
Investors interested in Mining - Non Ferrous stocks are likely familiar with Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) and Southern Copper (SCCO). But which of these two stocks is more attractive to value investors?
Freeport-McMoRan Inc., often called Freeport, is an American mining company based in the Freeport-McMoRan Center, in Phoenix, Arizona.
| Revenue (TTM) | $26.44B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $10.27B |
| EBITDA | $9.96B |
| Operating Margin | 35.30% |
| Return on Equity | 15.70% |
| Return on Assets | 7.99% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $18.40 |
| Book Value | $14.99 |
| Price-to-Book | 3.96 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 3.23 |
| EV/Revenue | 3.372 |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.42 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | 76.10% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 8.20% |
| Shares Outstanding | $1.44B |
| Float | $1.39B |
| % Insiders | 0.73% |
| % Institutions | 92.02% |
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Investors interested in Mining - Non Ferrous stocks are likely familiar with Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) and Southern Copper (SCCO). But which of these two stocks is more attractive to value investors?

FCX's $4.5B Bagdad expansion aims to more than double mining and milling rates, boost copper and molybdenum output, and cut long-term unit costs by 20%.

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Freeport-McMoRan expects 2027 copper sales volumes to grow over 20%. New leaching additives delivered lab recoveries over four times initial results.

Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) has become technically an oversold stock now, which implies exhaustion of the heavy selling pressure on it. This, combined with strong agreement among Wall Street analysts in revising earnings estimates higher, indicates a potential trend reversal for the stock in the near term.

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Freeport (NYSE:FCX) announced today that its Board of Directors approved a $4.5 billion expansion and modernization program for its wholly owned Bagdad copper and molybdenum operation in northwest Arizona. The brownfield project is designed to maximize the full potential of the resource and is expected to more than double Bagdad's mining and milling rates. This investment would increase annual long-term copper production to over 400 million pounds of copper per annum (.

Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) remains a Buy, supported by on-schedule Grasberg recovery and robust U.S. and South American mine cash flows. FCX trades at 6.2x modeled 2027 EBITDA—below historical levels—offering relative value despite reduced copper sales and higher capex. Temporary Q3 cost and cash flow headwinds stem from delayed Indonesian gold sales, expected to reverse in Q4 with lower unit costs.
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