AI interpretation based on checked source excerpts. Issuer assertions and evidence limitations remain explicit.
Policy quality-scores-2: six equally weighted categories. The overall score requires full coverage. Missing inputs are not zero. Qualitative grades are sourced interpretations, not probabilities. 4/6 · 18/10/2026
Moat—
Insufficient evidence for every rubric criterion; no category score is inferred.
structural advantage · — · Resource access and realized leaching output are established, but their durable economic superiority over other producers is not. The uncertain moat verdict reflects insufficient comparative evidence.
durability · — · Long-lived reserves offer production potential, while rights remain conditional and reserves deplete. The duration of an economic advantage cannot be established.
customer dependency · — · Benchmark pricing is disclosed, but customer dependence, switching friction and indispensable supplier relationships are not established.
erosion resilience · — · Incremental production improvements coexist with realized cost increases and operating disruption. Without an established competitive advantage, its resilience cannot be graded.
Pricing power—
Insufficient evidence for every rubric criterion; no category score is inferred.
realized pricing · 2/4 · U.S. copper revenue per pound excluding adjustments rose from $4.81 in second-quarter 2025 to $6.25 in second-quarter 2026. Favorable realized pricing is demonstrated, but benchmark-linked contracts and FCX's stated lack of price control prevent attributing this to company-specific pricing power.
retention · — · Fixed-price customer arrangements establish commercial activity, but neither these contracts nor aggregate sales establish repeat-customer retention, renewals or switching friction.
margin resilience · 2/4 · U.S. copper gross profit per pound improved from $1.24 to $2.76 year over year despite higher site production costs. However, higher realized copper prices and by-product credits supported the improvement; consolidated site costs rose in 2025 and excluded significant incident expenses. Resilience is mixed and market-dependent.
contractual freedom · 0/4 · Disclosed sales pricing follows LME or London benchmarks. Even customer-requested fixed prices are hedged so FCX receives COMEX pricing. This directly demonstrates weak discretion over the underlying metal price; freedom over ancillary terms is not established.
Predictability86
Five consecutive annual periods. Equal weights: nondeclining revenue frequency; revenue-growth volatility (5–40pp); positive FCF frequency; FCF-margin volatility (3–20pp). Stability indicator, not a growth forecast.
- Nondeclining revenue years (%)
- 75.00
- Revenue growth volatility (pp)
- 5.02
- Positive FCF years (%)
- 100.00
- FCF margin volatility (pp)
- 8.08
Financial strength71
Equal-weight grades: debt/FCF (1–8x), net debt/earnings before interest and tax (0–5x), interest service (1–12x), current ratio (0.75–2x). Earnings use reported operating income, or reported pretax profit plus reported interest expense when operating income is unavailable. Interest service uses earnings/interest expense; if unavailable, it uses reported operating cash flow/cash interest paid, without relabeling cash paid as accrued expense. Nonpositive cash flow/earnings score 0 for their service component; reported zero interest with a positive numerator scores 100. Net cash scores 100 for net leverage. Missing disclosures remain unavailable. General nonfinancial-company rubric, not a credit rating; exceptional and nonoperating gains are not normalized out. IFRS finance-cost and cash-flow classifications retain their reported scope.
- debtFcfGrade
- 0.00
- netDebtEbitGrade
- 82.95
- interestCoverageGrade
- 100.00
- currentRatioGrade
- 100.00
- Debt / FCF (x)
- 8.40
- Net debt / operating income (x)
- 0.85
- Current ratio (x)
- 2.29
- cashInterestPaid
- 256.00
- cashInterestCoverage
- 21.91
Capital allocation78
Three-year equal-weight indicators: pretax return on average invested capital (0–25%; equity + debt − cash, each year and its prior year), share-count growth (0–5%, lower better), share-based cost/revenue (2–20%, lower better), consolidated FCF/net income (0–1x). Return uses reported operating income or, if unavailable, EBIT calculated from reported pretax profit plus reported interest expense; exceptional/nonoperating gains are not normalized out. Share-based cost uses the reported cash-flow add-back or, if absent, separately reported recognized compensation expense; the latter never becomes an FCF adjustment. Nonpositive net income scores 0 for cash conversion; absent income/FCF stays unavailable. Nonpositive invested capital has no defined return and remains unavailable. Does not establish acquisition quality or buyback timing.
