ClearBridge Investments, an investment management company, released its “ClearBridge Dividend Strategy” third quarter 2022 investor letter. A copy of the same can be downloaded here. In the third quarter, the strategy underperformed the S&P 500 benchmark index. Only the materials sector contributed positively to the strategy’s performance among the 11 sectors. IT and communication services sectors were the major detractors in the quarter. In addition, please check the fund’s top five holdings to know its best picks in 2022.
ClearBridge Investments highlighted stocks like Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE:FCX) in the Q3 2022 investor letter. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE:FCX) is a mineral properties mining company. On November 4, 2022, Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE:FCX) stock closed at $35.19 per share. One-month return of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE:FCX) was 20.55% and its shares lost 9.99% of their value over the last 52 weeks. Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE:FCX) has a market capitalization of $50.296 billion.
ClearBridge Investments made the following comment about Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE:FCX) in its Q3 2022 investor letter:
“Seeing better opportunities elsewhere in the materials sector, we exited our position in Ecolab and added to copper producer Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE:FCX), which supplies a much-needed resource for the energy transition, and specialty chemical company Linde (LIN), which has historically held onto pricing gains it has achieved following increases in energy costs. We think this pricing power should protect profitability during the acute inflationary phase and potentially lead to margin expansion when cost pressures abate. We think this pricing power should protect profitability during the acute inflationary phase and potentially lead to margin expansion when cost pressures abate.”
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Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE:FCX) is not on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. As per our database, 56 hedge fund portfolios held Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE:FCX) at the end of the second quarter, which was 68 in the previous quarter.
We discussed Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (NYSE:FCX) in another article and shared the best mineral stocks to invest in. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q3 2022 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.
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