Freeport-McMoRan Stock Forecast, Price & News

18 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Freeport-McMoRan in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings, 13 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Freeport-McMoRan stock.
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Freeport-McMoRan saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 12th, there was short interest totaling 22,350,000 shares, an increase of 29.6% from the January 28th total of 17,250,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 21,640,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days.
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Freeport-McMoRan is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 23rd 2021.
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Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE:FCX) issued its earnings results on Monday, January, 25th. The natural resource company reported $0.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.38 by $0.01. The natural resource company earned $4.50 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.33 billion. Freeport-McMoRan had a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1.56% and a negative net margin of 0.73%. The firm's revenue was up 14.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.02 EPS.
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Freeport-McMoRan's stock was trading at $8.12 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, FCX stock has increased by 331.3% and is now trading at $35.02.
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18 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Freeport-McMoRan's shares. Their forecasts range from $12.00 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate Freeport-McMoRan's share price to reach $23.44 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 33.1%.
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233 employees have rated Freeport-McMoRan CEO Richard C. Adkerson on Glassdoor.com. Richard C. Adkerson has an approval rating of 87% among Freeport-McMoRan's employees.

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

Freeport-McMoRan's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (3.88%), Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. (3.70%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (2.95%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.41%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.33%) and Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.15%). Company insiders that own Freeport-McMoRan stock include C Donald Whitmire Jr, Gerald J Ford, Harry M Iv Conger, John Joseph Stephens, Kathleen L Quirk and Richard C Adkerson.
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FCX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC, Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc., Public Sector Pension Investment Board, Clearbridge Investments LLC, Marathon Asset Management LLP, and Cibc World Markets Corp. Company insiders that have sold Freeport-McMoRan company stock in the last year include C Donald Whitmire Jr, Gerald J Ford, Kathleen L Quirk, and Richard C Adkerson.
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FCX stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Itau Unibanco Holding S.A., Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, FMR LLC, Morgan Stanley, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Primecap Management Co. CA, Ninety One UK Ltd, and Wells Fargo & Company MN. Company insiders that have bought Freeport-McMoRan stock in the last two years include John Joseph Stephens, Kathleen L Quirk, and Richard C Adkerson.
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Shares of FCX can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of FCX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.02.

Freeport-McMoRan has a market capitalization of $51.08 billion and generates $14.40 billion in revenue each year. The natural resource company earns $-239,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $0.02 on an earnings per share basis.

Freeport-McMoRan employs 27,500 workers across the globe.

Freeport-McMoRan was founded in 1987.

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

Freeport-McMoRan is headquartered at 333 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE, PHOENIX AZ, 85004.

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]