Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026)

Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) reported FCF Margin of 8.37% for Q1 2026, up 1036.0% year-over-year from 0.74% in Q1 2025, and up 251.18% quarter-over-quarter from 5.54% in Q4 2025.

Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) FCF Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) has 18 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 8.37% in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 8.37%, up 1036.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 6.63% (up 21.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 4.31%, down 493.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin improved to 8.37% in Q1 2026 per FCX's latest filing, from 5.54% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 14.66% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 5.54% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 5.49% and a median of 8.37% in 2026 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: FCF Margin tumbled 2497 bps in 2022, then jumped 1147 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 0.38% in 2022, then slumped by 286 bps to 0.71% in 2023, then jumped by 584 bps to 3.44% in 2024, then slumped by 261 bps to 5.54% in 2025, then surged by 251 bps to 8.37% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows FCX's FCF Margin at 8.37% in Q1 2026, 5.54% in Q4 2025, and 8.72% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Southern Copper 142.13 Bn 136.85 Bn 2.75 Bn 29.46%
2 Freeport-Mcmoran 91.19 Bn 99.46 Bn 6.22 Bn 8.37%
3 Hudbay Minerals 10.19 Bn 9.65 Bn 368.00 Mn 18.51%
4 Ero Copper 2.69 Bn 2.58 Bn 105.91 Mn -
5 Ivanhoe Electric 1.75 Bn 1.46 Bn 505,000.00 -5,000.82%
6 Taseko Mines 3.95 Mn -119.02 Mn 83.54 Mn 49.02%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 8.37%
Dec 31, 2025 -5.54%
Sep 30, 2025 8.72%
Jun 30, 2025 12.32%
Mar 31, 2025 -1.99%
Dec 31, 2024 3.44%
Sep 30, 2024 9.91%
Jun 30, 2024 12.68%
Mar 31, 2024 10.16%
Dec 31, 2023 -0.71%
Sep 30, 2023 1.00%
Jun 30, 2023 8.89%
Mar 31, 2023 -1.32%
Dec 31, 2022 0.38%
Sep 30, 2022 -1.56%
Jun 30, 2022 14.00%
Mar 31, 2022 14.66%
Dec 31, 2021 24.48%
Sep 30, 2021 23.41%
Jun 30, 2021 34.13%