Freeport-McMoRan Inc (NYSE: FCX): A Stock Worth Thinking About Today

In today’s recent session, 2.17 million shares of the Freeport-McMoRan Inc (NYSE:FCX) have been traded, and its beta is 1.66. Most recently the company’s share price was $37.12, and it changed around -$0.8 or -2.12% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $53.31B. FCX at last check was trading at a discount to its 52-week high of $54.84, offering almost -47.74% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $27.60, which indicates that the recent value has risen by an impressive 25.65% since then.

Freeport-McMoRan Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.74. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 20 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 5 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 6 recommended FCX as a Hold, whereas 8 deemed it a Buy, and 1 rated it as Underweight.

Freeport-McMoRan Inc (NYSE:FCX) trade information

Instantly FCX has been showing red trend so far today with a performance of -2.12% on intraday trading today. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 38.28 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 3.03%. The company’s shares are currently down -2.13% year-to-date, but still up 3.02% over the last five days. On the other hand, Freeport-McMoRan Inc (NYSE:FCX) is 22.49% up in the 30-day period.

The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $45.5, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 18.42% from its current value. Analyst projections state that FCX is forecast to be at a low of $39 and a high of $52.

Freeport-McMoRan Inc earnings are expected to increase by 7.88% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 23.48% per year for the next five years.

FCX Dividends

Freeport-McMoRan Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in June. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 0.81 percent and its annual dividend per share was 0.30. It is important to note, however, that the 0.81% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision.

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