- 3-year pre-tax operating return (%)
- 20.15
- 3-year average dilution (%)
- -0.09
- 3-year average SBC / revenue (%)
- 0.46
- cashConversionGrade
- 31.89
Management63
Equal-weight average of four evidence-backed rubric grades (0–4), scaled to 100.
capital discipline · 3/4 · Actual operating cash flows exceeded total capital expenditures in 2024, 2025 and first-half 2026. First-half 2026 cash generation still exceeded capital expenditures after removing $0.7 billion of insurance proceeds; debt financing was approximately balanced by repayments while shareholder distributions continued. The reported $2.1 billion policy net debt excludes $3.2 billion of processing-facility debt. These results demonstrate spending and financing discipline, but do not establish exceptional project returns or buyback valuation.
incentive alignment · 3/4 · Actual PSU awards use three-year ROI and relative shareholder-return measures, and the 2023–2025 awards paid out at 125% of target. The committee reduced 2025 cash incentives following fatalities and operating challenges. Change of control alone does not accelerate outstanding awards. Alignment is demonstrated, with limitations from adjusted ROI, committee discretion and incomplete ownership evidence.
execution · 2/4 · Operating evidence is mixed: leaching delivered 101 million incremental pounds in first-half 2026 and PT Smelting reached capacity, while fatalities, prolonged Grasberg disruption, changed ramp-up conditions and an unresolved PTFI smelter restart materially qualify execution. This assesses disclosed operating outcomes, not management reputation or customer retention.
governance · 2/4 · Independent audit and compensation committees and actual incentive reductions provide evidence of oversight. Anti-takeover provisions can impede proxy contests and director elections, while compensation adjustments allow discretion. The evidence supports mixed governance rather than exceptional protection of shareholder interests.
Evidence
Mining Rights We conduct our mining and exploration activities pursuant to concessions granted by, or under contracts with, the host government in the countries where we operate.
Business and Properties — Mining Rights · Filed 13/02/2026
42.5 0.6 2.6 South America 45.6 b 0.1 0.9 Indonesiac 24.2 20.0 — Consolidated basisd,e 112.3 20.6 3.5 Net equity interestf 78.6 10.4 3.1 a.Estimated consolidated recoverable copper reserves include 1.4 billion pounds in leach stockpiles and 0.2 billion pounds in mill stockpiles (refer to “Mill and Leach Stockpiles” for further discussion).
Mineral Reserves — December 31, 2025 reserve table · Filed 13/02/2026
These estimates are reviewed and verified regularly by independent experts in mining, geology and reserve determination.
Mineral Reserves — independent review of estimates · Filed 13/02/2026
Long-Term Mining Rights. In February 2026, we and PTFI entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Indonesia government for a life of resource extension of operating rights in the Grasberg minerals district beyond the current expiration in 2041.
Operations — Long-Term Mining Rights · Filed 06/08/2026
Under the terms of the MOU, we would maintain our current ownership interest in PTFI of 48.76% through 2041 and hold approximately 37% beginning in 2042.
