FCX

Can Market Sentiment Sustain FCX's Price Surge Today?

Freeport-McMoRan stock is trading -7.83% below its average target price of $45.76 after marking a 3.9% change during today's afternoon session. Analysts are giving the large-cap Industrial Metals & Mining company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $29.0 to $57.0 per share.

The stock has a very low short interest at 1.2%, and a short ratio of 1.36. The company's insiders own 0.56% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that a significant number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 80.6% of Freeport-McMoRan's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Freeport-McMoRan

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-03-31 Vanguard Group Inc 8% 118,696,795 $5,006,037,238
2023-03-31 Blackrock Inc. 8% 109,368,902 $4,612,633,358
2023-03-31 FMR, LLC 7% 105,191,820 $4,436,464,928
2023-03-31 State Street Corporation 4% 62,355,581 $2,629,846,581
2023-03-31 Capital Research Global Investors 4% 55,864,533 $2,356,086,636
2023-03-31 Fisher Asset Management, LLC 4% 53,946,760 $2,275,204,561
2023-03-31 JP Morgan Chase & Company 3% 46,164,978 $1,947,007,911
2023-03-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 25,338,465 $1,068,649,742
2023-03-31 Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation 1% 20,085,131 $847,090,384
2023-03-31 Bank of America Corporation 1% 19,866,267 $837,859,795

Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Freeport-McMoRan.

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