Freeport-McMoRan Inc.

NYSE:FCX Stock Report

Market Cap: US$55.8b

Freeport-McMoRan Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • 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 ($38.16) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($102.44)

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?

Key metric: As FCX is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for FCX. This is calculated by dividing FCX's market cap by their current earnings.
What is FCX's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio27.5x
EarningsUS$2.00b
Market CapUS$55.84b

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 Average22.5x
SCCO Southern Copper
23.9x6.4%US$73.7b
AEM Agnico Eagle Mines
38.5x9.1%US$39.4b
NUE Nucor
10.8x5.1%US$27.5b
APD Air Products and Chemicals
16.7x1.7%US$65.1b
FCX Freeport-McMoRan
27.5x13.1%US$55.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: FCX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.5x) compared to the peer average (22.5x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

6 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
VITF.F Victoria Gold
2.1xn/aUS$23.43m
BMXI Brookmount Explorations
0.5xn/aUS$4.79m
RMRI Rocky Mountain Industrials
0.9xn/aUS$1.76m
ZCRM.F Zincore Metals
0.5xn/aUS$852.33k
FCX 27.5xIndustry Avg. 15.4xNo. of Companies6PE01020304050+
6 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: FCX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.5x) compared to the US Metals and Mining industry average (15.4x).

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 Ratio27.5x
Fair PE Ratio25.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: FCX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (27.5x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.4x).

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$38.16
US$52.92
+38.7%
15.9%US$62.00US$25.00n/a21
Dec ’25US$44.20
US$53.39
+20.8%
14.5%US$62.00US$25.00n/a21
Nov ’25US$45.59
US$55.41
+21.5%
9.5%US$67.00US$43.08n/a20
Oct ’25US$50.38
US$54.69
+8.6%
10.6%US$67.00US$43.08n/a19
Sep ’25US$44.28
US$54.48
+23.0%
10.0%US$63.00US$43.08n/a19
Aug ’25US$43.63
US$55.21
+26.6%
8.7%US$63.00US$44.00n/a19
Jul ’25US$48.41
US$55.21
+14.0%
9.6%US$65.00US$45.00n/a19
Jun ’25US$52.73
US$53.26
+1.0%
10.3%US$60.00US$45.00n/a20
May ’25US$49.91
US$51.70
+3.6%
10.9%US$60.00US$41.00n/a21
Apr ’25US$47.33
US$47.43
+0.2%
10.8%US$57.00US$39.00n/a21
Mar ’25US$37.93
US$46.21
+21.8%
11.0%US$57.00US$37.00n/a21
Feb ’25US$40.18
US$46.30
+15.2%
11.0%US$57.00US$37.00n/a21
Jan ’25US$42.57
US$45.49
+6.9%
11.9%US$57.00US$37.00n/a20
Dec ’24US$39.24
US$45.80
+16.7%
11.2%US$57.00US$37.00US$44.2020
Nov ’24US$33.71
US$46.95
+39.3%
10.5%US$57.00US$41.00US$45.5919
Oct ’24US$37.29
US$48.06
+28.9%
9.6%US$57.00US$42.00US$50.3818
Sep ’24US$41.49
US$45.73
+10.2%
15.3%US$57.00US$29.00US$44.2820
Aug ’24US$43.75
US$45.78
+4.6%
15.3%US$57.00US$29.00US$43.6320
Jul ’24US$40.00
US$45.93
+14.8%
15.0%US$57.00US$29.00US$48.4121
Jun ’24US$35.47
US$46.56
+31.3%
15.8%US$57.00US$29.00US$52.7320
May ’24US$37.63
US$45.86
+21.9%
15.8%US$60.00US$29.00US$49.9119
Apr ’24US$40.91
US$45.26
+10.6%
16.9%US$60.00US$24.00US$47.3318
Mar ’24US$43.00
US$44.87
+4.3%
17.4%US$60.00US$24.00US$37.9318
Feb ’24US$44.81
US$43.22
-3.5%
20.6%US$60.00US$24.00US$40.1818
Jan ’24US$38.00
US$37.27
-1.9%
20.2%US$55.00US$23.00US$42.5718
Dec ’23US$39.57
US$35.49
-10.3%
19.6%US$55.00US$23.00US$39.2418

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/30 22:53
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/30 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. is covered by 54 analysts. 16 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David ColemanArgus Research Company
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Peter WardBarclays