Freeport-McMoran
About: Freeport-McMoRan owns stakes in 10 copper mines, led by its 49% ownership of the Grasberg copper and gold operations in Indonesia, 55% of the Cerro Verde mine in Peru, and 72% of Morenci in Arizona. It sold around 1.2 million metric tons of copper (its share) in 2023, making it the one of the world's largest copper miners by volume. It also sold about 900,000 ounces of gold, mostly from Grasberg, and 70 million pounds of molybdenum. About 75% of 2023 revenue was from copper, with a further 15% from gold and about 10% from molybdenum. It had about 25 years of copper reserves at end December 2023. we expect it to sell similar amounts of copper midcycle in 2028, though we expect gold volumes to decline to about 700,000 ounces then due to falling production at Grasberg.
Employees: 27,200
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
43% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $3.25B | Put options by funds: $2.28B
20% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 643 | Existing positions reduced: 538
13% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 144 | Existing positions closed: 127
0% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $60.2B [Q2] → $60.2B (+$7.07M) [Q3]
0% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,499 [Q2] → 1,499 (+0) [Q3]
2.1% less ownership
Funds ownership: 86.24% [Q2] → 84.14% (-2.1%) [Q3]
13% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 31 [Q2] → 27 (-4) [Q3]
Research analyst outlook
5 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
5 analyst ratings
JP Morgan Bill Peterson 45% 1-year accuracy 14 / 31 met price target | 19%upside $48 | Neutral Maintained | 16 Jan 2025 |
Bernstein Bob Brackett 17% 1-year accuracy 1 / 6 met price target | 14%upside $46 | Market Perform Downgraded | 7 Jan 2025 |
Scotiabank Orest Wowkodaw 43% 1-year accuracy 6 / 14 met price target | 19%upside $48 | Sector Perform Maintained | 6 Jan 2025 |
Jefferies Chris LaFemina 52% 1-year accuracy 11 / 21 met price target | 19%upside $48 | Buy Maintained | 6 Jan 2025 |
Raymond James Brian MacArthur 15% 1-year accuracy 2 / 13 met price target | 42%upside $57 | Outperform Maintained | 23 Oct 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 15 articles about FCX published over the past 30 days
