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Freeport-McMoRan (MEX:FCX) Operating Income : MXN128,278 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Freeport-McMoRan Operating Income?

Freeport-McMoRan's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was MXN26,657 Mil. Its Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 was MXN128,278 Mil.

Operating Margin % is calculated as Operating Income divided by its Revenue. Freeport-McMoRan's Operating Income for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was MXN26,657 Mil. Freeport-McMoRan's Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was MXN117,185 Mil. Therefore, Freeport-McMoRan's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 22.75%.

Good Sign:

Freeport-McMoRan Inc operating margin is expanding. Margin expansion is usually a good sign.

Freeport-McMoRan's 5-Year average Growth Rate for Operating Margin % was 35.50% per year.

Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition. Freeport-McMoRan's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 6.83%. Freeport-McMoRan's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 12.75%.


Freeport-McMoRan Operating Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for Freeport-McMoRan's Operating Income can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Freeport-McMoRan Operating Income Chart

Freeport-McMoRan Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Operating Income
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 39,067.89 169,979.00 137,134.86 105,664.69 143,153.53

Freeport-McMoRan Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Operating Income Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 27,118.28 37,537.89 38,159.80 25,923.64 26,657.04

Freeport-McMoRan Operating Income Calculation

Operating Income, is the profit a company earned through operations. All expenses, including cash expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), research & development, wages, and non-cash expenses, such as depreciation, depletion and amortization, have been deducted from the sales.

Operating Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2025 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was MXN128,278 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Freeport-McMoRan  (MEX:FCX) Operating Income Explanation

1. Operating Income or EBIT is linked to Return on Capital for both regular definition and Joel Greenblatt's definition.

Freeport-McMoRan's annualized ROC % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

ROC % (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=NOPAT/Average Invested Capital
=Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )/( (Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2024 ) + Invested Capital (Q: Mar. 2025 ))/ count )
=106628.14 * ( 1 - 38.73% )/( (961593.759 + 950999.428)/ 2 )
=65331.061378/956296.5935
=6.83 %

where

Invested Capital(Q: Dec. 2024 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=1143893.433 - 100482.763 - ( 81816.911 - max(0, 114622.927 - 277297.387+81816.911))
=961593.759

Invested Capital(Q: Mar. 2025 )
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - Excess Cash
=Total Assets - Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense - ( Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities - max(0, Total Current Liabilities - Total Current Assets+Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities))
=1146109.281 - 105400.646 - ( 89709.207 - max(0, 121583.083 - 282364.077+89709.207))
=950999.428

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2025) data.

2. Joel Greenblatt's definition of Return on Capital:

Freeport-McMoRan's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %(Q: Mar. 2025 )
=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)
=EBIT/Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment+Net Working Capital)
     Q: Dec. 2024  Q: Mar. 2025
=EBIT/( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) + (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )/ count )
=111374.44/( ( (803236.429 + max(71993.877, 0)) + (801961.441 + max(69639.713, 0)) )/ 2 )
=111374.44/( ( 875230.306 + 871601.154 )/ 2 )
=111374.44/873415.73
=12.75 %

where Working Capital is:

Working Capital(Q: Dec. 2024 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(12054.595 + 141985.606 + 29677.661) - (100482.763 + 1897.869 + 9343.353)
=71993.877

Working Capital(Q: Mar. 2025 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(15200.443 + 144721.307 + 21174.237) - (105400.646 + 0 + 6055.628)
=69639.713

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2025) EBIT data.

3. Operating Income is also linked to Operating Margin %:

Freeport-McMoRan's Operating Margin % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

Operating Margin %=Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2025 )/Revenue (Q: Mar. 2025 )
=26657.035/117184.57
=22.75 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

4. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Operating Income growth rate using Operating Income per share data.


Be Aware

Compared with a company's EBITDA margin, Operating Margin can be manipulated by adjusting the rate of depreciation, depletion and amortization (DDA).

If a company is facing competition, its Operating Margin may decline. Often the Operating Margin declines well before the company's revenue or even profit decline. Therefore, Operating Margin is a very important indicator of whether the company is facing problems.

For instance, by 2012, Nokia (NOK)'s problems were well known and its stock had lost more than 90% of its market value since 2007. But Nokia's Operating Margin had already been in decline since 2002, although its earnings per share were still rising. Investors who paid attention to Operating Margin would have avoided this huge loss. The same can be said for Research-in-Motion (RIMM).

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Freeport-McMoRan Business Description

Address
333 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 85004-2189
Freeport-McMoRan owns stakes in 10 copper mines, led by its 49% ownership of the Grasberg copper and gold operations in Indonesia, 55% of the Cerro Verde mine in Peru, and 72% of Morenci in Arizona. It sold around 1.2 million metric tons of copper (its share) in 2024, making it the one of the world's largest copper miners by volume. It also sold about 900,000 ounces of gold, mostly from Grasberg, and 70 million pounds of molybdenum. It had about 25 years of copper reserves at the end of December 2024. We expect it to sell similar amounts of copper midcycle in 2029, though we expect gold volumes to decline to about 700,000 ounces then due to falling production at Grasberg.