Briefing on the Fundamentals of Freeport-McMoRan

By Naomi Wentworth • Friday, September 22 15:09 • Permanent Link

Freeport-McMoRan marked a 0.4% change today, compared to 0.0% for the S&P 500. Is it a good value at today's price of $37.37? Only an in-depth analysis can answer that question, but here are some facts that can give you an idea:

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. engages in the mining of mineral properties in North America, South America, and Indonesia.
Freeport-McMoRan belongs to the Basic Materials sector, which has an average price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 10.03 and an average price to book (P/B) of 2.08
The company's P/B ratio is 3.31
Freeport-McMoRan has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 25.4 based on its trailing 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $1.47 per share
Its forward P/E ratio is 17.5, based on its forward earnings per share (EPS) of $2.13
FCX has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of -1.46, which shows the company has a fair value when we factor growth into the price to earnings calculus.
Over the last four years, Freeport-McMoRan has averaged free cash flows of $5.33 Billion, which on average grew 0.0%
Over the last four years the company's operating margins have averaged 22.7 % and during this time they had a growth rate of 5.3 % and a coefficient of variability of 50.4 %.
Freeport-McMoRan has moved 41.0% over the last year compared to 19.0% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 22.0%
FCX has an average analyst rating of buy and is -21.08% away from its mean target price of $47.35 per share

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