What the executives and directors of Freeport-McMoRan actually did with their own shares, decoded from three years of SEC Form 4 filings.
The tape: three years of insider trades
Every marker sits at the exact price reported on the Form 4. The line is the monthly median of all prices insiders reported, so the chart needs no market feed; the gray strip is routine flow (vestings, tax withholding, gifts) that headlines love to miscount as selling.
Where the shares went, last 12 months
Every Form 4 movement decomposed: what flowed in (grants, vested equity, purchases) and what flowed out (tax withholding, plan sales, discretionary sales, gifts). Counted in shares, because grants carry no price.
Skin in the game
Directly held shares as reported after each trade, indexed to 100 five years back. Direct holdings only: trust and family-entity positions are per-entity in the filings and do not sum honestly, so this chart refuses to guess. The steps are the trades.
Who holds what
| Insider | Role | Shares held | Buys 12 m | Sales 12 m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADKERSON RICHARD C Chairman of the Board | Officer | 5M | — | $25.5M |
| QUIRK KATHLEEN L President & CEO | CEO | 2.3M | — | — |
| Currault Douglas N. II EVP & General Counsel | Officer | 211K | — | $4.8M |
| Higgins Stephen T. EVP & CAO | Officer | 182.2K | — | $4.7M |
| MCCOY DUSTAN E | Director | 155.1K | — | — |
| TOWNSEND FRANCES F | Director | 127.6K | — | — |
| KENNARD LYDIA H | Director | 126.5K | — | — |
| STEPHENS JOHN JOSEPH | Director | 116.5K | — | — |
| Robertson Maree E. EVP & CFO | CFO | 69.5K | — | $3M |
| Lance Ryan Michael | Director | 55.3K | — | — |
| GRANT HUGH | Director | 49.9K | — | — |
| Mikes Ellie L. Chief Accounting Officer | Officer | 36K | — | $1.5M |
| Lewis Sara Grootwassink | Director | 34K | — | — |
| ABNEY DAVID P | Director | 25.2K | — | — |
Open-market trade log
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | Higgins Stephen T. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 14.3K | $69.50 | $992K |
| 2026-08-05 | Mikes Ellie L. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 4,773 | $70.00 | $334K |
| 2026-07-30 | Higgins Stephen T. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 7,550 | $63.00 | $476K |
| 2026-02-20 | Higgins Stephen T. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 29.7K | $63.00 | $1.9M |
| 2026-02-18 | Mikes Ellie L. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 11K | $62.03 | $682K |
| 2026-02-13 | Robertson Maree E. (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 48.5K | $61.55 | $3M |
| 2026-02-11 | ADKERSON RICHARD C (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 20.1K | $65.21 | $1.3M |
| 2026-02-11 | ADKERSON RICHARD C (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 132.8K | $64.57 | $8.6M |
| 2026-02-11 | Currault Douglas N. II (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 75K | $64.52 | $4.8M |
| 2026-02-10 | ADKERSON RICHARD C (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 248K | $62.80 | $15.6M |
| 2025-12-11 | Higgins Stephen T. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 28.4K | $47.99 | $1.4M |
| 2025-12-11 | Mikes Ellie L. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 9,572 | $47.66 | $456K |
| 2025-06-02 | Mikes Ellie L. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 8,584 | $40.02 | $344K |
| 2024-11-11 | Robertson Maree E. (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 13K | $44.91 | $584K |
| 2024-05-13 | Higgins Stephen T. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 80K | $52.03 | $4.2M |
| 2024-05-06 | ADKERSON RICHARD C (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 54.8K | $50.78 | $2.8M |
| 2024-05-03 | Higgins Stephen T. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 42.8K | $50.35 | $2.2M |
