Compare Stocks: ECL, FCX, VALE, and SCCO

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ECL Ecolab	$308.99 +1.5%	$285.88	$243.15 ▼ $318.93	$86.63B	0.85	1.46 million shs	246,143 shs
FCX Freeport-McMoRan	$59.11 -2.2%	$68.77	$38.85 ▼ $80.24	$85.12B	1.38	15.73 million shs	1.82 million shs
SCCO Southern Copper	$163.24 -3.0%	$192.02	$119.25 ▼ $223.88	$138.29B	1.15	1.50 million shs	170,854 shs
VALE Vale	$11.23 -0.5%	$13.21	$10.96 ▼ $17.94	$51.00B	0.5	30.44 million shs	3.23 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ECL Ecolab	-0.96%	-0.48%	+6.66%	+10.23%	+16.67%
FCX Freeport-McMoRan	-2.68%	+4.67%	-16.52%	-8.99%	+44.96%
SCCO Southern Copper	-2.45%	+1.93%	-18.04%	-7.85%	+26.70%
VALE Vale	-2.51%	-1.14%	-15.55%	-17.21%	-9.54%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ECL Ecolab	$308.99 +1.5%	$285.88	$243.15 ▼ $318.93	$86.63B	0.85	1.46 million shs	246,143 shs
FCX Freeport-McMoRan	$59.11 -2.2%	$68.77	$38.85 ▼ $80.24	$85.12B	1.38	15.73 million shs	1.82 million shs
SCCO Southern Copper	$163.24 -3.0%	$192.02	$119.25 ▼ $223.88	$138.29B	1.15	1.50 million shs	170,854 shs
VALE Vale	$11.23 -0.5%	$13.21	$10.96 ▼ $17.94	$51.00B	0.5	30.44 million shs	3.23 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ECL Ecolab	-0.96%	-0.48%	+6.66%	+10.23%	+16.67%
FCX Freeport-McMoRan	-2.68%	+4.67%	-16.52%	-8.99%	+44.96%
SCCO Southern Copper	-2.45%	+1.93%	-18.04%	-7.85%	+26.70%
VALE Vale	-2.51%	-1.14%	-15.55%	-17.21%	-9.54%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ECL Ecolab	2.95	Moderate Buy	$332.00	7.45% Upside
FCX Freeport-McMoRan	2.88	Moderate Buy	$75.30	27.40% Upside
SCCO Southern Copper	1.77	Reduce	$159.47	-2.31% Downside
VALE Vale	2.14	Hold	$14.96	33.26% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ECL, FCX, VALE, and SCCO Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
11/13/2026	ECL Ecolab	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$315.00 ➝ $380.00
11/10/2026	SCCO Southern Copper	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Sell ➝ Buy	$180.00
11/3/2026	VALE Vale	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$15.00 ➝ $13.00
11/2/2026	FCX Freeport-McMoRan	Freedom Broker Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Hold	$75.00 ➝ $68.00
11/2/2026	VALE Vale	Freedom Broker Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Buy	$12.00 ➝ $9.50
11/2/2026	VALE Vale	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$14.50 ➝ $13.50
11/2/2026	VALE Vale	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$15.00 ➝ $14.50
10/30/2026	FCX Freeport-McMoRan	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B-)
10/30/2026	SCCO Southern Copper	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Buy (B+) ➝ Buy (B)
10/29/2026	VALE Vale	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C-)
10/29/2026	ECL Ecolab	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$295.00 ➝ $315.00

(Data available from 11/13/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ECL Ecolab	$16.08B	5.39	$11.12 per share	27.78	$37.28 per share	8.29
FCX Freeport-McMoRan	$25.92B	3.28	$3.19 per share	18.54	$23.41 per share	2.52
SCCO Southern Copper	$13.42B	10.27	$6.01 per share	27.17	$16.10 per share	10.14
VALE Vale	$38.40B	1.33	$2.33 per share	4.82	$8.50 per share	1.32

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ECL Ecolab	$2.08B	$7.35	42.02	33.05	3.00	11.99%	22.57%	8.23%	N/A
FCX Freeport-McMoRan	$2.20B	$2.38	24.90	15.08	0.57	13.03%	12.09%	6.50%	1/28/2027 (Estimated)
SCCO Southern Copper	$4.33B	$7.64	21.44	20.93	1.59	37.16%	51.61%	27.33%	1/27/2027 (Estimated)
VALE Vale	$2.35B	$0.15	74.90	6.07	N/A	1.64%	16.54%	7.02%	N/A

