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Buying Freeport-McMoRan (FCX)? Here's What You Must Know.

Shares of Freeport-McMoRan have moved 2.8% today, and are now trading at a price of $40.41. In contrast, the S&P 500 index saw a 0.0% change. Today's trading volume is 735,135 compared to the stock's average volume of 10,943,382.

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. engages in the mining of mineral properties in North America, South America, and Indonesia. Based in Phoenix, United States the company has 25,600 full time employees and a market cap of $58,619,170,816. Freeport-McMoRan currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 1.5% per year.

The company is now trading -11.61% away from its average analyst target price of $45.71 per share. The 19 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $29.0 to $57.0, and on average give Freeport-McMoRan a rating of buy.

Over the last 52 weeks, FCX stock has risen 27.0%, which amounts to a 17.0% difference compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $46.73 whereas its 52 week low is $26.03 per share. Based on Freeport-McMoRan's average net margin growth of 5.6% over the last 6 years, its core business is on track for profitability and its strong stock performance may continue in the long term.

Date Reported Total Revenue ($ k) Net Profit ($ k) Net Margins (%) YoY Growth (%)
2023-02-15 22,780,000 3,468,000 15 -21.05
2022-02-15 22,845,000 4,306,000 19 375.0
2021-02-16 14,198,000 599,000 4 300.0
2020-02-14 14,402,000 -239,000 -2 -114.29
2019-02-15 18,628,000 2,602,000 14 27.27
2018-02-20 16,403,000 1,817,000 11
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