Here's How Much You Would Have Made Owning Freeport-McMoRan Stock In The Last 5 Years

Freeport-McMoRan FCX has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 8.81% on an annualized basis.

Buying $100 In FCX: 5 years ago, an investor could have purchased 6.27 shares of Freeport-McMoRan at the time with $100. This investment in FCX would have produced an average annual return of 23.03%. Currently, Freeport-McMoRan has a market capitalization of $65.82 billion.

Freeport-McMoRan's Share Price Over Last 5 Years

This $100 investment would be worth $280.76 today based on a price of $44.83 for FCX at the time of writing.

Finally -- what's the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.

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