Freeport-McMoRan Valuation

Is FCX undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of FCX when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: FCX ($49.24) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($72.44)

Significantly Below Fair Value: FCX is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for FCX?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

FCX key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue3.7x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA10x
PEG Ratio2.2x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does FCX's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for FCX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average77.8x
PUCOBRE Sociedad Punta del Cobre
19.7xn/aCL$573.5b
SCCO Southern Copper
37.9x9.2%US$90.2b
CAMARONEX Pampa Camarones
41.9xn/aUS$86.5m
AMMN Amman Mineral Internasional
211.6x42.1%Rp703.4t
FCX Freeport-McMoRan
43.4x19.8%US$71.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: FCX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (43.4x) compared to the peer average (77.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does FCX's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the South American Metals and Mining Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a4.9%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Industry Avg.n/a4.9%
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: FCX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (43.4x) compared to the South American Metals and Mining industry average (9.6x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is FCX's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

FCX PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio43.4x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate FCX's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst FCX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$49.24
US$51.54
+4.7%
11.1%US$60.00US$41.00n/a20
Apr ’25US$44.10
US$47.43
+7.5%
10.8%US$57.00US$39.00n/a21
Mar ’25US$38.12
US$46.21
+21.2%
11.0%US$57.00US$37.00n/a21
Feb ’25US$41.85
US$46.30
+10.6%
11.0%US$57.00US$37.00n/a21
Jan ’25US$37.27
US$45.49
+22.1%
11.9%US$57.00US$37.00n/a20
Dec ’24US$37.27
US$45.80
+22.9%
11.2%US$57.00US$37.00n/a20
Nov ’24US$37.27
US$46.95
+26.0%
10.5%US$57.00US$41.00n/a19
Oct ’24US$39.38
US$48.06
+22.0%
9.6%US$57.00US$42.00n/a18
Sep ’24US$40.23
US$45.73
+13.7%
15.3%US$57.00US$29.00n/a20
Aug ’24US$40.23
US$45.78
+13.8%
15.3%US$57.00US$29.00n/a20
Jul ’24US$40.23
US$45.93
+14.2%
15.0%US$57.00US$29.00n/a21
Jun ’24US$40.23
US$46.56
+15.7%
15.8%US$57.00US$29.00n/a20
May ’24US$40.23
US$45.86
+14.0%
15.8%US$60.00US$29.00US$49.2419
Apr ’24US$40.23
US$45.26
+12.5%
16.9%US$60.00US$24.00US$44.1018
Mar ’24US$40.10
US$44.87
+11.9%
17.4%US$60.00US$24.00US$38.1218
Feb ’24US$31.90
US$43.22
+35.5%
20.6%US$60.00US$24.00US$41.8518
Jan ’24US$31.90
US$37.27
+16.8%
20.2%US$55.00US$23.00US$37.2718
Dec ’23US$31.90
US$35.49
+11.3%
19.6%US$55.00US$23.00US$37.2718
Nov ’23US$31.90
US$34.81
+9.1%
20.5%US$55.00US$23.00US$37.2718
Oct ’23US$31.48
US$36.72
+16.6%
19.7%US$55.00US$24.00US$39.3819
Sep ’23US$31.48
US$37.25
+18.3%
19.3%US$55.00US$24.00US$40.2319
Aug ’23US$31.69
US$37.51
+18.4%
19.3%US$55.00US$24.00US$40.2319
Jul ’23US$40.32
US$47.93
+18.9%
20.8%US$65.00US$29.00US$40.2320
Jun ’23US$40.32
US$49.45
+22.6%
18.7%US$65.00US$29.00US$40.2319
May ’23US$45.87
US$50.11
+9.2%
18.7%US$65.00US$29.00US$40.2319

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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