Operations — MOU ownership terms · Filed 06/08/2026
Important factors that can cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, supply of and demand for, and prices of the commodities we produce, primarily copper and gold; changes in export duties and tariff rates; production rates; timing of shipments and sales; reduced customer demand or capacity; changes in the terms of arrangements or contracts; PTFI’s ability to repair mud rush incident-related damage, implement enhanced operating procedures, safely restart with a phased ramp-up and achieve full operating rates of production and downstream processing on the expected timeline and optimize production plans; resolve force majeure declarations and maintain relationships with commercial counterparties; price and availability of consumables and components we purchase as well as constraints on supply and logistics, and transportation services; changes in cash requirements, financial position, financing or investment plans; changes in general market, economic, geopolitical, regulatory or industry conditions, including market volatility regarding trade policies and tariff uncertainty; reductions in liquidity and access to capital; changes in tax laws and regulations; political and social risks, including the potential effects of violence in Indonesia, civil unrest in Peru, and relations with local communities and Indigenous Peoples; operational risks inherent in mining, with higher inherent risks in underground mining; mine sequencing; changes in mine plans or operational modifications, delays, deferrals or cancellations, including the ability to smelt and refine or inventory production; results of technical, economic or feasibility studies; potential inventory adjustments; potential impairment of long-lived mining assets; satisfaction of requirements in accordance with PTFI’s IUPK to extend mining rights from 2031 through 2041; delays in Indonesia government approvals or failure to obtain Indonesia government approval, including on the terms of the MOU and relating to the amendment to the IUPK to extend PTFI’s operating rights beyond 2041; delays in consummating the terms of the MOU, including entering into any definitive agreements; cybersecurity risks; any major public health crisis; labor relations, including labor-related work stoppages and increased costs; compliance with applicable environmental, health and safety laws and regulations; weather- and climate-related risks; environmental risks, including availability of secure water supplies; impacts, expenses or results from litigation or investigations; tailings management; our ability to comply with our responsible production commitments under specific frameworks and any changes to such frameworks and other factors described in more detail under the heading “Risk Factors” contained in Part I, Item 1A.
Cautionary Statement — operating risks and conditional mining-right extensions · Filed 06/08/2026
Our existing mineral reserves will be depleted over time by production from our operations.
Risk Factors — depletion of mineral reserves · Filed 13/02/2026
If we are not able to satisfactorily resolve the issues being addressed in the adjudications, our water uses could be diminished or curtailed, and our operations and any future expansions at Morenci, Safford (including Lone Star) and Sierrita could be adversely affected unless we are able to acquire alternative water sources.
Risk Factors — potential water-use curtailment · Filed 13/02/2026
As a result, PTFI’s current long-term mine plan and planned operations are based on the assumption that PTFI will abide by the terms and conditions of the IUPK and will be granted the 10-year extension from 2031 through 2041 (refer to Note 11 for further discussion).
Mineral Reserves — conditional extension from 2031 through 2041 · Filed 13/02/2026
Incremental copper production from these initiatives totaled 47 million pounds in second-quarter 2026 and 101 million pounds for the first six months of 2026.
Operations — realized incremental leaching production · Filed 06/08/2026
We are deploying large-scale testing of an internally developed additive product at our Morenci operations with encouraging early results.
Operations — internally developed additive testing · Filed 06/08/2026
Continued success with these initiatives would be expected to contribute to additions in recoverable copper in leach stockpiles and favorably impact average unit net cash costs.
Operations — prospective recovery and cost benefits · Filed 06/08/2026
Consolidated unit site production and delivery costs (before net noncash and other costs) for our copper mines averaged $2.75 per pound of copper in 2025 and $2.49 per pound in 2024.
Consolidated Results — unit site production and delivery costs · Filed 13/02/2026
Consolidated unit production and delivery costs for 2025 excluded $625 million or $0.17 per pound of copper for idle facility costs and direct recovery expenses associated with the September 2025 mud rush incident.
Consolidated Results — excluded idle facility and recovery costs · Filed 13/02/2026
Noncash and other costs, net, which are removed from site production and delivery costs in the calculation of unit net cash costs, consist of items such as ARO accretion and other adjustments, inventory write-offs and adjustments, stock-based compensation costs, long-lived asset impairments, idle facility costs, feasibility and optimization study costs, operational readiness and start-up costs, restructuring and/or unusual charges.
