TTM
27.8%
YoY change
−2.50pp
Trough year (2015)
4.0%
Peak year (1988)
70.6%
Latest annual
27.0%
Gross Margin history chart for Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) from 1987 to 2025
Latest: 27.0%
Gross Margin change chart for Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) from 1987 to 2025
Latest: −2.50pp
Gross Margin history table for Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) from 1987 to 2025
| 2025 | 27.0% | -2.50pp | ||
| 2024 | 29.5% | -0.83pp | ||
| 2023 | 30.3% | -4.38pp | ||
| 2022 | 34.7% | -2.38pp | ||
| 2021 | 37.1% | +19.72pp | ||
| 2020 | 17.3% | +9.07pp | ||
| 2019 | 8.3% | -21.99pp | ||
| 2018 | 30.3% | +4.43pp | ||
| 2017 | 25.8% | +17.05pp | ||
| 2016 | 8.8% | +4.79pp | ||
| 2015 | 4.0% | -21.17pp | ||
| 2014 | 25.2% | -5.47pp | ||
| 2013 | 30.6% | -3.23pp | ||
| 2012 | 33.9% | -13.91pp | ||
| 2011 | 47.8% | -0.37pp | ||
| 2010 | 48.2% | +7.83pp | ||
| 2009 | 40.3% | +9.05pp | ||
| 2008 | 31.3% | -10.76pp | ||
| 2007 | 42.0% | -10.22pp | ||
| 2006 | 52.3% | -2.33pp | ||
| 2005 | 54.6% | +24.80pp | ||
| 2004 | 29.8% | -21.49pp | ||
| 2003 | 51.3% | +0.56pp | ||
| 2002 | 50.7% | +2.52pp | ||
| 2001 | 48.2% | +2.77pp | ||
| 2000 | 45.4% | -4.75pp | ||
| 1999 | 50.2% | -3.29pp | ||
| 1998 | 53.5% | +4.76pp | ||
| 1997 | 48.7% | -1.32pp | ||
| 1996 | 50.0% | +0.86pp | ||
| 1995 | 49.2% | +13.56pp | ||
| 1994 | 35.6% | -3.14pp | ||
| 1993 | 38.8% | -20.43pp | ||
| 1992 | 59.2% | +2.90pp | ||
| 1991 | 56.3% | -6.86pp | ||
| 1990 | 63.1% | -4.65pp | ||
| 1989 | 67.8% | -2.78pp | ||
| 1988 | 70.6% | +12.46pp | ||
| 1987 | 58.1% | — |
- 202527.0%-2.50pp
- 202429.5%-0.83pp
- 202330.3%-4.38pp
- 202234.7%-2.38pp
- 202137.1%+19.72pp
- 202017.3%+9.07pp
- 20198.3%-21.99pp
- 201830.3%+4.43pp
- 201725.8%+17.05pp
- 20168.8%+4.79pp
- 20154.0%-21.17pp
- 201425.2%-5.47pp
- 201330.6%-3.23pp
- 201233.9%-13.91pp
- 201147.8%-0.37pp
- 201048.2%+7.83pp
- 200940.3%+9.05pp
- 200831.3%-10.76pp
- 200742.0%-10.22pp
- 200652.3%-2.33pp
- 200554.6%+24.80pp
- 200429.8%-21.49pp
- 200351.3%+0.56pp
- 200250.7%+2.52pp
- 200148.2%+2.77pp
- 200045.4%-4.75pp
- 199950.2%-3.29pp
- 199853.5%+4.76pp
- 199748.7%-1.32pp
- 199650.0%+0.86pp
- 199549.2%+13.56pp
- 199435.6%-3.14pp
- 199338.8%-20.43pp
- 199259.2%+2.90pp
- 199156.3%-6.86pp
- 199063.1%-4.65pp
- 198967.8%-2.78pp
- 198870.6%+12.46pp
- 198758.1%—
Gross 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 Gross Margin at Freeport-McMoRan (FCX)
According to Freeport-McMoRan's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported gross margin is 27.8%. Gross margin is gross profit divided by revenue, expressed as a percentage. It shows how much of each sales dollar survives the direct cost of goods sold — before operating expenses, interest, and taxes. A higher gross margin generally signals pricing power and production efficiency. Margins are most meaningful compared against sector peers and a company's own history.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
In 2025, Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) gross margin totalled 26.98% – contracted 2.5 percentage points year-over-year.
Across the available history, gross margin reached its high of 70.57% in 1988 and its low of 3.99% in 2015.
Freeport-McMoRan Gross Margin by Year
Freeport-McMoRan Gross Margin 2025: 27.0%
2025's gross margin for Freeport-McMoRan came in at 26.98%, contracted 2.5 percentage points from 2024.
Freeport-McMoRan Gross Margin 2024: 29.5%
Freeport-McMoRan posted gross margin of 29.48% in 2024, contracted 0.8 percentage points from 2023.
Freeport-McMoRan Gross Margin 2023: 30.3%
In 2023, Freeport-McMoRan reported gross margin of 30.30%, contracted 4.4 percentage points from 2022.
Freeport-McMoRan Gross Margin 2022: 34.7%
Freeport-McMoRan gross margin in 2022 was 34.68%, contracted 2.4 percentage points from 2021.
Freeport-McMoRan Gross Margin 2021: 37.1%
Freeport-McMoRan gross margin in 2021 was 37.07%.
See more financial history for Freeport-McMoRan (FCX).
Sector peers by Gross Margin
Basic Materials peers of Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), ranked by their latest gross margin
| 61.8% | |
| 60.4% | |
| 55.1% | |
| 49.1% | |
| 46.0% | |
| 44.3% | |
| 35.6% | |
| 32.0% |
- 55.1%
- 46.0%
- 44.3%
- 35.6%
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