FCX vs IE vs TGB Stock Comparison

Freeport-Mcmoran, Ivanhoe Electric and Trekor Metals Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
FCX Freeport-Mcmoran Inc
$66.61 -7.4% 1M +61.8% 1Y
Market cap
$95.65B
P/E
27.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$26.44B
Div. yield
0.54%
Copper Basic Materials
3 wins
IE Ivanhoe Electric Inc.
$8.82 -17.5% 1M -39.3% 1Y
Market cap
$1.41B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$3.02M
Div. yield
–
Copper Basic Materials
1 win
TGB Trekor Metals Ltd
$8.09 -8.2% 1M +89.9% 1Y
Market cap
$2.92B
P/E
181.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$916.35M
Div. yield
–
Copper Basic Materials
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Trekor Metals leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Trekor Metals 7, Freeport-Mcmoran 3, Ivanhoe Electric 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFCXIETGBLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $95.65B $1.41B $2.92B FCX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 27.8x -40.6x 181.5x FCX
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 21.3x — 20.7x TGB
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +1.7% -20.6% +72.6% TGB
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — -1,138.7% 1.6% TGB
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 0.0% 23.0% TGB
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -13.0x 1.3x IE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.54% — — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +61.8% -39.3% +89.9% TGB
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +12.1%/yr — +30.9%/yr TGB
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 48.0% 77.0% 71.3% FCX
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 55/100 45/100 65/100 TGB

Percentile Scorecard

FCXIETGB

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisFCXIETGB
Valuation 57 #70 of 162 26 #121 of 162 69 #51 of 162
Growth 52 #71 of 147 63 #55 of 147 92 #13 of 147
Profitability 74 #32 of 122 36 #78 of 122 77 #29 of 122
Financial Health – 86 #24 of 164 23 #127 of 164
Shareholder Returns 37 #68 of 107 16 #90 of 107 64 #39 of 107
Overall 55 45 65
  • FCX ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • IE ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • TGB ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodFCXIETGBSPY
1 month -7.4%-17.5%-8.2% +0.9%
3 months +11.0%+1.0%+20.7% +5.9%
6 months +17.0%-28.4%+16.1% +8.5%
Year to date +31.1%-44.8%+42.9% +13.3%
1 year +61.8%-39.3%+89.9% +12.4%
3 years +97.8%-16.9%+635.5% +88.1%
3 years, per year +25.6%-6.0%+94.6% +23.5%
5 years +76.6%—+283.4% +68.2%
5 years, per year +12.1%—+30.9% +11.0%
10 years +509.4%—+1,697.8% +263.4%
10 years, per year +19.8%—+33.5% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureFCXIETGBSPY
Volatility, 1Y 48.0%77.0%71.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 50.4%81.0%70.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.213.342.96 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.29-0.511.26 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.7%-71.1%-61.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -16.6%-55.7%-16.4% -0.9%
52-week high $79.91$19.92$9.68 $779.14
52-week low $38.65$7.68$4.19 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleFCXIETGB
P/E now vs peer median 27.8xmedian 13.4x -40.6xmedian 13.4x 181.5xmedian 13.4x
P/S now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 3.2x 465.7xmedian 3.2x 3.2xmedian 3.2x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 7.3x 69.8xmedian 7.3x 7.1xmedian 7.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median 57.7xmedian 14.8x -16.9xmedian 14.8x 5.8xmedian 14.8x
P/B now vs peer median —median 2.3x 2.7xmedian 2.3x 3.4xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 1.65median 0.31 -0.82median 0.31 3.76median 0.31

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsFCXIETGB
Revenue $26.44B $3.02M $916.35M
Gross profit – $1.78M $387.04M
Operating income $7.30B $14.34M $372.24M
Net income $5.03B -$5.89M $15.68M
Free cash flow – -$83.11M $502.57M
R&D $198.00M $78.04M –
EPS (diluted) $2.39 $-0.22 $0.04
Cash & equivalents – $256.88M $185.76M
Total debt – $214.09M $3.05B
Shares (diluted) 1.44B 158.35M 323.50M
Enterprise value $95.65B $622.99M $2.33B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricFCXIETGB
P/E 27.8x -40.6x 181.5x
P/FCF 57.7x -16.9x 5.8x
P/Operating cash flow 15.4x -13.3x 7.0x
P/S 3.6x 465.7x 3.2x
P/B – 2.7x 3.4x
P/Tangible book – 2.7x 3.4x
EV/EBITDA – 69.8x 7.1x
EV/EBIT – 82.7x 9.5x
EV/Revenue 3.6x 392.3x 3.9x
EV/FCF – -14.3x 7.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.4x -11.2x 8.5x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.65 -0.82 3.76

