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Freeport-McMoRan
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What Freeport-McMoRan is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
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The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to June 30, 2026: $25.3 billion, down 1.6% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to March 31, 2026: $1.75 billion, up 9.4% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to March 31, 2026: $4.30 billion, down 9.1% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $0.11 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to December 31, 2025: $3.20 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (July 23, 2026): sentiment 0.70 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.90 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Latest annual report (filed February 13, 2026): 1 risk factor added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $8.4 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 1,902 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (+40 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 34 (29 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Freeport-McMoRan is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Steady · Confident
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Steady
- Capital spending—
- Debt raised76th pct
- Buybacks vs capex—
- Hiring filings26th pct
- Deals and private raises47th pct
- Patent publications64th pct
Confident ↔ Hedging
Confident
- Call sentiment81st pct
- Call confidence92nd pct
- Guidance changes61st pct
- Risk factors added52nd pct
- Insider open-market trades43rd pct
- + Call confidence
- + Call sentiment
- + Guidance changes
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver89th pct
- Stress filings48th pct
Credit
How these are built →Freeport-McMoRan's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$9.4B
- Due within a year $1.2B
- Longer term $8.2B
- Default point $5.3B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jun 30, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
In the news
Headlines that name Freeport-McMoRan, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.
- NeutralFreeport-McMoRan (FCX) Shares Rise 3.3% on Q3 Copper Production Report
gurufocus.com · via Marketaux · Oct 2, 2026
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 21, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC.)third_quarter 2026 · $0.3 million
- Oct 18, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (WATER STRATEGIES, LLC)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Oct 13, 2026Patent
- Oct 7, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP)third_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Sep 8, 2026Patent
- Sep 8, 2026Patent
- Sep 8, 2026Patent
- Sep 1, 2026Patent
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC.)second_quarter 2026 · $0.2 million
- Jul 12, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (WATER STRATEGIES, LLC)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Jul 8, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP)second_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Jun 10, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- May 20, 20268-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- May 20, 20268-KMaterial agreement terminatedItem 1.02
- Apr 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC.)first_quarter 2026 · $0.4 million
- Apr 14, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP)first_quarter 2026 · $0.0 million
- Mar 23, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Feb 13, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Nov 26, 2025Trademark
- Jun 12, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jun 12, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Feb 14, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)1 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Feb 16, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
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