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Freeport-McMoRan (Freeport-McMoRan) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 99.02 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Freeport-McMoRan Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-27), Freeport-McMoRan's current share price is $50.50. Freeport-McMoRan's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.51. Freeport-McMoRan's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 99.02.

The historical rank and industry rank for Freeport-McMoRan's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

FCX' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.89   Med: 11   Max: 121.26
Current: 99.37

During the past years, Freeport-McMoRan's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 121.26. The lowest was 1.89. And the median was 11.00.

FCX's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
84.52% of 252 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 20.745 vs FCX: 99.37

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Freeport-McMoRan's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-0.029. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $0.51 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Freeport-McMoRan Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Freeport-McMoRan's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Freeport-McMoRan Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Freeport-McMoRan Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.06 46.30 91.38 67.36 83.77

Freeport-McMoRan Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 67.36 72.37 63.98 61.59 83.77

Competitive Comparison of Freeport-McMoRan's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Copper subindustry, Freeport-McMoRan's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Freeport-McMoRan's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Freeport-McMoRan's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Freeport-McMoRan's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Freeport-McMoRan Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Freeport-McMoRan's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=50.50/0.51
=99.02

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Freeport-McMoRan's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Freeport-McMoRan's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=-0.029/129.4194*129.4194
=-0.029

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Freeport-McMoRan Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 -0.394 99.695 -0.511
201406 -0.540 100.560 -0.695
201409 0.070 100.428 0.090
201412 -0.656 99.070 -0.857
201503 -1.106 99.621 -1.437
201506 -0.569 100.684 -0.731
201509 -0.658 100.392 -0.848
201512 -0.582 99.792 -0.755
201603 -0.193 100.470 -0.249
201606 0.032 101.688 0.041
201609 0.360 101.861 0.457
201612 0.455 101.863 0.578
201703 0.296 102.862 0.372
201706 0.476 103.349 0.596
201709 0.596 104.136 0.741
201712 0.869 104.011 1.081
201803 0.602 105.290 0.740
201806 0.570 106.317 0.694
201809 0.504 106.507 0.612
201812 -0.378 105.998 -0.462
201903 -0.060 107.251 -0.072
201906 -0.052 108.070 -0.062
201909 -0.304 108.329 -0.363
201912 -0.389 108.420 -0.464
202003 -0.446 108.902 -0.530
202006 -0.025 108.767 -0.030
202009 0.548 109.815 0.646
202012 0.632 109.897 0.744
202103 0.477 111.754 0.552
202106 1.323 114.631 1.494
202109 0.960 115.734 1.074
202112 1.016 117.630 1.118
202203 0.659 121.301 0.703
202206 0.520 125.017 0.538
202209 -0.054 125.227 -0.056
202212 0.015 125.222 0.016
202303 -0.049 127.348 -0.050
202306 0.354 128.729 0.356
202309 0.040 129.860 0.040
202312 -0.029 129.419 -0.029

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Freeport-McMoRan  (NYSE:FCX) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Freeport-McMoRan (Freeport-McMoRan) Business Description

Address
333 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 85004-2189
Freeport-McMoRan Inc is an international mining company. It operates geographically diverse assets with proven and probable mineral reserves of copper, gold, and molybdenum. The company's portfolio of assets includes the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia; and mining operations in North America and South America, including the large-scale Morenci minerals district in Arizona and the Cerro Verde operation in Peru. It derives key revenue from the sale of Copper.
Executives
Sara Grootwassink Lewis director C/O CAPITALSOURCE INC., 4445 WILLARD AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR, CHEVY CHASE MD 20815
Ellie L. Mikes officer: Chief Accounting Officer 333 N. CENTRAL AVE., PHOENIX AZ 85004
Currault Douglas N. Ii officer: Senior VP & General Counsel 333 N. CENTRAL AVENUE, PHOENIX AZ 85004
Ryan Michael Lance director SHIPPING & RECEIVING CENTER, 16930 PARK ROW DR., HOUSTON TX 77084
Marcela E Donadio director 7909 PARKWOOD CIRCLE DRIVE, HOUSTON TX 77036-6565
David P Abney director 55 GLENLAKE PARWAY, NE, ATLANTA GA 30328
Robert W. Dudley director 333 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE, PHOENIX AZ 85004
Dustan E Mccoy director
Hugh Grant director C/O PPG INDUSTRIES, INC., 1 PPG PLACE, PITTSBURGH PA 15272
Whitmire C Donald Jr officer: Vice President and Controller
Maree E. Robertson officer: SVP & CFO 333 N. CENTRAL AVE., PHOENIX AZ 85004
Stephen T. Higgins officer: Senior VP & CAO 333 N. CENTRAL AVENUE, PHOENIX AZ 85004
Kathleen L Quirk officer: SVP, CFO, Treasurer 1615 POYDRAS STREET, NEW ORLEANS LA 70112
Richard C Adkerson officer: President and CFO
Gerald J Ford director 200 CRESCENT CT STE 1350, DALLAS TX 75201