NYSE:FCX - Freeport-McMoRan Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Freeport-McMoRan trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FCX."

Freeport-McMoRan announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, January 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.05 per share on Friday, February 1st. This represents a $0.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.63%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, January 14th. View Freeport-McMoRan's Dividend History.

Freeport-McMoRan Inc (NYSE:FCX) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 24th. The natural resource company reported $0.11 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.18 by $0.07. The natural resource company earned $3.68 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.86 billion. Freeport-McMoRan had a return on equity of 15.88% and a net margin of 12.12%. The company's revenue was down 26.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.51 EPS. View Freeport-McMoRan's Earnings History.

Freeport-McMoRan is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Freeport-McMoRan.

19 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Freeport-McMoRan's shares. Their forecasts range from $12.00 to $24.00. On average, they anticipate Freeport-McMoRan's stock price to reach $16.15 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 31.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Freeport-McMoRan.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Freeport-McMoRan in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Freeport-McMoRan.

Press coverage about FCX stock has been trending positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Freeport-McMoRan earned a coverage optimism score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the natural resource company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Freeport-McMoRan saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 47,411,202 shares, an increase of 32.6% from the January 15th total of 35,765,162 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 35,849,846 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.3 days. Currently, 3.3% of the company's stock are sold short. View Freeport-McMoRan's Current Options Chain.

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Freeport-McMoRan's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Fisher Asset Management LLC (2.23%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.56%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.47%), Northern Trust Corp (1.42%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.05%) and Iridian Asset Management LLC CT (0.56%). Company insiders that own Freeport-McMoRan stock include C Donald Whitmire Jr, Courtney Mather and Harry M Iv Conger. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Freeport-McMoRan.

FCX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., First Quadrant L P CA, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Mackay Shields LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC and Bank of Montreal Can. Company insiders that have sold Freeport-McMoRan company stock in the last year include C Donald Whitmire Jr and Courtney Mather. View Insider Buying and Selling for Freeport-McMoRan.

FCX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC, Two Sigma Investments LP, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Victory Capital Management Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Northern Trust Corp and River & Mercantile Asset Management LLP. View Insider Buying and Selling for Freeport-McMoRan.

Shares of FCX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FCX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $12.28.

Freeport-McMoRan has a market capitalization of $17.79 billion and generates $18.63 billion in revenue each year. The natural resource company earns $2.26 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.52 on an earnings per share basis. Freeport-McMoRan employs 25,200 workers across the globe.

The official website for Freeport-McMoRan is http://www.fcx.com.

Freeport-McMoRan's mailing address is 333 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE, PHOENIX AZ, 85004. The natural resource company can be reached via phone at 602-366-8100 or via email at [email protected]