Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) reported $5.91 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2023, representing a year-over-year increase of 2.6%. EPS of $0.27 for the same period compares to $0.52 a year ago.The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.45% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $5.82 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.21, the EPS surprise was +28.57%.While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to dete ...

Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.27 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.21 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.52 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of 28.57%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this mining company would post earnings of $0.32 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.39, delivering a surprise of 21.88%.Over the last four quarters, the c ...

FreePort-McMoRan Inc.’s stock rose 6.3% on Wednesday after the mining giant’s fourth-quarter profit and revenue beat Wall Street projections, with its copper volumes exceeding its earlier estimate.FreePort-McMoRan FCX, +4.83% also said it expects to produce more gold in 2024, while its copper production will remain flat.The company said its fourth-quarter earnings for the three months that ended Dec. 31 fell to $388 million, or 27 cents a share, from $697 million, or 48 cents a share, in the year-ago quarte ...

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Wall Street analysts forecast that Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) will report quarterly earnings of $0.23 per share in its upcoming release, pointing to a year-over-year decline of 55.8%. It is anticipated that revenues will amount to $5.84 billion, exhibiting an increase of 1.5% compared to the year-ago quarter.Over the last 30 days, there has been a downward revision of 0.6% in the consensus EPS estimate for the quarter, leading to its current level. This signifies the covering analysts' collective reconsideratio ...

PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FN Media Group News Commentary - While the pandemic caused significant disruption to the copper mining market growth, In post-pandemic 2022, prices of technological materials, energy, fuels, and services increased significantly, influencing the level of costs generated by the companies. On the other hand, the uncertainty about the future global economic situation resulted in the weakening of the USD and increase in USD-denominated copper prices, translatin ...

Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) closed the latest trading day at $41.30, indicating a -0.96% change from the previous session's end. The stock's performance was behind the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.57%. Meanwhile, the Dow gained 0.46%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, added 0.75%.Prior to today's trading, shares of the mining company had gained 11.44% over the past month. This has outpaced the Basic Materials sector's gain of 2.16% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.4% in that time.The investment community will be payin ...

In the latest trading session, Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) closed at $41.70, marking a -1.18% move from the previous day. This move lagged the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.15%. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a drop of 0.42%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw an increase of 0.09%.Coming into today, shares of the mining company had gained 11.43% in the past month. In that same time, the Basic Materials sector gained 3.91%, while the S&P 500 gained 3.5%.The investment community will be closely monitoring the per ...

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Shares in copper miner Freeport-McMoRan (FCX -1.71%) rose 14.1% in December, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The move comes as a consequence of two related factors.First, the price of copper moved higher again in December. After hitting a low of $3.55 per pound in October, the price moved higher through November and then December, hitting a peak of $3.93, and at the time of writing, it stands at $3.85. While it's never a good idea to get too wrapped up in short-term price movem ...