Leonteq Securities AG Takes $10.20 Million Position in Freeport-McMoRan Inc. $FCX

Leonteq Securities AG acquired a new stake in Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE:FCXFree Report) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 200,797 shares of the natural resource company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,198,000. Freeport-McMoRan comprises about 0.3% of Leonteq Securities AG’s holdings, making the stock its 26th biggest holding.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Freeport-McMoRan by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 130,332,957 shares of the natural resource company’s stock valued at $6,619,611,000 after buying an additional 1,572,769 shares during the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Freeport-McMoRan by 1.4% in the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 63,258,414 shares of the natural resource company’s stock valued at $2,480,995,000 after buying an additional 899,699 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its stake in Freeport-McMoRan by 1.1% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 62,477,910 shares of the natural resource company’s stock valued at $2,450,384,000 after acquiring an additional 690,736 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP raised its stake in Freeport-McMoRan by 190.9% in the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 36,494,793 shares of the natural resource company’s stock valued at $1,431,326,000 after acquiring an additional 23,950,557 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its stake in Freeport-McMoRan by 2.1% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 21,671,223 shares of the natural resource company’s stock valued at $849,945,000 after acquiring an additional 435,963 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 80.77% of the company’s stock.

Freeport-McMoRan Stock Up 3.7%

FCX stock opened at $60.88 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28, a current ratio of 2.39 and a quick ratio of 1.13. The stock has a market capitalization of $87.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.38, a PEG ratio of 0.71 and a beta of 1.32. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $61.41 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $56.17. Freeport-McMoRan Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $35.15 and a fifty-two week high of $70.96.

Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCXGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 23rd. The natural resource company reported $0.57 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $6.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.73 billion. Freeport-McMoRan had a return on equity of 9.88% and a net margin of 10.34%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 8.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.24 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Freeport-McMoRan Inc. will post 2.56 earnings per share for the current year.

Freeport-McMoRan Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 15th were given a dividend of $0.075 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, April 15th. This represents a $0.30 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. Freeport-McMoRan’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 15.96%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

FCX has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Raymond James Financial dropped their price target on Freeport-McMoRan from $72.00 to $68.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, April 24th. BNP Paribas Exane dropped their price target on Freeport-McMoRan from $75.00 to $71.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 28th. Morgan Stanley restated an “equal weight” rating and issued a $66.00 price target (down from $70.00) on shares of Freeport-McMoRan in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Citigroup dropped their price target on Freeport-McMoRan from $67.00 to $66.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Finally, Freedom Capital upgraded Freeport-McMoRan from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, February 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Freeport-McMoRan currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $65.14.

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Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Freeport-McMoRan news, CAO Stephen T. Higgins sold 29,654 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $63.00, for a total transaction of $1,868,202.00. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 76,445 shares in the company, valued at $4,816,035. This trade represents a 27.95% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.75% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Freeport-McMoRan Company Profile

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Freeport-McMoRan Inc is a U.S.-based natural resources company primarily engaged in the exploration, mining and processing of copper, gold and molybdenum. Its operations encompass large-scale open-pit and underground mining as well as associated concentrator and milling facilities. The company produces copper in the form of concentrates and cathodes, and also recovers gold and molybdenum as co-products; its business model includes exploration, development, mining, beneficiation and the sale of bulk commodities to smelters and industrial customers.

Freeport-McMoRan conducts operations and development activities across multiple geographies, with substantial assets in the Americas and Indonesia.

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