Insights on Investing in FCX – Analysts' Perspectives

By Naomi Wentworth • Wednesday, June 26 15:11 • Permanent Link

Freeport-McMoRan logged a -1.4% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $49.2 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. FCX's trading volume is 5,546,210 compared to the stock's average volume of 15,399,146.

Freeport-McMoRan trades -12.21% away from its average analyst target price of $56.05 per share. The 18 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $45.0 to $65.0, and on average have given Freeport-McMoRan a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying FCX should be aware of the facts below:

Freeport-McMoRan's current price is 169.6% above its Graham number of $18.25, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Freeport-McMoRan has moved 27.2% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 25.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 1.14, Freeport-McMoRan has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 43.2 while the S&P 500 average is 27.65
FCX has a forward P/E ratio of 21.2 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $2.32 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 2.88 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Freeport-McMoRan is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 4.16 compared to its sector average of 3.12
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. engages in the mining of mineral properties in North America, South America, and Indonesia.
Based in Phoenix, the company has 27,200 full time employees and a market cap of $70.68 Billion. Freeport-McMoRan currently returns an annual dividend yield of 1.2%.

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