Seneca House Advisors Invests $1.06 Million in Freeport-McMoRan Inc. $FCX

Seneca House Advisors bought a new position in Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE:FCXFree Report) during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund bought 17,993 shares of the natural resource company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,058,000.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of FCX. Brighton Jones LLC increased its stake in shares of Freeport-McMoRan by 24.2% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 14,807 shares of the natural resource company’s stock valued at $564,000 after buying an additional 2,882 shares during the period. Bison Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in Freeport-McMoRan by 5.6% in the fourth quarter. Bison Wealth LLC now owns 9,616 shares of the natural resource company’s stock valued at $366,000 after acquiring an additional 507 shares in the last quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in Freeport-McMoRan in the second quarter valued at $560,000. Brown Advisory Inc. increased its position in Freeport-McMoRan by 27.0% during the 2nd quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 12,443 shares of the natural resource company’s stock valued at $539,000 after purchasing an additional 2,648 shares during the period. Finally, Jump Financial LLC increased its position in Freeport-McMoRan by 42.7% during the 2nd quarter. Jump Financial LLC now owns 50,114 shares of the natural resource company’s stock valued at $2,172,000 after purchasing an additional 14,992 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 80.77% of the company’s stock.

Freeport-McMoRan Stock Up 1.5%

Freeport-McMoRan stock traded up $0.91 on Friday, hitting $61.44. 11,860,383 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 14,394,616. The company has a current ratio of 2.39, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The firm has a market cap of $88.32 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.68, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.63 and a beta of 1.37. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $63.85 and its 200 day simple moving average is $61.66. Freeport-McMoRan Inc. has a 1 year low of $35.15 and a 1 year high of $72.28.

Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCXGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The natural resource company reported $0.57 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.10. Freeport-McMoRan had a net margin of 10.34% and a return on equity of 9.88%. The company had revenue of $6.23 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.73 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.24 EPS. Freeport-McMoRan’s quarterly revenue was up 8.8% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Freeport-McMoRan Inc. will post 2.68 earnings per share for the current year.

Freeport-McMoRan Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, August 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 15th will be issued a $0.075 dividend. This represents a $0.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, July 15th. Freeport-McMoRan’s dividend payout ratio is 15.96%.

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Analysts Set New Price Targets

FCX has been the subject of several research reports. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their price objective on shares of Freeport-McMoRan from $75.00 to $74.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday. CICC Research reduced their price target on shares of Freeport-McMoRan from $64.40 to $63.40 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 28th. Barclays assumed coverage on shares of Freeport-McMoRan in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $77.00 price target for the company. Sanford C. Bernstein raised their price objective on shares of Freeport-McMoRan from $53.50 to $58.50 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 10th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Freeport-McMoRan from $73.00 to $77.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Freeport-McMoRan currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $68.63.

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Freeport-McMoRan 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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