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$43.24 +1.52 (+3.64%)
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FCX vs. CENX, LIN, AA, ERO, HBM, NUE, SCCO, TECK, TGB, and MTRN

Should you be buying Freeport-McMoRan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Freeport-McMoRan include Century Aluminum (CENX), Linde (LIN), Alcoa (AA), Ero Copper (ERO), HudBay Minerals (HBM), Nucor (NUE), Southern Copper (SCCO), Teck Resources (TECK), Taseko Mines (TGB), and Materion (MTRN).

Freeport-McMoRan vs. Its Competitors

Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX) and Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) are related companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership and profitability.

Freeport-McMoRan has higher revenue and earnings than Century Aluminum. Century Aluminum 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
Century Aluminum$2.22B0.93$336.80M$1.1619.15
Freeport-McMoRan$25.46B2.44$1.89B$1.3232.76

Freeport-McMoRan has a net margin of 7.45% compared to Century Aluminum's net margin of 4.94%. Century Aluminum's return on equity of 18.02% beat Freeport-McMoRan's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Century Aluminum4.94% 18.02% 6.21%
Freeport-McMoRan 7.45%7.37%3.87%

Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.53, indicating that its share price is 153% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freeport-McMoRan has a beta of 1.63, indicating that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Freeport-McMoRan had 19 more articles in the media than Century Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Freeport-McMoRan and 10 mentions for Century Aluminum. Freeport-McMoRan's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Century Aluminum's score of 1.33 indicating that Freeport-McMoRan is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Century Aluminum
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Freeport-McMoRan
24 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Century Aluminum currently has a consensus target price of $24.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.06%. Freeport-McMoRan has a consensus target price of $51.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.95%. Given Freeport-McMoRan's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Freeport-McMoRan is more favorable than Century Aluminum.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Century Aluminum
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.25
Freeport-McMoRan
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

61.6% of Century Aluminum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Century Aluminum shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Freeport-McMoRan beats Century Aluminum on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FCX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FCX vs. The Competition

MetricFreeport-McMoRanMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$62.08B$12.66B$3.41B$21.16B
Dividend Yield0.73%2.60%5.16%3.59%
P/E Ratio32.7619.40112.2429.15
Price / Sales2.4412.7231,115,530,772,805,600.0054.92
Price / Cash13.5315.9024.0323.84
Price / Book2.072.835.935.45
Net Income$1.89B$418.31M$148.61M$992.10M
7 Day Performance2.25%3.54%1.27%2.62%
1 Month Performance-5.44%7.67%2.95%2.51%
1 Year Performance-0.14%39.01%32.61%12.94%

Freeport-McMoRan Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
4.7762 of 5 stars
$43.24
+3.6%
$51.00
+17.9%
-5.0%$62.08B$25.46B32.7628,500Positive News
Short Interest ↑
CENX
Century Aluminum
3.7336 of 5 stars
$21.84
-0.5%
$24.67
+12.9%
+50.4%$2.04B$2.43B18.832,971News Coverage
Positive News
LIN
Linde
3.5547 of 5 stars
$482.36
+0.5%
$519.63
+7.7%
+4.1%$226.18B$33.01B34.3165,289Positive News
AA
Alcoa
4.1038 of 5 stars
$29.36
-1.6%
$41.23
+40.4%
-11.4%$7.60B$11.90B7.6713,900Positive News
ERO
Ero Copper
4.1153 of 5 stars
$13.59
+0.2%
$23.50
+73.0%
-33.3%$1.41B$535.97M9.923,374Positive News
HBM
HudBay Minerals
3.0225 of 5 stars
$10.99
+1.5%
N/A+41.2%$4.35B$2.02B15.052,803Analyst Revision
NUE
Nucor
4.902 of 5 stars
$143.44
-1.7%
$155.78
+8.6%
-2.1%$32.93B$30.73B25.8932,700Positive News
Insider Trade
SCCO
Southern Copper
2.1904 of 5 stars
$93.71
-0.6%
$91.00
-2.9%
-10.1%$75.35B$11.89B20.5116,133Positive News
TECK
Teck Resources
4.9907 of 5 stars
$31.26
-0.5%
$60.11
+92.3%
-35.1%$15.10B$9.96B82.257,200Positive News
TGB
Taseko Mines
2.4367 of 5 stars
$3.09
+0.3%
$5.00
+61.8%
+36.3%$977.91M$578.65M-103.00696
MTRN
Materion
3.2366 of 5 stars
$109.94
-2.2%
$117.00
+6.4%
-5.6%$2.28B$1.68B137.423,037

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This page (NYSE:FCX) was last updated on 8/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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