Benzinga | Jan 25, 2022 10:06AM EST

Earnings Preview For Freeport-McMoRan

Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) is set to give its latest quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, 2022-01-26. Here's what investors need to know before the announcement.

Analysts estimate that Freeport-McMoRan will likely report an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $0.92.

Freeport-McMoRan bulls will hope to hear the company to announce they've not only beaten that estimate, but also to provide positive guidance, or forecasted growth, for the next quarter.

New investors should note that it is sometimes not an earnings beat or miss that most affects the price of a stock, but the guidance (or forecast).

Past Earnings Performance

Last quarter the company beat EPS by $0.08, which was followed by a 1.95% drop in the share price the next day.

Here's a look at Freeport-McMoRan's past performance and the resulting price change:

Quarter Q3 2021 Q2 2021 Q1 2021 Q4 2020EPS Estimate 0.81 0.75 0.51 0.38EPS Actual 0.89 0.77 0.51 0.39Price Change % -1.95% 1.12% 5.18% -4.52%

Stock Performance

Shares of Freeport-McMoRan were trading at $39.96 as of January 24. Over the last 52-week period, shares are up 48.62%. Given that these returns are generally positive, long-term shareholders are likely bullish going into this earnings release.

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