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FCF Margin for Freeport-McMoRan (FCX)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

23.6%

YoY change

−4.90pp

Trough year (1991)

-35.5%

Peak year (2005)

33.7%

FCF Margin history chart for Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: 4.3%

FCF Margin change chart for Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: −4.90pp

FCF Margin history table for Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) from 1989 to 2025

  • 20254.3%-4.90pp
  • 20249.2%+7.24pp
  • 20232.0%-5.15pp
  • 20227.2%-17.89pp
  • 202125.0%+17.44pp
  • 20207.6%+15.76pp
  • 2019-8.1%-17.61pp
  • 20189.5%-11.17pp
  • 201720.6%+14.36pp
  • 20166.3%+27.22pp
  • 2015-20.9%-13.48pp
  • 2014-7.5%-11.17pp
  • 20133.7%+2.15pp
  • 20121.6%-17.51pp
  • 201119.1%-7.46pp
  • 201026.5%+5.92pp
  • 200920.6%+17.17pp
  • 20083.4%-22.86pp
  • 200726.3%-1.61pp
  • 200627.9%-5.82pp
  • 200533.7%+25.28pp
  • 20048.4%-11.12pp
  • 200319.6%+2.57pp
  • 200217.0%-1.60pp
  • 200118.6%+0.44pp
  • 200018.2%-3.46pp
  • 199921.6%+10.99pp
  • 199810.6%+14.67pp
  • 1997-4.0%-9.73pp
  • 19965.7%+16.25pp
  • 1995-10.6%+23.03pp
  • 1994-33.6%-1.78pp
  • 1993-31.8%-15.69pp
  • 1992-16.1%+19.40pp
  • 1991-35.5%-26.04pp
  • 1990-9.5%-11.56pp
  • 19892.1%—

FCF Margin values are taken from Freeport-McMoRan's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at Freeport-McMoRan (FCX)

According to Freeport-McMoRan's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 23.6%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) most recent annual free cash flow margin stands at 4.34% (2025) – contracted 4.9 percentage points year-over-year.

The highest annual free cash flow margin of 33.73% was reported in 2005. The lowest in the available history was -35.53% in 1991.

Freeport-McMoRan FCF Margin by Year

Freeport-McMoRan FCF Margin 2025: 4.3%

Freeport-McMoRan posted free cash flow margin of 4.34% in 2025, contracted 4.9 percentage points from 2024.

Freeport-McMoRan FCF Margin 2024: 9.2%

In 2024, Freeport-McMoRan reported free cash flow margin of 9.24%, expanded 7.2 percentage points from 2023.

Freeport-McMoRan FCF Margin 2023: 2.0%

Freeport-McMoRan free cash flow margin in 2023 was 2.00%, contracted 5.2 percentage points from 2022.

Freeport-McMoRan FCF Margin 2022: 7.2%

2022's free cash flow margin for Freeport-McMoRan came in at 7.16%, contracted 17.9 percentage points from 2021.

Freeport-McMoRan FCF Margin 2021: 25.0%

Freeport-McMoRan free cash flow margin in 2021 was 25.05%.

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