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$29.14 -4.37 (-13.03%)
Closing price 04/4/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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FCX vs. SCCO, MTRN, SXC, GSM, CMP, BHP, RIO, VALE, CLF, and MP

Should you be buying Freeport-McMoRan stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Freeport-McMoRan include Southern Copper (SCCO), Materion (MTRN), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Ferroglobe (GSM), Compass Minerals International (CMP), BHP Group (BHP), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Vale (VALE), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), and MP Materials (MP).

Freeport-McMoRan vs.

Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) and Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and dividends.

Freeport-McMoRan received 731 more outperform votes than Southern Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.18% of users gave Freeport-McMoRan an outperform vote while only 55.73% of users gave Southern Copper an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Freeport-McMoRanOutperform Votes
1125
66.18%
Underperform Votes
575
33.82%
Southern CopperOutperform Votes
394
55.73%
Underperform Votes
313
44.27%

Freeport-McMoRan currently has a consensus target price of $51.61, indicating a potential upside of 77.08%. Southern Copper has a consensus target price of $94.42, indicating a potential upside of 20.34%. Given Freeport-McMoRan's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Freeport-McMoRan is more favorable than Southern Copper.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Freeport-McMoRan
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81
Southern Copper
3 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.86

Southern Copper has a net margin of 29.53% compared to Freeport-McMoRan's net margin of 7.42%. Southern Copper's return on equity of 40.27% beat Freeport-McMoRan's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Freeport-McMoRan7.42% 7.50% 3.92%
Southern Copper 29.53%40.27%19.12%

80.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Southern Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Southern Copper shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Southern Copper has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Freeport-McMoRan. Southern Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freeport-McMoRan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Freeport-McMoRan$25.46B1.65$1.89B$1.2922.59
Southern Copper$11.43B5.46$3.38B$4.3218.16

Freeport-McMoRan has a beta of 1.71, indicating that its share price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern Copper has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Freeport-McMoRan had 37 more articles in the media than Southern Copper. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Freeport-McMoRan and 13 mentions for Southern Copper. Southern Copper's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Freeport-McMoRan's score of 0.87 indicating that Southern Copper is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Freeport-McMoRan
29 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Southern Copper
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Freeport-McMoRan pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Southern Copper pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Freeport-McMoRan pays out 23.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southern Copper pays out 64.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Summary

Freeport-McMoRan beats Southern Copper on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FCX vs. The Competition

MetricFreeport-McMoRanMetal mining IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$41.88B$5.88B$2.81B$17.79B
Dividend Yield0.79%3.50%5.15%3.79%
P/E Ratio22.599.4673.7629.93
Price / Sales1.6556.6423,259,756,323,215,800.0024.18
Price / Cash12.7621.4824.3317.53
Price / Book1.463.614.864.13
Net Income$1.89B$605.28M$155.10M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-24.03%-10.43%-5.33%-8.72%
1 Month Performance-23.62%-8.49%-1.83%-10.81%
1 Year Performance-41.10%-7.34%8.62%-5.33%

Freeport-McMoRan Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
4.8885 of 5 stars
$29.14
-13.0%
$51.61
+77.1%
-40.8%$41.88B$25.46B22.5925,600Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
SCCO
Southern Copper
2.6167 of 5 stars
$97.69
-3.7%
$94.42
-3.3%
-28.4%$77.78B$11.43B22.6114,700News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
MTRN
Materion
3.9991 of 5 stars
$86.82
-0.4%
$152.00
+75.1%
-41.3%$1.80B$1.68B299.373,720News Coverage
Gap Down
SXC
SunCoke Energy
3.5182 of 5 stars
$9.27
-0.1%
$13.00
+40.3%
-25.8%$781.52M$1.94B8.27890News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
GSM
Ferroglobe
3.0854 of 5 stars
$3.79
-0.5%
N/A-33.8%$712.08M$1.64B189.503,420News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
CMP
Compass Minerals International
1.8959 of 5 stars
$9.66
+1.0%
$18.33
+89.7%
-35.8%$401.10M$1.08B-2.451,950Positive News
Gap Down
BHP
BHP Group
4.0337 of 5 stars
$49.84
+0.4%
$53.00
+6.4%
-27.1%$126.37B$53.60B11.3345,300Gap Down
RIO
Rio Tinto Group
4.3927 of 5 stars
$62.87
+0.1%
$73.00
+16.1%
-13.7%$78.78B$53.66B9.7553,700Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
Gap Down
VALE
Vale
4.3322 of 5 stars
$10.14
+0.5%
$13.26
+30.7%
-23.7%$46.03B$38.06B7.0466,807Analyst Forecast
Positive News
Gap Down
CLF
Cleveland-Cliffs
2.6499 of 5 stars
$9.15
-2.7%
$16.43
+79.7%
-69.2%$4.52B$19.19B-9.4326,000Gap Down
MP
MP Materials
0.7188 of 5 stars
$26.06
-3.2%
$23.61
-9.4%
+56.0%$4.26B$203.86M-44.16490Positive News
Gap Down
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