Stock Performance And Forecast For Freeport-McMoRan Inc

In the latest trading session, 5.63 million Freeport-McMoRan Inc (NYSE:FCX) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.87. With the company’s most recent per share price at $38.26 changing hands around $1.5 or 4.09% at last look, the market valuation stands at $54.99B. FCX’s current price is a discount, trading about -43.65% off its 52-week high of $54.96. The share price had its 52-week low at $34.89, which suggests the last value was 8.81% up since then.

Analysts gave the Freeport-McMoRan Inc (FCX) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 2.21. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 19 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 7 recommended FCX as a Hold, 12 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight.

Freeport-McMoRan Inc (NYSE:FCX) trade information

Instantly FCX is in green as seen in intraday trades today. With action -0.80%, the performance over the past five days has been red. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 0.67%, with the 5-day performance at -0.80% in the red. However, in the 30-day time frame, Freeport-McMoRan Inc (NYSE:FCX) is 4.34% up.

The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 55, meaning bulls need an upside of 30.44% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, FCX’s forecast low is 53 with 58 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -51.59% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -38.53% for it to hit the projected low.

FCX Dividends

Freeport-McMoRan Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in March. The 0.78% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.30. It is important to note, however, that the 0.78% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.

Freeport-McMoRan Inc (NYSE:FCX)’s Major holders

BLACKROCK INC. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 7.5409% or 108.29 million shares worth $5.26 billion as of 2024-06-30.

Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Sep 30, 2024 were Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund. With 45.51 shares estimated at $1.74 billion under it, the former controlled 3.17% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard 500 Index Fund held about 2.62% of the shares, roughly 37.63 shares worth around $1.44 billion.