Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)

Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX) has 18 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $38.0 million in Q1 2026.

• Research & Development for Q1 2026 came in at $38.0 million, down 2.56% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $191.0 million (up 20.89% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $192.0 million, up 23.08% from the prior year.
• Research & Development eased to $38.0 million in Q1 2026 per FCX's latest filing, from $52.0 million in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Research & Development peaked at $55.0 million in Q3 2025 and troughed at $24.0 million in Q1 2022.
• A 5-year average of $37.5 million and a median of $38.0 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Research & Development soared 242.86% in 2022, then slipped 21.05% in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $28.0 million in 2022, then increased by 21.43% to $34.0 million in 2023, then grew by 20.59% to $41.0 million in 2024, then rose by 26.83% to $52.0 million in 2025, then slipped by 26.92% to $38.0 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows FCX's Research & Development at $38.0 million in Q1 2026, $52.0 million in Q4 2025, and $55.0 million in Q3 2025.