Product Revenues and Production Costs — exclusions from unit net cash costs · Filed 06/08/2026
herein for further discussion. Because we cannot control the prices of our products, the key measures that management focuses on in operating our business are sales volumes, unit net cash costs, operating cash flows and capital expenditures.
MD&A — inability to control product prices · Filed 06/08/2026
We record revenues and invoice customers at the time of shipment based on then-current LME prices for copper or London PM prices for gold, which results in an embedded derivative on provisionally priced sales that is adjusted to fair value through earnings each period, using the period-end forward prices, until final pricing on the date of settlement.
Markets — benchmark-based provisional invoicing · Filed 13/02/2026
FCX hedges this price exposure in a manner that allows it to receive the COMEX average price in the month of shipment while the customers pay the fixed price they requested.
Financial Instruments — fixed-price customer arrangements hedged to COMEX · Filed 06/08/2026
52 Table of Contents U.S. Copper Mines Product Revenues, Production Costs and Unit Net Cash Costs Three Months Ended June 30, 2026 (In millions) By-Product Co-Product Method Method Copper Molybdenuma Otherb Total Revenues, excluding adjustments $ 1,946 $ 1,946 $ 268 $ 62 $ 2,276 Site production and delivery, before net noncash and other costs shown below 1,152 979 177 41 1,197 By-product credits (285) — — — — Treatment charges 47 44 — 3 47 Net cash costs 914 1,023 177 44 1,244 DD&A 135 121 12 2 135 Noncash and other costs, net 45 c 41 4 — 45 Total costs 1,094 1,185 193 46 1,424 Other revenue adjustments, primarily for pricing on prior period open sales 6 6 — — 6 Gross profit $ 858 $ 767 $ 75 $ 16 $ 858 Copper sales (millions of recoverable pounds) 311 311 Molybdenum sales (millions of recoverable pounds)a 10 Gross profit per pound of copper/molybdenum: Revenues, excluding adjustments $ 6.25 $ 6.25 $ 28.18 Site production and delivery, before net noncash and other costs shown below 3.71 3.15 18.60 By-product credits (0.92) — — Treatment charges 0.15 0.14 — Unit net cash costs 2.94 3.29 18.60 DD&A 0.43 0.39 1.26 Noncash and other costs, net 0.15 c 0.13 0.47 Total unit costs 3.52 3.81 20.33 Other revenue adjustments, primarily for pricing on prior period open sales 0.03 0.03 — Gross profit per pound $ 2.76 $ 2.47 $ 7.85 Reconciliation to Amounts Reported Revenues Production and Delivery DD&A Totals presented above $ 2,276 $ 1,197 $ 135 Treatment charges — 47 — Noncash and other costs, net — 45 — Other revenue adjustments, primarily for pricing on prior period open sales 6 — — Eliminations and other (1) 3 — U.S.
U.S. Copper Mines — second-quarter 2026 realized revenues and costs per pound · Filed 06/08/2026
53 Table of Contents U.S. Copper Mines Product Revenues, Production Costs and Unit Net Cash Costs Three Months Ended June 30, 2025 (In millions) By-Product Co-Product Method Method Copper Molybdenuma Otherb Total Revenues, excluding adjustments $ 1,485 $ 1,485 $ 171 $ 51 $ 1,707 Site production and delivery, before net noncash and other costs shown below 1,063 942 131 40 1,113 By-product credits (171) — — — — Treatment charges 47 45 — 2 47 Net cash costs 939 987 131 42 1,160 DD&A 118 105 10 3 118 Noncash and other costs, net 50 c 46 4 — 50 Total costs 1,107 1,138 145 45 1,328 Other revenue adjustments, primarily for pricing on prior period open sales 2 2 — (1) 1 Gross profit $ 380 $ 349 $ 26 $ 5 $ 380 Copper sales (millions of recoverable pounds) 309 309 Molybdenum sales (millions of recoverable pounds)a 9 Gross profit per pound of copper/molybdenum: Revenues, excluding adjustments $ 4.81 $ 4.81 $ 19.87 Site production and delivery, before net noncash and other costs shown below 3.44 3.05 15.24 By-product credits (0.55) — — Treatment charges 0.15 0.15 — Unit net cash costs 3.04 3.20 15.24 DD&A 0.38 0.34 1.16 Noncash and other costs, net 0.16 c 0.15 0.45 Total unit costs 3.58 3.69 16.85 Other revenue adjustments, primarily for pricing on prior period open sales 0.01 0.01 — Gross profit per pound $ 1.24 $ 1.13 $ 3.02 Reconciliation to Amounts Reported Revenues Production and Delivery DD&A Totals presented above $ 1,707 $ 1,113 $ 118 Treatment charges (3) 44 — Noncash and other costs, net — 50 — Other revenue adjustments, primarily for pricing on prior period open sales 1 — — Eliminations and other 9 7 — U.S.
