Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) Vs. BHP, RIO, VALE, SCCO, VEDL, CLF, MP, LAC, TRQ, and PVG
Should you be buying Freeport-McMoRan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Freeport-McMoRan include BHP Group (BHP), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Vale (VALE), Southern Copper (SCCO), Vedanta (VEDL), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), MP Materials (MP), Lithium Americas (LAC), Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ), and Pretium Resources (PVG). These companies are all part of the "diversified metals & mining" industry.These companies are all part of the "metal mining" industry.
Freeport-McMoRan vs.
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) and Rio Tinto Group (NYSE:RIO) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
76.1% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 8.2% of Rio Tinto Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Freeport-McMoRan had 28 more articles in the media than Rio Tinto Group. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Freeport-McMoRan and 4 mentions for Rio Tinto Group. Freeport-McMoRan's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Rio Tinto Group's score of -0.35 indicating that Freeport-McMoRan is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Freeport-McMoRan has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rio Tinto Group has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Freeport-McMoRan pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Rio Tinto Group pays an annual dividend of $7.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. Freeport-McMoRan pays out 11.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Freeport-McMoRan has a net margin of 18.45% compared to Rio Tinto Group's net margin of 0.00%. Freeport-McMoRan's return on equity of 18.51% beat Rio Tinto Group's return on equity.
Rio Tinto Group received 359 more outperform votes than Freeport-McMoRan when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.75% of users gave Rio Tinto Group an outperform vote while only 68.61% of users gave Freeport-McMoRan an outperform vote.
Freeport-McMoRan currently has a consensus target price of $41.50, indicating a potential downside of 6.30%. Rio Tinto Group has a consensus target price of $100.80, indicating a potential upside of 33.10%. Given Rio Tinto Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rio Tinto Group is more favorable than Freeport-McMoRan.
Rio Tinto Group has higher revenue and earnings than Freeport-McMoRan.
Summary
Freeport-McMoRan beats Rio Tinto Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) vs. Its Competitors
Freeport-McMoRan Competitors List
