After 23%declined .. Did the American FCX ​​share the boarding journey again?

The share of the American Freeport-McMORAN COPPER company, one of the largest mining companies specialized in copper and gold production, has scored a contrasting performance during the year, but he showed remarkable recovery signals in the last trading sessions.

The company’s share on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) closed at $ 39.02, achieving a daily increase of 3.5% (equivalent to $ 1.32), while the gains continued after closing to $ 39.08, which reflects a cautious optimism among investors about the company’s future.

The performance of the arrow and the most prominent indicators

Despite this daily rise, the stock movement is still a significant decline in the annual performance level, as the total losses reached -23.2% during the past twelve months, which puts it in the list of declining shares in the mining and mineral sector.

The stock is currently trading in a range between 27.66 and 53.89 dollars within 52 weeks, indicating a large level of fluctuation affected by the factors of global market and basic commodity prices, especially copper.

The stock opened the last trading session at 37.22 dollars, and reached its climax at 39.07 dollars, with a trading volume of 15.3 million shares, which is less than the average trading volume in the last 3 months of 17.6 million shares, which reflects a relatively reservation in liquidity despite the last rise.

Market value and complications

The market value of the company is about 56.04 billion US dollars, which makes it one of the huge companies in the mining sector, and the financial indicators show that the profitability (P/E) has reached 31.9X, which is a relatively high percentage indicating that investors expect significant future growth or that the current profits are low compared to the market value, and the institution of institutional value to the profits before benefits, taxes and depreciation (EV/ebitda) has reached 8.0X, a moderate rate that reflects a level of operational efficiency compared to the size of the debt and the capitalist value of the company.

Financial performance and distributions

The company recorded annual revenues estimated at $ 24.86 billion, while the basic share profitability (EPS) reached about $ 1.22, and data shows that the book value of the share is $ 12.31, while the share beta is 1.65, which means that the stock is more volatile than the market with an average of 65%, which is normal in the mining sector associated with global commodities.

As for investors looking for return, the company provides 1.0% profit dividends, at $ 0.38 per share, which is relatively modest, but indicates the company’s keenness to reward its shareholders despite market pressure.

Expectations and challenges

The company is expected to announce its upcoming financial results on July 17, 2025, an important station that may determine the stock path in the short term.

Global copper prices are the main driver of the company’s performance, as this mineral is increasingly demanding in light of the global transformation towards clean energy and electric cars, which may reflect positively on the company’s revenues and profits in the second half of the year, and the geopolitical risks, Chinese market fluctuations (the largest copper consumer), and inflationary pressures remain, factors that may negatively affect the results of the company and the price of its share.