U.S. Copper Mines — second-quarter 2025 realized revenues and costs per pound · Filed 06/08/2026
We generated consolidated operating cash flows of $5.6 billion in 2025 (net of $1.3 billion for working capital and other uses) and $7.2 billion in 2024 (net of $29 million for working capital and other uses).
Capital Resources and Liquidity — actual operating cash flows · Filed 13/02/2026
Capital Expenditures. Capital expenditures, including capitalized interest, totaled $4.5 billion in 2025 and $4.8 billion in 2024, and include amounts for (i) major mining projects ($2.3 billion in 2025 and $2.1 billion in 2024), primarily associated with the underground development activities and supporting mill and power capital costs in the Grasberg minerals district and (ii) PTFI’s downstream processing facilities ($0.6 billion in 2025 and $1.2 billion in 2024).
Capital Resources and Liquidity — actual capital expenditures · Filed 13/02/2026
For the first six months of 2026, we generated operating cash flows of $3.5 billion, net of $0.5 billion for working capital and other uses, and including $0.7 billion in pre-tax proceeds collected by PTFI for an insurance settlement associated with the September 2025 external mud rush incident.
Capital Resources and Liquidity — first-half 2026 cash flows including insurance proceeds · Filed 06/08/2026
Capital Expenditures. Capital expenditures, including capitalized interest, totaled $2.1 billion for the first six months of 2026 and $2.4 billion for the first six months of 2025, and include amounts for major projects ($1.3 billion for the first six months of 2026 and $1.2 billion for the first six months of 2025), primarily associated with underground development activities and supporting mill and power capital costs in the Grasberg minerals district.
Capital Resources and Liquidity — first-half 2026 capital expenditures · Filed 06/08/2026
At June 30, 2026, our net debt totaled $2.1 billion, which excludes $3.2 billion of debt for PTFI’s downstream processing facilities.
Financial Policy — net debt and excluded processing-facility debt · Filed 06/08/2026
copper mines (496) (528) South America operations (285) (177) Indonesia operations (972) (1,444) Molybdenum mines (49) (46) Other (275) (238) Acquisition of additional ownership interest in Cerro Verde (107) — Other, net 7 1 Net cash used in investing activities (2,177) (2,432) Cash flow from financing activities: Proceeds from debt 2,077 1,630 Repayments of debt (2,072) (1,338) Finance lease payments (24) (15) Cash dividends and distributions paid: Common stock (434) (433) Noncontrolling interests (359) (625) Treasury stock purchases (203) (107) Proceeds from exercised stock options 22 2 Payments for withholding of employee taxes related to stock-based awards (44) (22) Debt issuance costs (11) — Net cash used in financing activities (1,048) (908) Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents 318 (87) Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 4,173 4,911 Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 4,491 $ 4,824 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows — investing and financing activity · Filed 06/08/2026
FINANCIAL § Consolidated adjusted EBITDA OPERATIONAL § Copper sales § Gold sales § Consolidated unit net cash costs § Manyar smelter concentrate feed SUSTAINABILITY § Safety – TRIR (15%) § Sustainability scorecard (10%) § Annual cash awards capped at a multiple of base salary (target awards vary by NEO ranging from 100% to 150% of base salary; maximum for all - 175% of target) LTIP PSUs § Payable in shares of stock after a three-year performance period, all of which are at-risk based on performance measured by a combination of ROI and TSR relative to our performance peers § PSU payout range is 0% to 225% of target depending on achievement against the performance goals § Represent the largest target component of our LTIP awards for our CEO and our Chairman (each 75%) and CFO (60%), and half for our other NEOs (50%) 2023 - 2025 PSUs paid out at 125% of target, as discussed on page 46.