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFCXIETGB
Revenue growth (1Y) 1.7% -20.6% 72.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.2% -4.2% 32.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – -28.8% 154.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 56.6% 49.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 5.1% 111.6% 167.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 6.6% 27.7% 53.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 16.8% 93.6% 155.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 10.6% 67.4% -5.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 66.3% 64.3% 159.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 16.9% 49.2% 48.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -2.1% 6.2% 88.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.3% 8.3% 78.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 28.4% 73.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 17.1% 63.2%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFCXIETGB
Gross margin – 58.7% 42.2%
EBITDA margin – 562.4% 54.2%
Operating margin – 474.5% 40.6%
Pretax margin – 207.3% 43.3%
Net margin – -1,139% 1.6%
FCF margin – -2,749% 54.8%
Operating cash flow margin 23.5% -3,507% 45.3%
Return on equity – -1.1% 5.6%
Return on assets – -1.0% 1.8%
Return on invested capital – 0.0% 23.0%
Return on capital employed – 2.7% 15.8%
Asset turnover – 0.0x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 18.0x 26.5x
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 365.3% 3.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFCXIETGB
Debt / assets – 6.0% 30.3%
Debt / equity – 0.1x 0.9x
Net debt / EBITDA – -13.0x 1.3x
Debt / FCF – -0.4x 1.6x
Liabilities / assets – 9.3% 68.0%
Equity / assets – 90.7% 32.0%
Interest coverage – – 8.3x
Current ratio – 5.0x –
Quick ratio – 5.2x 0.8x
Cash ratio – 4.8x 0.7x
Altman Z-score – 14.62 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFCXIETGB
Dividend yield 0.5% – –
Net buyback yield – -18.4% -0.4%
Shareholder yield 0.5% -18.4% -0.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) 17.2% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 0.1% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 0.2% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusFCXIETGB
Forward P/E 21.3xFY2026 – 20.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.13FY2026 $-0.06FY2026 $0.39FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +76.8%FY2026 – +680.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +45.4% – +112.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $28.47BFY2026 $3.16MFY2026 $936.91MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +9.9%FY2026 -2.5%FY2026 +91.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +36.0% -6.5% +27.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFCXIETGB
Held by institutions 86.6% 74.0% 54.7%
Institutions holding 1,880 203 178
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.3% +2.3% -9.1%
Institutions buying 1,029 126 176
Institutions selling 601 56 2
Buyers to sellers 1.71 2.25 88.00

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

FCXIETGB
FCX 1.00 0.75 0.77
IE 0.75 1.00 0.72
TGB 0.77 0.72 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FCX, IE and TGB?

Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) is the largest by market capitalisation: Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) $95.65B, Ivanhoe Electric (IE) $1.41B, Trekor Metals (TGB) $2.92B.

Which stock is cheaper, FCX, IE and TGB?

Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) 27.8x, Ivanhoe Electric (IE) -40.6x, Trekor Metals (TGB) 181.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Trekor Metals (TGB) is cheapest (Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) 21.3x, Trekor Metals (TGB) 20.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Trekor Metals (TGB) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) +1.7%, Ivanhoe Electric (IE) -20.6%, Trekor Metals (TGB) +72.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Trekor Metals (TGB) has the highest net margin (Ivanhoe Electric (IE) -1,138.7%, Trekor Metals (TGB) 1.6%). On return on invested capital, Trekor Metals (TGB) leads (Ivanhoe Electric (IE) 0.0%, Trekor Metals (TGB) 23.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Trekor Metals (TGB) returned the most: Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) +61.8%, Ivanhoe Electric (IE) -39.3%, Trekor Metals (TGB) +89.9%. Over five years, Trekor Metals (TGB) compounded fastest (Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) +12.1%/yr, Trekor Metals (TGB) +30.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) 0.54%. Ivanhoe Electric (IE) and Trekor Metals (TGB) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) has been the steadiest (Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) 48.0%, Ivanhoe Electric (IE) 77.0%, Trekor Metals (TGB) 71.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FCX, IE and TGB?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Trekor Metals (TGB) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.