Freeport-McMoRan Inc. shares stand out with an interesting technical chart pattern displaying horizontal consolidation. One would assume that the current accumulation phase will cede eventually to an acceleration to the upside.
Summary
● According to Refinitiv, the company's ESG score for its industry is good.
Strengths
● Before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, the company's margins are particularly high.
● The company is in a robust financial situation considering its net cash and margin position.
● Consensus analysts have strongly revised their opinion of the company over the past 12 months.
● The group usually releases upbeat results with huge surprise rates.
Weaknesses
● With relatively low growth outlooks, the group is not among those with the highest revenue growth potential.
● The potential for earnings per share (EPS) growth in the coming years appears limited according to current analyst estimates.
● With an expected P/E ratio at 31.19 and 25.06 respectively for both the current and next fiscal years, the company operates with high earnings multiples.
● The company appears highly valued given the size of its balance sheet.
● The valuation of the company is particularly high given the cash flows generated by its activity.
● The company is not the most generous with respect to shareholders' compensation.
● For the last 12 months, analysts have been regularly downgrading their EPS expectations. Analysts predict worse results for the company against their predictions a year ago.
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Freeport-McMoRan Inc. specializes in the exploration and operation of copper and gold mines located primarily in the United States, Peru, Chile, Indonesia and Congo. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- copper (74.6%): refined copper and copper concentrates (4.1 billion ounces sold in 2023);
- gold (14.5%): 1,713,000 ounces sold;
- molybdenum (8.4%): 1.3 billion ounces sold;
- other (2.5%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (31.8%), Switzerland (17.4%), Japan (15%), Spain (5.5%), Singapore (5.1%), China (4.7%), Indonesia (3.3%), Germany (3.1%), Chile (1.9%), the United Kingdom (0.7%), and other (11.5%).