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Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) Q3 FY2026 earnings

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX) announced its results for Q3 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 September 2026, on 27 October 2026. Net income was $1.2 billion, up 74.2% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $0.81. The figures are from the company's earnings press release; the 10-Q with the full statements is not filed yet, and this page fills in when it is.

RevenueNot yetwith the 10-Q
Net income$1.2 billionup 74.2%
Diluted EPS$0.81$0.46 a year earlier
QuarterQ3 FY2026ended 30 September 2026

What management said

Guidance figures: 1 raised, 1 lowered, 3 new, 3 kept.

  • Copper production in line: Copper production was about 830 million pounds, in line with expectations. International operations were slightly better, offsetting slightly lower U.S. output.
  • Refined gold sales deferred to fourth quarter: About 60 thousand ounces of refined gold moved from third-quarter to fourth-quarter 2026 because of the timing of PTFI gold sales.
  • Mill ran at two-thirds of normal: Mill throughput averaged about 140,000 metric tons of ore per day, roughly 67% of normalized rates before the September 2025 incident.
Read the earnings call summary

The quarter, against the one before and a year earlier

LineQ3 FY2026Q2 FY2026Q3 FY2025Change on the year
Revenuen/a7,0296,972n/a
Net income1,174984674+74.2%
Diluted EPS$0.81$0.68$0.46+76.1%
$ million except per share.
Read moreQ3 FY2026 is from the company's press release of 27 October 2026; the other columns are from its 10-Q and 10-K filings. A release figure is shown when the release's own figure for an earlier quarter matches the filed one, so the line and its units are read right; revenue will come with the 10-Q.

Quarterly results, the last 20 quarters filed

Q3 FY2021Q4 FY2021 *Q1 FY2022Q2 FY2022Q3 FY2022Q4 FY2022 *Q1 FY2023Q2 FY2023Q3 FY2023Q4 FY2023 *Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 *Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026
Revenue6,0836,1646,6035,4165,0035,7585,3895,7375,8245,9056,3216,6246,7905,7205,7287,5826,9725,6336,2347,029
Cost of revenue3,5513,7233,6393,5283,8994,0233,5644,0964,0863,9494,4394,3844,6774,2954,2224,9504,8304,6164,5794,843
Gross profit2,5322,4412,9641,8881,1041,7351,8251,6411,7381,9561,8822,2402,1131,4251,5062,6322,1421,0171,6552,186
Gross margin42%40%45%35%22%30%34%29%30%33%30%34%31%25%26%35%31%18%27%31%
SG&A10294.011510098.0107126115118120144123117129154127131133162135
Operating income2,4622,3052,8091,7369621,5301,6011,4101,4921,7221,6342,0491,9381,2431,3032,4321,9728112,1372,003
Operating margin40%37%43%32%19%27%30%25%26%29%26%31%29%22%23%32%28%14%34%28%
Pre-tax income2,3601,9732,7131,5998671,5361,5381,2681,4721,7281,6742,0301,9631,2401,2912,3911,9247662,0341,930
Tax rate27%32%30%36%36%36%32%43%35%42%31%37%38%42%39%36%35%26%32%28%
Net income1,3991,1061,527840404697663343454388473616526274352772674406881984
Net margin23%18%23%16%8%12%12%6%8%7%7%9%8%5%6%10%10%7%14%14%
Diluted EPS$0.94$0.75$1.04$0.57$0.28$0.48$0.46$0.23$0.31$0.27$0.32$0.42$0.36$0.19$0.24$0.53$0.46$0.28$0.61$0.68
Operating cash flow1,9652,2801,6911,6217581,0691,0501,6731,2361,3201,8961,9561,8721,4361,0582,1951,6646931,4952,048
Capital expenditure5417717238638361,0471,1211,1631,1781,3621,2541,1161,1991,2391,1721,2611,0561,005973n/a
Free cash flow1,4241,509968758-78.022.0-71.051058.0-42.0642840673197-114934608-312522n/a
Buybacks0.04885416441620.00.00.00.00.00.00.059.00.055.052.00.00.093.0110
Dividends paid109111220218214214217215215216218215216216218215216216218216
Shares outstanding1,468m1,455m1,449m1,429m1,429m1,431m1,433m1,434m1,434m1,434m1,436m1,437m1,437m1,437m1,436m1,436m1,436m1,437m1,438m1,436m
Filing10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Earnings press release for the quarter ended 30 September 2026, filed with the SEC on 27 October 2026 with a Form 8-K: the release.