Cheapest way to buy Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold shares in the UK

Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (FCX) is a publicly traded copper business based in the US which employs around 28,500 staff. Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold is listed on the NYSE and traded in US dollars. Its current price of $41.18 is 7.2% up on its price a month ago ($38.40).

How to buy shares in Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold

Open a brokerage account. Choose from our top broker picks or compare brokers in depth. To trade US shares you'll need to complete a W8-BEN form – typically part of the sign-up process.
Fund your account. Add money to your account via bank transfer or debit card.
Search the platform by ticker symbol. FCX in this case.
Choose an order type. Place a market order (or limit order, if you want to try to hold out for a specific price) with your preferred number of shares or investment amount.
Submit the order. It's that simple.

The whole process can take as little as 15 minutes. You'll need a smartphone or computer, an internet connection, your passport or driving licence and a means of payment.

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Historical closes compared with the last close of $41.18

1 week (2025-06-12)	0.59%
1 month (2025-05-19)	7.24%
3 months (2025-03-19)	1.18%
6 months (2024-12-19)	5.97%
1 year (2024-06-19)	-16.57%
2 years (2023-06-19)	4.52%
3 years (2022-06-16)	21.76%
5 years (2020-06-18)	292.19%

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Is Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA.

Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 34x. In other words, Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold's shares trade at around 34x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of March 2025 (25.37). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 4.6544. Higher PEG ratios such as this can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value given the current rate of growth.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $9.1 billion (£6.8 billion).

The EBITDA is a measure of Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Frequently asked questions

Dividend yield: 1.47% of stock value
Forward annual dividend yield: 1.47% of stock value
Dividend payout ratio: 43.17% of net profits

Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold has recently paid out dividends equivalent to 1.47% of its share value annually.

Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold has paid out, on average, around 43.17% of recent net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.47% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), shareholders could enjoy a 1.47% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold's case, that would currently equate to about 0.6 per share.

While Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that it may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold's most recent dividend payout was on 30 April 2025. To be eligible for the latest dividend you would need to have been a shareholder at 14 April 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").
Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 1 February 2011. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold shares which in turn could have impacted Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold's share price.
It's as easy to sell Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold as it is to buy! Here's how to sell Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold shares that you already own.
1. Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
2. Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
3. Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
4. Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
5. Sell your Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold
The easiest way to get hold of some Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold shares is to sign up for a share trading app and place a market order or basic order. This type of order tells the platform that you're interested, so it'll try to execute it as quickly as it can. It could take some time for the order to go through, especially if there's a lot of volatility in Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold shares.

Freeport-McMoran Copper-and-Gold financials

Revenue TTM	$24.9 billion
Operating margin TTM	22.75%
Gross profit TTM	$9.6 billion
Return on assets TTM	7.5%
Return on equity TTM	14.06%
Profit margin	7.11%
Book value	$12.31
Market capitalisation	$58.8 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

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