5 EV Materials Stocks to Invest In

3. Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE:FCX)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 56    

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE:FCX) engages in the mining of mineral properties in North America, South America, and Indonesia. The company is one of the biggest copper producers in the world. Copper is one of the most important materials used in the manufacture of electric vehicles. The recent energy shortage in China has boosted the demand for the metal and helped increase prices. This has led to an improvement in the share price of the firm. The firm is based in the US and was founded in 1987. 

On July 22, RBC Capital analyst Sam Crittenden maintained a Sector Perform rating on Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE:FCX) stock and lowered the price target to $35 from $46, noting that the firm had reported another strong quarter. 

At the end of the second quarter of 2022, 56 hedge funds in the database of Insider Monkey held stakes worth $2.4 billion in Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE:FCX), compared to 68 the preceding quarter worth $4.1 billion.

In its Q1 2022 investor letter, ClearBridge Investments, an asset management firm, highlighted a few stocks and Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE:FCX) was one of them. Here is what the fund said:

“Supply chains eased for some goods, but remained challenged for many commodities including energy, agriculture, and fertilizer due to war and general scarcity, and also in many consumer products as semiconductors remained in short supply. Copper and gold producer Freeport- McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) rose as copper prices remained strong due to supply shortages and growing use in renewable energy systems and electric vehicles.”