Latest ECL, FCX, VALE, and SCCO Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
10/29/2026	Q3 2026	VALE Vale	$0.3842	$0.29	-$0.0942	$0.29	$10.45 billion	$10.60 billion
10/27/2026	Q3 2026	ECL Ecolab	$2.18	$2.18	N/A	$1.95	$4.70 billion	$4.69 billion
10/27/2026	Q3 2026	FCX Freeport-McMoRan	$0.8150	$0.88	+$0.0650	$0.81	$7.36 billion	$7.55 billion
10/21/2026	Q3 2026	SCCO Southern Copper	$2.0087	$2.1274	+$0.1187	$2.15	$4.49 billion	$4.70 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ECL Ecolab	$2.92	0.95%	+7.23%	39.73%	33 Years
FCX Freeport-McMoRan	$0.30	0.51%	+64.38%	12.61%	N/A
SCCO Southern Copper	$5.20	3.19%	+15.94%	68.06%	N/A
VALE Vale	$0.44	3.92%	+32.73%	293.33%	N/A

Latest ECL, FCX, VALE, and SCCO Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
10/15/2026	SCCO Southern Copper	quarterly	$1.30	3%	11/3/2026	11/3/2026	11/19/2026
9/23/2026	FCX Freeport-McMoRan	quarterly	$0.0750	0.43%	10/15/2026	10/15/2026	11/2/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ECL Ecolab	1.14	1.11	0.84
FCX Freeport-McMoRan	0.23	2.02	0.91
SCCO Southern Copper	0.59	4.31	3.93
VALE Vale	0.44	1.10	0.71

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ECL Ecolab	74.91%
FCX Freeport-McMoRan	80.77%
SCCO Southern Copper	7.94%
VALE Vale	21.85%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ECL Ecolab	0.50%
FCX Freeport-McMoRan	0.73%
SCCO Southern Copper	0.07%
VALE Vale	N/A

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ECL Ecolab	48,000	280.47 million	279.07 million	Optionable
FCX Freeport-McMoRan	29,000	1.44 billion	1.43 billion	Optionable
SCCO Southern Copper	16,617	844.34 million	843.75 million	Optionable
VALE Vale	65,805	4.54 billion	4.54 billion	Optionable

ECL, FCX, VALE, and SCCO Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Vale Reports October 2026 Securities Transactions

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Vale SA (VALE) (Q3 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: Base Metals Surge and $2. ...

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352,044 Shares of Vale S.A. $VALE Bought by Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd.

November 6, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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November 5, 2026 | msn.com

Vale (NYSE:VALE) Reaches New 1-Year Low After Analyst Downgrade

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November 4, 2026 | zacks.com

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Vale S.A. $VALE Shares Newly Purchased by ARGA Investment Management LP

November 4, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Barclays Has Lowered Expectations for Vale (NYSE:VALE) Stock Price

November 4, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Freedom Broker Has Lowered Expectations for Vale (NYSE:VALE) Stock Price

November 4, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Vale S.A. $VALE Stock Position Reduced by Trek Financial LLC

November 2, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Vale S.A. 2026 Q3 - Results - Earnings Call Presentation

October 30, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Vale S.A. (VALE) Q3 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

October 30, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Vale: Buying Before The Cycle Turns Despite A Weak Q3

October 30, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Compared to Estimates, VALE (VALE) Q3 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics

October 29, 2026 | zacks.com

Vale S.A. (VALE) Releases Q3 2026 Earnings: Revenue Up Slightly but Profit Falls

October 29, 2026 | quiverquant.comQ

Brazilian Stocks Sink After Surprising Presidential Election Result

October 27, 2026 | investopedia.com

Unlocking Q3 Potential of VALE (VALE): Exploring Wall Street Estimates for Key Metrics

October 27, 2026 | zacks.com

Stock Market Today, Oct. 26: Vale Falls on Brazil Election Outcome and Recent UBS Target Cut

October 26, 2026 | fool.com

Brazilian Stocks Sink After Surprising Presidential Election Result

October 26, 2026 | investopedia.com

Brazil's Bloodbath Leaves Vale Little Scathed, But Concerns Into Earnings (Downgrade)

