operational variability.
  • KPI visibility limitation: The only operating metric provided is a prior period open pounds adjustment, which does not directly show core operating performance drivers in the inputs.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$77.81
Market Cap$111.74B
P/E Ratio26.7
EV / EBITDA12.9
Price / Book3.47
Price / Sales4.32
FCF Yield0.7%
DCF Value (model)$35.01
DCF Upside vs Price-55.0%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$25.91B
Net Margin16.0%
Revenue Growth (YoY)-7.3%
EPS Growth (YoY)28.3%
Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score3.46 (safe)
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E26.7
Sector P/E (Materials)25.9
Industry P/E (Metal Mining)26.9
vs Sector3.1%
vs Industry-0.8%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderBlackRock, Inc. ($7.40B)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Congressional Trades (recent)10
Company
SectorMaterials
IndustryMetal Mining
CEOKathleen Lynne Quirk
Employees28,500
CountryUS
IPO Date1995-07-10

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Data as of 2026-08-24.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.