BHP GROUP LIMITED vs Freeport-McMoRan Inc., two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BHP and FCX diverge most: on revenue growth, BHP reads -1.1% and FCX reads +0.8%; on debt / equity, BHP reads 0.00 and FCX reads 0.29. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What FCX's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BHP | FCX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $86.73 | $73.70 |
| Market cap | $220.0B | $106.3B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +6.1% | — |
| P/E | 24.4 | — |
| P/B | 4.21 | 3.30 |
| P/S | 4.29 | 4.11 |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.3 | 12.3 |
| Revenue growth | -1.1% | +0.8% |
| Operating margin | 38.0% | 28.5% |
| Net margin | 21.7% | 16.2% |
| Return on equity | 21.3% | 13.0% |
| Return on assets | 10.2% | 7.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 22.6% | 16.3% |
| FCF yield | 4.2% | 2.7% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.29 |
| Current ratio | 1.46 | 2.07 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.02 | 3.08 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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