Freeport-McMoRan - FCX Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Freeport-McMoRan in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" FCX shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in FCX, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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16 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Freeport-McMoRan's stock. Their FCX share price forecasts range from $24.00 to $65.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $42.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 53.7% from the stock's current price.
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Freeport-McMoRan's stock was trading at $41.73 at the beginning of the year. Since then, FCX shares have decreased by 34.5% and is now trading at $27.33.
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Freeport-McMoRan saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 29,460,000 shares, an increase of 8.4% from the August 15th total of 27,180,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 20,060,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.5 days. Approximately 2.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 20th 2022.
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Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE:FCX) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 21st. The natural resource company reported $0.58 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.76 by $0.18. The natural resource company earned $5.42 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.20 billion. Freeport-McMoRan had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.04% and a net margin of 20.08%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 5.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.77 earnings per share.
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Freeport-McMoRan announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, September 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Tuesday, November 1st. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.20%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 13th.
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Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.07%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 9.12%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FCX will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.00% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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233 employees have rated Freeport-McMoRan Chief Executive Officer Richard C. Adkerson on Glassdoor.com. Richard C. Adkerson has an approval rating of 87% among the company's employees.

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

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One share of FCX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $27.33.

Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) has a market capitalization of $39.06 billion and generates $22.85 billion in revenue each year. The natural resource company earns $4.31 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.29 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 24,700 workers across the globe.

Freeport-McMoRan's mailing address is 333 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE, PHOENIX AZ, 85004. The official website for the company is www.fcx.com. The natural resource company can be reached via phone at (602) 366-8100, via email at ir@fmi.com, or via fax at 504-582-1847.