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$37.63 +1.22 (+3.35%)
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FCX vs. SCCO, MTRN, SXC, GSM, CMP, BHP, RIO, VALE, MP, 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), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Ferroglobe (GSM), Compass Minerals International (CMP), BHP Group (BHP), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Vale (VALE), MP Materials (MP), and Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF).

Freeport-McMoRan vs.

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

Southern Copper presently has a consensus target price of $91.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.41%. Freeport-McMoRan has a consensus target price of $48.09, indicating a potential upside of 27.80%. Given Freeport-McMoRan's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Freeport-McMoRan is more favorable than Southern Copper.

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

Freeport-McMoRan received 736 more outperform votes than Southern Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.22% of users gave Freeport-McMoRan an outperform vote while only 55.56% of users gave Southern Copper an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Southern CopperOutperform Votes
395
55.56%
Underperform Votes
316
44.44%
Freeport-McMoRanOutperform Votes
1131
66.22%
Underperform Votes
577
33.78%

In the previous week, Freeport-McMoRan had 11 more articles in the media than Southern Copper. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Freeport-McMoRan and 19 mentions for Southern Copper. Southern Copper's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Freeport-McMoRan's score of 1.02 indicating that Southern Copper is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Southern Copper
9 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Freeport-McMoRan
17 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Southern Copper has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freeport-McMoRan has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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
Southern Copper29.53% 40.27% 19.12%
Freeport-McMoRan 7.42%7.50%3.92%

Southern Copper pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Freeport-McMoRan pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Southern Copper pays out 61.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Freeport-McMoRan pays out 24.8% 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.

Southern Copper has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Southern Copper$11.96B6.01$3.38B$4.5719.74
Freeport-McMoRan$24.86B2.18$1.89B$1.2131.10

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

Summary

Freeport-McMoRan beats Southern Copper on 13 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$54.08B$6.81B$3.04B$19.22B
Dividend Yield0.80%3.64%5.18%4.00%
P/E Ratio29.1711.7575.5533.45
Price / Sales2.18101.6524,272,056,611,914,900.0029.18
Price / Cash12.7621.4824.3217.52
Price / Book1.884.345.174.55
Net Income$1.89B$605.28M$155.11M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.83%0.93%0.32%2.18%
1 Month Performance-1.41%3.68%2.25%-2.05%
1 Year Performance-22.86%13.39%17.46%5.45%

Freeport-McMoRan Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
4.9715 of 5 stars
$37.63
+3.4%
$48.09
+27.8%
-27.0%$54.08B$24.86B29.1725,600Positive News
Gap Up
SCCO
Southern Copper
2.0954 of 5 stars
$92.30
+3.6%
$91.50
-0.9%
-22.0%$73.49B$11.43B21.3614,700Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Positive News
Gap Up
MTRN
Materion
3.6771 of 5 stars
$80.52
+0.7%
$152.00
+88.8%
-26.8%$1.67B$1.68B277.663,720Earnings Report
News Coverage
SXC
SunCoke Energy
3.7649 of 5 stars
$9.45
+1.3%
$13.00
+37.6%
-7.4%$799.91M$1.94B8.44890Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
GSM
Ferroglobe
3.2603 of 5 stars
$3.63
flat
N/A-32.8%$682.02M$1.64B181.503,420Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
CMP
Compass Minerals International
1.4212 of 5 stars
$11.93
-0.6%
$18.33
+53.6%
+6.9%$495.23M$1.08B-3.021,950Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
BHP
BHP Group
2.0074 of 5 stars
$48.37
+1.5%
$53.00
+9.6%
-13.2%$122.65B$53.60B10.9945,300Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
RIO
Rio Tinto Group
4.7218 of 5 stars
$60.19
+1.0%
$73.00
+21.3%
-13.3%$75.48B$53.66B9.3353,700Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
VALE
Vale
4.5331 of 5 stars
$9.55
+1.2%
$12.44
+30.3%
-24.1%$43.35B$38.06B6.6364,500Gap Up
MP
MP Materials
1.0131 of 5 stars
$22.92
+0.3%
$23.61
+3.0%
+53.0%$3.75B$203.86M-38.85490Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
CLF
Cleveland-Cliffs
2.8416 of 5 stars
$7.55
+4.2%
$15.49
+105.2%
-49.4%$3.73B$19.19B-7.7826,000Upcoming Earnings

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