Freeport-McMoRan Inc.

FCX Basic Materials Copper

Freeport-McMoRan Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $25.9 billion, up 1.81% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 7.29%, EPS grew 28.3%, free cash flow grew 1.07% and total debt rose 1.46%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for five consecutive years, revenue growth for three.

64.64 4.26 −6.18%
Market cap
$92.8B
P/E
31.8×
Fwd P/E
22.2×
Dividend yield
0.46%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
2.61
Beneish M
−2.09
Dividend safety
28/100

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX) Return on invested capital

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Freeport-McMoRan Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 11.6%, up 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (11.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −26.2% (fiscal 2015) to 21.4% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is in line with the Copper industry median of 12.1% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 11.3% (1.74)
FY2024 13.0% 0.38
FY2023 12.7% (3.50)
FY2022 16.2% (5.28)
FY2021 21.4% 15.27
FY2020 6.16% 3.46
FY2019 2.70% (9.27)
FY2018 12.0% 0.44
FY2017 11.5% 19.64
FY2016 −8.11% 18.12

Against its own ten years

Low −26.2% High 21.4%
Ten-year median 11.5%
Current reading's percentile 45

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
SCCO Southern Copper Corporation compare 42.0%
HBM HudBay Minerals Inc compare 13.3%
ERO Ero Copper Corp. compare 12.5%
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc. 11.6%
IE Ivanhoe Electric Inc. compare 2.92%
COPR Idaho Copper Corporation compare 0.00%
Copper industry median 12.1%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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