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Analyzing Freeport-McMoRan's (FCX) Surge – What's Driving the Stock?

Freeport-McMoRan stock is trading -5.27% below its average target price of $52.95 after marking a 2.8% 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 $41.0 to $60.0 per share.

The stock has a very low short interest at 1.6%, and a short ratio of 1.38. The company's insiders own 0.63% 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 82.3% of Freeport-McMoRan's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Freeport-McMoRan

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-12-31 Vanguard Group Inc 8% 119,487,609 $5,993,498,449
2023-12-31 Blackrock Inc. 8% 110,693,592 $5,552,390,557
2023-12-31 FMR, LLC 6% 80,082,316 $4,016,928,958
2023-12-31 State Street Corporation 4% 62,903,247 $3,155,226,859
2023-12-31 Capital Research Global Investors 4% 59,752,726 $2,997,196,727
2023-12-31 Fisher Asset Management, LLC 4% 55,656,836 $2,791,746,885
2023-12-31 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 2% 34,490,074 $1,730,022,106
2023-12-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 26,923,943 $1,350,504,976
2023-12-31 JP Morgan Chase & Company 2% 21,783,742 $1,092,672,495
2024-03-31 Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation 1% 21,157,118 $1,061,241,035

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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