Executive Compensation — PSU terms and actual 2023–2025 payout · Filed 23/04/2026
The committee exercised discretion to reduce the payout to 66.7% of target for our CEO and our chairman, and 90% of target for our other NEOs in light of the work-related fatalities during 2025 and the challenges resulting from the Grasberg mud rush incident, as discussed on page 42.
Executive Compensation — actual discretionary incentive reductions · Filed 23/04/2026
Methodology Used to Calculate Certain LTIP Metrics Return on Investment Return on investment, or ROI, is calculated as (1) managed income (after-tax income before non-controlling interests, adjusted for after-tax interest and nonrecurring items) divided by (2) total invested capital (equity + net debt + noncontrolling interests) adjusted for invested capital on major projects not placed in service.
Compensation methodology — ROI calculation · Filed 23/04/2026
The compensation committee may make such adjustments as it deems equitable in connection with acquisitions, dispositions and other corporate transactions, or other unusual events.
Compensation methodology — committee adjustment discretion · Filed 23/04/2026
The board also has determined that each of the members of the audit and compensation committees satisfies the heightened independence and qualification requirements applicable to members of such committees as set forth in the applicable NYSE listing standards and SEC rules.
Corporate Governance — audit and compensation committee independence · Filed 23/04/2026
These provisions could also discourage proxy contests and make it more difficult for stockholders to elect directors other than the candidates nominated by the Board.
Risk Factors — anti-takeover provisions and director elections · Filed 13/02/2026
While we performed better than our target on reportable safety incidents and reduced the number of high-risk incidents, our safety performance was overshadowed by the fatalities following the Grasberg mud rush incident and two additional fatalities in 2025.
Safety — actual fatalities and other safety performance · Filed 23/04/2026
In late December 2025, PT Smelting resumed operations and by the end of second-quarter 2026 was operating at capacity.
Operations — PT Smelting resumed operations and reached capacity · Filed 06/08/2026
PTFI’s smelter is expected to restart operations in the second half of 2026 at reduced rates, dependent on available copper concentrate from PTFI’s mining operations.
Operations — PTFI smelter restart remained prospective · Filed 06/08/2026
During initial ramp-up activities in Production Blocks 2 and 3, PTFI encountered changes in operating conditions at the Grasberg Block Cave underground mine following the period of inactivity between September 2025 and April 2026, resulting in a significant increase in the ratio of wet drawpoints compared to the number of drawpoints containing dry material.
Operations — changed conditions during Grasberg ramp-up · Filed 08/05/2026
As a result, near-term production from Production Blocks 2 and 3 is expected to be limited to approximately 60% of capacity until required modifications to ore loading systems are made.
Operations — near-term capacity limitation · Filed 08/05/2026
In addition, a change in control alone will not automatically result in an acceleration of the vesting of outstanding awards.
Executive Compensation — change of control does not alone accelerate vesting · Filed 23/04/2026
Lower operating cash flows in 2025, compared with 2024, primarily reflect lower copper and gold sales volumes, primarily resulting from the September 2025 mud rush incident at PTFI, partly offset by higher copper and gold prices.
Capital Resources and Liquidity — realized volume disruption and higher metal prices · Filed 13/02/2026
