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FCX vs. SCCO, MTRN, CMP, SXC, GSM, BHP, RIO, VALE, BVN, and CLF

Should you be buying Freeport-McMoRan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Freeport-McMoRan include Southern Copper (SCCO), Materion (MTRN), Compass Minerals International (CMP), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Ferroglobe (GSM), BHP Group (BHP), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Vale (VALE), Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (BVN), and Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF).

Freeport-McMoRan vs.

Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) and Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.

Southern Copper has a net margin of 29.53% compared to Freeport-McMoRan's net margin of 7.42%. Southern Copper's return on equity of 40.27% beat Freeport-McMoRan's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Freeport-McMoRan7.42% 7.50% 3.92%
Southern Copper 29.53%40.27%19.12%

80.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Southern Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Southern Copper shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Southern Copper has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Freeport-McMoRan. Southern Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freeport-McMoRan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Freeport-McMoRan$24.86B2.18$1.89B$1.2131.12
Southern Copper$11.96B6.02$3.38B$4.5719.77

Freeport-McMoRan has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern Copper has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Freeport-McMoRan received 735 more outperform votes than Southern Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.18% of users gave Freeport-McMoRan an outperform vote while only 55.54% of users gave Southern Copper an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Freeport-McMoRanOutperform Votes
1131
66.18%
Underperform Votes
578
33.82%
Southern CopperOutperform Votes
396
55.54%
Underperform Votes
317
44.46%

Freeport-McMoRan currently has a consensus target price of $48.36, suggesting a potential upside of 28.42%. Southern Copper has a consensus target price of $91.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.26%. Given Freeport-McMoRan's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Freeport-McMoRan is more favorable than Southern Copper.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Freeport-McMoRan
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93
Southern Copper
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.83

Freeport-McMoRan pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Southern Copper pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Freeport-McMoRan pays out 24.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southern Copper pays out 61.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

In the previous week, Freeport-McMoRan had 23 more articles in the media than Southern Copper. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Freeport-McMoRan and 10 mentions for Southern Copper. Freeport-McMoRan's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Southern Copper's score of 1.36 indicating that Freeport-McMoRan is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Freeport-McMoRan
31 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Southern Copper
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Freeport-McMoRan beats Southern Copper on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FCX vs. The Competition

MetricFreeport-McMoRanMetal mining IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$54.12B$6.89B$3.08B$19.30B
Dividend Yield0.78%3.56%5.20%3.83%
P/E Ratio29.1914.0567.8834.53
Price / Sales2.1895.2425,591,212,775,269,400.0034.84
Price / Cash12.7621.4824.3417.51
Price / Book1.885.075.214.69
Net Income$1.89B$605.28M$156.48M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.93%2.30%2.51%-2.43%
1 Month Performance7.10%6.79%5.08%6.27%
1 Year Performance-26.44%11.39%18.50%5.78%

Freeport-McMoRan Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
4.9604 of 5 stars
$37.66
-0.9%
$48.36
+28.4%
-26.5%$54.12B$24.86B29.1925,600Positive News
SCCO
Southern Copper
1.6137 of 5 stars
$90.99
-0.7%
$91.50
+0.6%
-22.6%$72.44B$11.96B21.0614,700News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
MTRN
Materion
3.2165 of 5 stars
$76.62
-4.7%
N/A-31.9%$1.59B$1.72B264.193,720Positive News
CMP
Compass Minerals International
0.8264 of 5 stars
$19.17
-2.5%
$17.50
-8.7%
+46.5%$795.42M$1.21B-4.851,950Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
SXC
SunCoke Energy
3.6828 of 5 stars
$8.67
-0.5%
$13.00
+50.0%
-20.8%$733.50M$1.88B7.74890Positive News
GSM
Ferroglobe
3.4251 of 5 stars
$3.80
-1.0%
N/A-37.9%$709.18M$1.56B190.003,420Positive News
BHP
BHP Group
1.8481 of 5 stars
$49.35
-0.7%
$53.00
+7.4%
-16.4%$125.15B$53.60B11.2245,300News Coverage
RIO
Rio Tinto Group
4.4355 of 5 stars
$62.00
-0.4%
$73.00
+17.7%
-15.3%$77.75B$53.66B9.6153,700Trending News
VALE
Vale
4.2408 of 5 stars
$9.67
-1.2%
$12.04
+24.6%
-24.5%$43.87B$37.72B6.7164,500Positive News
BVN
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.
3.4013 of 5 stars
$14.95
+0.9%
$16.75
+12.0%
-18.4%$3.79B$1.15B10.602,043Positive News
CLF
Cleveland-Cliffs
2.8419 of 5 stars
$7.01
-5.5%
$14.02
+99.9%
-59.4%$3.47B$18.62B-7.2326,000Trending News
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