Freeport-McMoRan Inc. vs FRANCO NEVADA Corp, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FCX and FNV diverge most: on debt / equity, FCX reads 0.31 and FNV reads 0.00; on p/s, FCX reads 3.42 and FNV reads 31.28. 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 | FCX | FNV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $62.62 | $212.94 |
| Market cap | $90.4B | $41.0B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| P/E | — | 57.9 |
| P/B | 2.87 | 5.37 |
| P/S | 3.42 | 31.28 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.3 | 34.5 |
| Revenue growth | +6.2% | +4.0% |
| Gross margin | — | 73.6% |
| Operating margin | 34.2% | 82.8% |
| Net margin | 17.9% | 54.0% |
| Return on equity | 15.1% | 9.3% |
| Return on assets | 8.1% | 8.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.0% | 9.3% |
| FCF yield | 1.9% | 4.5% |
| Dividend yield | 1.0% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.31 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 2.39 | 8.30 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.77 | 6.65 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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