Freeport-McMoRan Inc (FCX) Stock AnalysisFCXStock AnalysisFreeport-McMoRan Inc

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. is a metals company. The Company operates assets with reserves of copper, gold and molybdenum. Its portfolio of assets includes the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia, which is a copper and gold deposit; and operations in the United States, including the large-scale Morenci minerals district in North America and the Cerro Verde operation in South America. Its segments include Cerro Verde copper mine, Indonesia operations and United States Rod & Refining operations. It produces copper concentrate, cathode and continuous cast copper rod. Its copper ore from mines is processed by smelting and refining or by solution extraction and electrowinning (SX/EW). It produces copper cathodes at an electrolytic refinery located in El Paso, Texas. The SX/EW cathode is produced from the Morenci, Bagdad, Safford, Sierrita, Miami, Chino and Tyrone mines in the United States, and from the Cerro Verde and El Abra mines in South America. It operates in the Basic Materials sector (METAL MINING industry).

Freeport-McMoRan is a good buy right now due to its current price of $76.45, which is below the analyst price target of $82 from Barclays, indicating a potential upside of 6.5%. Additionally, the company has shown a strong year-to-date change of +47.22% and a solid gross margin of 31.10% in Q2 2026, reflecting its profitability. The main risk is the recent market pullback, with a 5-day change of -0.27%, which may affect short-term performance.

23 analysts cover FCX: 7 rate it Buy, 12 Hold and 4 Sell. The average price target is 58.79.