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 2024, 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. It had about 25 years of copper reserves at the end of December 2024. We expect it to sell similar amounts of copper midcycle in 2029, though we expect gold volumes to decline to about 700,000 ounces then due to falling production at Grasberg.
Employees: 28,500
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
73% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 15 [Q4 2024] → 26 (+11) [Q1 2025]
60% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $2.9B | Put options by funds: $1.81B
15% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 592 | Existing positions reduced: 514
0.65% more ownership
Funds ownership: 83.83% [Q4 2024] → 84.48% (+0.65%) [Q1 2025]
0% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $46.7B [Q4 2024] → $46.8B (+$134M) [Q1 2025]
0% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 148 | Existing positions closed: 148
2% less funds holding
Funds holding: 1,455 [Q4 2024] → 1,422 (-33) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
8 analyst ratings
UBS Curt Woodworth | 8%upside $50 | Neutral Downgraded | 11 Jul 2025 |
Scotiabank Orest Wowkodaw | 12%upside $52 | Sector Outperform Maintained | 9 Jul 2025 |
JP Morgan Bill Peterson | 21%upside $56 | Overweight Maintained | 9 Jul 2025 |
Stifel Paul Forward | 21%upside $56 | Buy Initiated | 9 Jul 2025 |
Citigroup Alexander Hacking | 4%upside $48 | Neutral Maintained | 8 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 27 articles about FCX published over the past 30 days









