NYSE:FCX - Freeport-McMoRan Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Freeport-McMoRan announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, March 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, April 13th will be given a dividend of $0.05 per share on Tuesday, May 1st. This represents a $0.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.22%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 12th. View Freeport-McMoRan's Dividend History.

Freeport-McMoRan Inc (NYSE:FCX) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 24th. The natural resource company reported $0.46 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.56 by $0.10. The natural resource company earned $4.87 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.92 billion. Freeport-McMoRan had a return on equity of 19.92% and a net margin of 12.72%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 45.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.15 earnings per share. View Freeport-McMoRan's Earnings History.

Freeport-McMoRan is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Freeport-McMoRan.

20 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Freeport-McMoRan's shares. Their forecasts range from $12.00 to $25.00. On average, they expect Freeport-McMoRan's share price to reach $18.0278 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Freeport-McMoRan.

Freeport-McMoRan saw a decrease in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 23,486,112 shares, a decrease of 11.7% from the May 15th total of 26,603,535 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 16,087,203 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 1.6% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Freeport-McMoRan's Current Options Chain.

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Headlines about FCX stock have trended somewhat positive on Friday, according to Accern. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Freeport-McMoRan earned a news sentiment score of 0.04 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the natural resource company an impact score of 46.99 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Freeport-McMoRan's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Icahn Carl C (3.46%), Northern Trust Corp (1.28%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.95%), Prudential Financial Inc. (0.82%), Sound Shore Management Inc. CT (0.52%) and Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc. (0.50%). Company insiders that own Freeport-McMoRan stock include C Donald Whitmire Jr, Courtney Mather, Harry M Iv Conger and Jon C/ Madonna. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Freeport-McMoRan.

FCX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Icahn Carl C, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Pendal Group Ltd, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, Franklin Resources Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Quadrature Capital Ltd and Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Freeport-McMoRan.

FCX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including OppenheimerFunds Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Mackay Shields LLC, Capital Growth Management LP, Sound Shore Management Inc. CT, Natixis, Inverness Counsel LLC NY and Eaton Vance Management. Company insiders that have bought Freeport-McMoRan stock in the last two years include Courtney Mather and Harry M Iv Conger. 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 $16.45.

Freeport-McMoRan has a market capitalization of $23.62 billion and generates $16.40 billion in revenue each year. The natural resource company earns $1.82 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.17 on an earnings per share basis. Freeport-McMoRan employs 25,200 workers across the globe.

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]