Freeport-McMoRan Inc. vs VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FCX and VMC diverge most: on operating margin, FCX reads 34.2% and VMC reads 15.1%; on piotroski f (quality), FCX reads 8 / 9 and VMC reads 4 / 9. 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). What VMC's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | FCX | VMC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $61.49 | $295.30 |
| Market cap | $88.8B | $38.7B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +19.3% | — |
| P/E | — | 35.1 |
| P/B | 2.82 | 4.57 |
| P/S | 3.36 | 4.81 |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.1 | 18.1 |
| Revenue growth | +6.2% | +7.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 24.1% |
| Operating margin | 34.2% | 15.1% |
| Net margin | 17.9% | 13.8% |
| Return on equity | 15.1% | 13.1% |
| Return on assets | 8.1% | 6.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.0% | 10.0% |
| FCF yield | 2.0% | 2.9% |
| Dividend yield | 1.0% | 0.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.31 | 0.54 |
| Current ratio | 2.39 | 2.59 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.73 | 3.95 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
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