# Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Basic Materials / Metals & Mining. Price $72.73, market value $104.4 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 35.7×** (5-yr avg 13.5×). Freeport-McMoRan Inc. trades at 35.7× trailing earnings, well above its own five-year average of 13.5×: investors are paying up relative to the company's past. The Basic Materials median in the September 2026 study was 19.0×. Forward P/E is 17.6×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 4.1×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 4.1×.
- **Price / book: 5.2×**. The shares trade at 5.2× book value; most of the value is in earnings power and intangibles rather than the balance sheet.
- **EV / EBITDA: 12.1×**. Enterprise value is 12.1× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Earnings yield: 2.8%**. The inverse of the P/E: 2.8% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: 27.3%**. 27.3% of revenue is left after running the business, an exceptional level.
- **Net margin: 16.5%**. 16.5% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 22.0%**. 22.0% on shareholders' equity is excellent if it is not driven by leverage; sustained above 20% usually signals a competitive advantage.
- **Return on invested capital: 22.4%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 22.4%: comfortably above what that capital costs.
- **Return on assets: 7.2%**. Each dollar of assets produces 7.2% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 0.1%** (3-yr 2.7%/yr, 5-yr 12.6%/yr). Revenue grew 0.1% over the last year, against 12.6% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -12.6%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -12.6% a year over three years.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 0.50**. Debt is 0.50 times equity: a conservative balance sheet.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 0.6×**. It would take 0.6 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, within the comfortable range.
- **Altman Z-score: 3.54**. A Z-score of 3.54 places the company in the safe zone for bankruptcy risk.
- **Piotroski F-score: 5/9**. 5 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 0.82%** ($0.60 per share, trailing). Freeport-McMoRan Inc. yields 0.82%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 21%**. 21% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 5**. 5 straight years of increases.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 64.4%/yr** (1-yr 0.0%). The dividend has compounded at 64.4% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 1 years at that pace.

## Analyst view
- **Analyst consensus: buy** (22 analysts). 22 analysts cover Freeport-McMoRan Inc.; the consensus is buy, with an average price target of $72.05 (-1% from the current price). Analyst opinion is shown for context; it is not part of the Fundamental Score.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): 59.6%** (YTD 44.2%, 3-mo 15.0%). The shares are up 59.6% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -9.4%** (106.9% above the low). Trading 9% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 53**. An RSI of 53 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 2.22** (volatility 51%). Beta of 2.22 against the S&P 500: the shares move much more than the market.

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