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The bull case just got a tiny haircut
Freeport-McMoRan has been doing its best impression of a miner with a rocket pack, but Scotiabank decided to trim the runway a bit by lowering its price target to $71. Not exactly a doom-and-gloom call — more like a skeptical friend saying, “Cool, but maybe don’t get carried away.”
Why you should care
When a stock is already running hot, even a modest target cut can matter. It doesn’t break the story, but it can take a little air out of the momentum trade if other firms start following suit.
The other eyebrow-raiser: insiders selling
The article also flags a pretty noticeable wave of insider sales this quarter, including the chairman and CFO unloading shares. On its own, insider selling doesn’t always mean trouble — execs like to diversify, pay taxes, and occasionally cash out like the rest of us would if our stock options stopped looking theoretical.
- Chairman sold 152,960 shares
- CFO sold 48,500 shares
- Total insider disposals: 565,145 shares worth about $35.84 million
Big picture
Freeport-McMoRan still has analyst support overall, and the consensus target remains above the current stock price. But between the valuation chatter and insiders trimming exposure, this is the kind of setup where investors start asking whether the easy upside has already been mined out.