FCX vs MLM vs TECK Stock Comparison

Freeport-Mcmoran, Martin Marietta Materials and Teck Resources Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
FCX Freeport-Mcmoran Inc
$65.18 -9.8% 1M +57.6% 1Y
Market cap
$93.60B
P/E
31.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$25.87B
Div. yield
0.55%
Copper Basic Materials
2 wins
TECK Teck Resources Ltd
$60.26 -8.8% 1M +41.8% 1Y
Market cap
$29.44B
P/E
16.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.13B
Div. yield
0.86%
Copper Basic Materials
7 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Teck Resources leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Teck Resources 7, Martin Marietta Materials 3, Freeport-Mcmoran 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFCXMLMTECKLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $93.60B $30.28B $29.44B FCX
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 31.8x 12.3x 16.5x MLM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 21.0x 27.5x 13.1x TECK
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.2% +14.8% +41.8% TECK
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 11.4% 36.7% 17.8% MLM
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 11.6% 6.5% 18.4% TECK
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.6x 2.8x -0.5x TECK
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.55% 0.66% 0.86% TECK
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +57.6% -18.8% +41.8% FCX
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +12.0%/yr +5.6%/yr +16.6%/yr TECK
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 48.1% 28.7% 46.4% MLM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 48/100 34/100 73/100 TECK

Percentile Scorecard

FCXMLMTECK

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

AxisFCXMLMTECK
Valuation 57 #71 of 162 11 #9 of 10 84 #27 of 162
Growth 50 #74 of 147 – 71 #43 of 147
Profitability 66 #42 of 122 86 #2 of 8 74 #33 of 122
Financial Health 28 #119 of 165 38 #6 of 9 53 #78 of 165
Shareholder Returns 38 #67 of 107 0 #8 of 8 83 #19 of 107
Overall 48 34 73
  • FCX ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • MLM ranked among 10 companies in Construction Materials
  • TECK 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

PeriodFCXMLMTECKSPY
1 month -9.8%+4.1%-8.8% -0.8%
3 months +4.0%-11.9%+0.9% +3.5%
6 months +7.6%-17.3%+0.1% +7.0%
Year to date +28.3%-19.0%+25.8% +12.2%
1 year +57.6%-18.8%+41.8% +13.0%
3 years +93.6%+26.4%+66.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year +24.6%+8.1%+18.6% +23.1%
5 years +76.2%+31.6%+115.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year +12.0%+5.6%+16.6% +11.0%
10 years +516.1%+183.2%+186.7% +258.0%
10 years, per year +19.9%+11.0%+11.1% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureFCXMLMTECKSPY
Volatility, 1Y 48.1%28.7%46.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 50.4%31.2%45.0% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.210.852.21 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.20-0.660.90 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -51.7%-33.4%-47.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -18.4%-28.8%-16.3% -1.8%
52-week high $79.91$708.11$71.97 $779.14
52-week low $38.65$471.33$38.23 $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.

MultipleFCXMLMTECK
P/E now vs peer median 31.8xmedian 12.8x 12.3xmedian 19.6x 16.5xmedian 12.8x
P/S now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 3.1x 4.5xmedian 1.8x 2.9xmedian 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.9xmedian 7.0x 17.5xmedian 9.3x 5.0xmedian 7.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 53.1xmedian 15.2x 37.4xmedian 31.4x 12.5xmedian 15.2x
P/B now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 2.1x 2.6xmedian 2.3x 1.5xmedian 2.1x
PEG now vs peer median 2.70median 0.29 0.32median 2.78 -27.51median 0.29

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 monthsFCXMLMTECK
Revenue $25.87B $6.69B $10.13B
Gross profit $7.00B $1.88B $3.65B
Operating income $6.92B $1.38B $4.02B
Net income $4.59B $2.46B $1.69B
Free cash flow $1.76B $810.00M $2.35B
R&D $198.00M – $60.80M
EPS (diluted) $2.04 $40.81 $3.65
Cash & equivalents $4.08B $112.00M $4.26B
Total debt $9.39B $5.95B $2.55B
Shares (diluted) 1.44B 60.20M 495.40M
Enterprise value $89.75B $29.77B $11.87B

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
MetricFCXMLMTECK
P/E 31.8x 12.3x 16.5x
P/FCF 53.1x 37.4x 12.5x
P/Operating cash flow 15.9x 19.9x –
P/S 3.6x 4.5x 2.9x
P/B 2.9x 2.6x 1.5x
P/Tangible book 2.9x 2.8x 1.5x
EV/EBITDA 10.9x 17.5x 5.0x
EV/EBIT 14.3x 26.2x 6.7x
EV/Revenue 3.8x 5.4x 2.7x
EV/FCF 56.1x 44.6x 11.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 16.8x 23.8x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.70 0.32 -27.51

