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Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) has disclosed Operating Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 14.4% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 733.0% to 14.4% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 25.15% through Dec 2025, down 181.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 25.15% for FY2025, 181.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q4 2025 was 14.4% at Freeport-Mcmoran, down from 28.28% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Operating Margin was 42.54% in Q1 2022, with the low at 14.4% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 28.97%, with a median of 28.85% recorded in 2024.
  • The sharpest move saw Operating Margin soared 4849bps in 2021, then tumbled -2124bps in 2022.
  • Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 37.39% in 2021, then decreased by -29bps to 26.57% in 2022, then rose by 10bps to 29.16% in 2023, then decreased by -25bps to 21.73% in 2024, then tumbled by -34bps to 14.4% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods came in at 14.4%, 28.28%, and 32.08% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.