October 26, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

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ECL, FCX, VALE, and SCCO Company Descriptions

Ecolab NYSE:ECL

$308.99 +4.58 (+1.50%)

As of 11:18 AM Eastern

Ecolab Inc. provides water, hygiene, and infection prevention solutions and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Global Industrial; Global Institutional & Specialty; and Global Healthcare & Life Sciences. The Global Industrial segment offers water treatment and process applications, and cleaning and sanitizing solutions to manufacturing, food and beverage processing, transportation, chemical, metals and mining, power generation, pulp and paper, commercial laundry, petroleum, refining, and petrochemical industries. Its Global Institutional & Specialty segment provides specialized cleaning and sanitizing products to the foodservice, hospitality, lodging, government and education, and retail industries. The Global Healthcare & Life Sciences segment offers specialized cleaning and sanitizing products to the healthcare, personal care, and pharmaceutical industries, such as infection prevention and surgical solutions, and end-to-end cleaning and contamination control solutions under the Ecolab, Microtek, and Anios brand names. In addition, the company provides pest elimination services to detect, eliminate, and prevent pests, such as rodents and insects in restaurants, food and beverage processors, hotels, grocery operations, and other commercial segments including education, life sciences, and healthcare customers. Further, it offers colloidal silica for binding and polishing applications in semiconductor, catalyst, and aerospace component manufacturing, as well as chemical industries; and products and services that manage wash process through custom designed programs, premium products, dispensing equipment, water and energy management, and reduction, as well as real time data management. It sells its products through field sales and corporate account personnel, distributors, and dealers. Ecolab Inc. was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Freeport-McMoRan NYSE:FCX

$59.11 -1.34 (-2.22%)

As of 11:18 AM Eastern

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. engages in the mining of mineral properties in North America, South America, and Indonesia. It primarily explores for copper, gold, molybdenum, silver, and other metals. The company's assets include the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia; Morenci, Bagdad, Safford, Sierrita, and Miami in Arizona; Chino and Tyrone 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 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.

Southern Copper NYSE:SCCO

$163.24 -4.97 (-2.96%)

As of 11:18 AM Eastern

Southern Copper Corporation engages in mining, exploring, smelting, and refining copper and other minerals in Peru, Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, and Chile. The company is involved in the mining, milling, and flotation of copper ore to produce copper and molybdenum concentrates; smelting of copper concentrates to produce blister and anode copper; refining of anode copper to produce copper cathodes; production of molybdenum concentrate and sulfuric acid; production of refined silver, gold, and other materials; and mining and processing of zinc, copper, molybdenum, silver, gold, and lead. It operates the Toquepala and Cuajone open-pit mines, and a smelter and refinery in Peru; and La Caridad, an open-pit copper mine, as well as a copper ore concentrator, a SX-EW plant, a smelter, refinery, and a rod plant in Mexico. The company also operates Buenavista, an open-pit copper mine, as well as two copper concentrators and two operating SX-EW plants in Mexico. In addition, it operates underground mines that produce zinc, lead, copper, silver, and gold; a coal mine; and a zinc refinery. The company has interests in 156,818 hectares and 502,688 hectares of concessions in Peru and Mexico; and 168,200 hectares and 28,453 hectares of exploration concessions in Argentina and Chile. Southern Copper Corporation was incorporated in 1952 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona. Southern Copper Corporation is a subsidiary of Americas Mining Corporation.

Vale NYSE:VALE

$11.22 -0.06 (-0.49%)

As of 11:18 AM Eastern

Vale S.A., together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells iron ore and iron ore pellets for use as raw materials in steelmaking in Brazil and internationally. The company operates through Iron Solutions and Energy Transition Materials segments. The Iron Solutions segment produces and extracts iron ore and pellets, manganese, and other ferrous products; and provides related logistic services. The Energy Transition Materials segment produces and extracts nickel used to produce stainless steel, electric vehicles, and metal alloys; and its by-products, such as gold, silver, cobalt, precious metals, platinum, and others, as well as copper used in the construction sector to produce pipes and electrical wires. The company was formerly known as Companhia Vale do Rio Doce and changed its name to Vale S.A. in May 2009. Vale S.A. was founded in 1942 and is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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