October 16 Changes the Microchip Game - and Investing
George Gilder-dubbed "America's #1 Futurist"-says while everyone's chasing AI, the real opportunity is in a 4-nanometer tech millions of times more complex. It's not another chip - it replaces them. Now built in Arizona, Gilder says 3 companies tied to this "super-convergence" could soar.
Shares Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 1,435,000,000 |
| Shares Float | 1,427,430,000 |
| Shares Short | 23,100,000 |
| Insider Holdings | 66% |
| Institution Holdings | 87.09% |
About Freeport-McMoRan Inc
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. engages in the mining of mineral properties in North America, South America, and Indonesia. It primarily explores for copper, gold, molybdenum, silver, and other metals. The company's assets include the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia; Morenci, Bagdad, Safford, Sierrita, and Miami in Arizona; Chino and Tyrone in New Mexico; and Henderson and Climax in Colorado, North America, as well as Cerro Verde in Peru and El Abra in Chile. The company was formerly known as Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. and changed its name to Freeport-McMoRan Inc. in July 2014. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.
General
| Name | Freeport-McMoRan Inc |
| Ticker | FCX |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Industry | Copper |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 28,500 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 52.16 |
| Market Cap | 64,739,100,000 |
| PE Ratio | 34.15 |
| PEG Ratio | 3.29 |
| EBITDA | 9,617,999,872 |
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | 1.81 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | 0.55 |
| Profit Margin | 7.44% |
| Operating Margin | 25.99 |
| Return on Assets | 0.08 |
| Return on Equity | 0.15 |
| Revenue | 25.6B |
| Earnings Per Share | 1.32 |
| Revenue Per Share | 17.95 |
| Gross Profit | 10,113,000,448 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | 0.15 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 34.16 |
| Forward PE | 18.32 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 2.51 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 3.57 |
Dividend
Freeport-McMoRan Inc pays out a dividend of $0.60 per share, with a dividend yield of 1.33%.
FCX's last dividend payment was made to shareholders on August 1, 2025.
They pay out 46.04% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Aug 1, 2025 | $0.15 |
| May 1, 2025 | $0.15 |
| Feb 3, 2025 | $0.15 |
| Nov 1, 2024 | $0.15 |
| Aug 1, 2024 | $0.15 |
| May 1, 2024 | $0.15 |
| Feb 1, 2024 | $0.15 |
| Nov 1, 2023 | $0.15 |
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