Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CENX or FCX?

61.6% of Century Aluminum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Century Aluminum shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor CENX or FCX?

In the previous week, Freeport-McMoRan had 28 more articles in the media than Century Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Freeport-McMoRan and 7 mentions for Century Aluminum. Freeport-McMoRan's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Century Aluminum's score of 0.68 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Freeport-McMoRan	22 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CENX or FCX?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Century Aluminum	$2.22B	0.86	$336.80M	$1.18	17.35
Freeport-McMoRan	$25.46B	2.26	$1.89B	$1.32	30.33

Do analysts recommend CENX or FCX?

Century Aluminum presently has a consensus target price of $24.33, suggesting a potential upside of 18.87%. Freeport-McMoRan has a consensus target price of $51.00, suggesting a potential upside of 27.37%. Given Freeport-McMoRan's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Freeport-McMoRan	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is CENX or FCX more profitable?

Freeport-McMoRan has a net margin of 7.45% compared to Century Aluminum's net margin of 5.17%. Century Aluminum's return on equity of 19.06% beat Freeport-McMoRan's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Aluminum	5.17%	19.06%	6.43%
Freeport-McMoRan	7.45%	7.37%	3.87%

Which has more volatility & risk, CENX or FCX?

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

Summary

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