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFCXMLMTECK
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.2% 14.8% 41.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 5.7% 1.1% -2.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) -8.8% 7.8% 151.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 3.5% 3.4% -6.8%
Operating income growth (1Y) 0.1% 3.2% 260.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 8.0% 1.3% 1.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 6.8% 123.2% 626.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 11.4% 37.3% 10.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 53.1% 123.9% 4,327%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 11.8% 38.8% -0.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -10.1% -19.7% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 9.0% 7.5% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 4.3% -15.9% 11,938%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 66.3% 6.6% -23.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFCXMLMTECK
Gross margin 27.1% 28.2% 36.0%
EBITDA margin 35.1% 30.9% 53.4%
Operating margin 26.8% 20.6% 39.6%
Pretax margin 25.7% 17.4% 32.8%
Net margin 11.4% 36.7% 17.8%
FCF margin 6.8% 12.1% 23.2%
Operating cash flow margin 22.8% 22.7% –
Return on equity 14.4% 21.5% 8.9%
Return on assets 7.7% 11.8% 5.1%
Return on invested capital 11.6% 6.5% 18.4%
Return on capital employed 13.2% 7.2% 13.0%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.3x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.3x 0.6x –
Stock comp / revenue 0.6% 0.7% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFCXMLMTECK
Debt / assets 15.7% 27.9% 7.5%
Debt / equity 0.3x 0.5x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.6x 2.8x -0.5x
Debt / FCF 5.3x 7.3x 1.1x
Liabilities / assets 46.1% 45.8% 42.6%
Equity / assets 53.9% 54.2% 57.4%
Interest coverage – 5.9x 6.2x
Current ratio 2.1x 1.4x 3.1x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.7x 2.4x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.1x 1.8x
Altman Z-score 3.07 2.95 2.68

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFCXMLMTECK
Dividend yield 0.6% 0.7% 0.9%
Net buyback yield 0.2% 0.7% 3.1%
Shareholder yield 0.7% 1.3% 4.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 18.9% 8.2% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 49.1% 24.9% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 0.1% 4.1% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 0.2% 6.8% –

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.

ConsensusFCXMLMTECK
Forward P/E 21.0xFY2026 27.5xFY2026 13.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.11FY2026 $18.36FY2026 $4.60FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +75.7%FY2026 +12.4%FY2026 +104.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +45.3% +17.5% -14.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $28.46BFY2026 $8.03BFY2026 $10.49BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +9.8%FY2026 +14.7%FY2026 +33.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +35.9% +26.6% +10.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFCXMLMTECK
Held by institutions 86.6% 98.5% 69.3%
Institutions holding 1,880 1,072 521
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.3% +1.4% +3.2%
Institutions buying 1,029 469 255
Institutions selling 601 392 169
Buyers to sellers 1.71 1.20 1.51

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.

FCXMLMTECK
FCX 1.00 0.28 0.77
MLM 0.28 1.00 0.25
TECK 0.77 0.25 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FCX, MLM and TECK?

Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) is the largest by market capitalisation: Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) $93.60B, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) $30.28B, Teck Resources (TECK) $29.44B.

Which stock is cheaper, FCX, MLM and TECK?

Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) 31.8x, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 12.3x, Teck Resources (TECK) 16.5x). On next year's consensus earnings, Teck Resources (TECK) is cheapest (Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) 21.0x, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 27.5x, Teck Resources (TECK) 13.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Teck Resources (TECK) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) +0.2%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) +14.8%, Teck Resources (TECK) +41.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) has the highest net margin (Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) 11.4%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 36.7%, Teck Resources (TECK) 17.8%). On return on invested capital, Teck Resources (TECK) leads (Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) 11.6%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 6.5%, Teck Resources (TECK) 18.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) returned the most: Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) +57.6%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) -18.8%, Teck Resources (TECK) +41.8%. Over five years, Teck Resources (TECK) compounded fastest (Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) +12.0%/yr, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) +5.6%/yr, Teck Resources (TECK) +16.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Teck Resources (TECK) has the highest dividend yield: Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) 0.55%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 0.66%, Teck Resources (TECK) 0.86%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) has been the steadiest (Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) 48.1%, Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) 28.7%, Teck Resources (TECK) 46.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FCX, MLM and TECK?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Teck Resources (TECK) 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.