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FCX vs VALE

Side-by-side comparison of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX) and VALE S.A. (VALE): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both FCX and VALE operate in Metal Mining (Basic Materials), so they compete in similar markets.
  • FCX is the larger of the two at $100.18B, about 1.5x VALE ($67.33B).
  • Over the past year, FCX is up 67.1% and VALE is up 66.5% - FCX leads by 0.6 points.
  • FCX has been more active in the news (13 items in the past 4 weeks vs 4 for VALE).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceFCX+67.07%VALE+66.46%
2025-06-05+0.00%2026-06-04
MetricFCXVALE
Company
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.
VALE S.A.
Price
$69.70-1.38%
$15.78-1.74%
Market cap
$100.18B
$67.33B
1M return
+20.83%
-0.57%
1Y return
+67.07%
+66.46%
Industry
Metal Mining
Metal Mining
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
News (4w)
13
4
Recent ratings
25
25
FCX

Freeport-McMoRan Inc.

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. engages in the mining of mineral properties in North America, South America, and Indonesia. The company primarily explores for copper, gold, molybdenum, silver, and other metals, as well as oil and gas. Its assets include the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia; Morenci, Bagdad, Safford, Sierrita, and Miami in Arizona; Tyrone and Chino in New Mexico; and Henderson and Climax in Colorado, North America, as well as Cerro Verde in Peru and El Abra in Chile. The company also operates a portfolio of oil and gas properties primarily located in offshore California and the Gulf of Mexico. As of December 31, 2020, it operated approximately 165 wells. The company was formerly known as Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. and changed its name to Freeport-McMoRan Inc. in July 2014. Freeport-McMoRan Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

VALE

VALE S.A.

Vale S.A., together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells iron ore and iron ore pellets for use as raw materials in steelmaking in Brazil and internationally. The company operates through Ferrous Minerals, Base Metals, and Coal segments. The Ferrous Minerals segment produces and extracts iron ore and pellets, manganese, ferroalloys, and other ferrous products; and provides related logistic services. The Base Metals segment produces and extracts nickel and its by-products, such as copper, gold, silver, cobalt, precious metals, and others. The Coal segment is involved in the extraction of metallurgical and thermal coal; and provides related logistic services. It also offers platinum group metals. The company was formerly known as Companhia Vale do Rio Doce and changed its name to Vale S.A. in May 2009. Vale S.A. was founded in 1942 and is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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