| 2024-05-01 | Higgins Stephen T. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 43.9K | $51.08 | $2.2M |
| 2024-05-01 | Mikes Ellie L. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,333 | $50.95 | $68K |
| 2024-05-01 | Mikes Ellie L. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 3,000 | $50.98 | $153K |
| 2024-04-30 | ADKERSON RICHARD C (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 169.2K | $50.56 | $8.6M |
| 2024-04-29 | Currault Douglas N. II (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 55K | $51.99 | $2.9M |
| 2023-05-12 | Lewis Sara Grootwassink (Director) | Open-market buy | 4,000 | $34.90 | $140K |
| 2023-03-01 | Mikes Ellie L. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 3,678 | $43.19 | $159K |
| 2023-03-01 | Mikes Ellie L. (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 8,000 | $43.16 | $345K |
| 2022-12-02 | Currault Douglas N. II (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 75K | $40.25 | $3M |
| 2022-08-29 | Lance Ryan Michael (Director) | Open-market buy | 31K | $31.88 | $988K |
| 2022-08-03 | Lewis Sara Grootwassink (Director) | Open-market buy | 3,000 | $28.79 | $86K |
| 2022-05-31 | MCCOY DUSTAN E (Director) | Discretionary sale | 8,200 | $39.24 | $322K |
| 2022-04-25 | GRANT HUGH (Director) | Open-market buy | 12.3K | $40.75 | $501K |
| 2022-03-04 | WHITMIRE C DONALD JR (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 85 | $49.96 | $4K |
| 2022-03-04 | WHITMIRE C DONALD JR (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 85 | $49.98 | $4K |
| 2022-02-16 | QUIRK KATHLEEN L (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 80K | $44.02 | $3.5M |
| 2022-02-09 | WHITMIRE C DONALD JR (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 44K | $43.44 | $1.9M |
| 2022-02-04 | QUIRK KATHLEEN L (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 40.5K | $38.55 | $1.6M |
| 2021-12-06 | ADKERSON RICHARD C (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 202.7K | $36.71 | $7.4M |
| 2021-11-23 | Lance Ryan Michael (Director) | Open-market buy | 65 | $38.72 | $3K |
| 2021-11-08 | WHITMIRE C DONALD JR (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 67K | $39.10 | $2.6M |
| 2021-06-07 | FORD GERALD J (Director) | Discretionary sale | 18.2K | $40.99 | $746K |
| 2021-05-17 | FORD GERALD J (Director) | Discretionary sale | 20.8K | $43.23 | $899K |
| 2021-05-05 | WHITMIRE C DONALD JR (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 42.5K | $41.35 | $1.8M |
| 2021-04-26 | FORD GERALD J (Director) | Discretionary sale | 3,422 | $38.82 | $133K |
| 2021-03-08 | FORD GERALD J (Director) | Discretionary sale | 55.6K | $35.04 | $1.9M |
| 2021-03-04 | FORD GERALD J (Director) | Discretionary sale | 300K | $33.24 | $10M |
| 2021-03-03 | FORD GERALD J (Director) | Discretionary sale | 20K | $35.14 | $703K |
| 2021-03-02 | FORD GERALD J (Director) | Discretionary sale | 59.6K | $35.99 | $2.1M |
| 2021-03-02 | FORD GERALD J (Director) | Discretionary sale | 494.4K | $35.54 | $17.6M |
| 2021-03-01 | FORD GERALD J (Director) | Discretionary sale | 1.4M | $34.67 | $50.1M |
| 2021-02-19 | WHITMIRE C DONALD JR (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,000 | $35.10 | $35K |
| 2021-02-19 | WHITMIRE C DONALD JR (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 5,000 | $35.10 | $176K |
| 2021-02-12 | WHITMIRE C DONALD JR (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 48.2K | $30.84 | $1.5M |
| 2020-12-04 | ADKERSON RICHARD C (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 467.9K | $25.17 | $11.8M |
| 2020-12-04 | QUIRK KATHLEEN L (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 485K | $25.27 | $12.3M |
| 2020-11-11 | WHITMIRE C DONALD JR (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,300 | $19.33 | $25K |
| 2020-11-11 | WHITMIRE C DONALD JR (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,300 | $19.36 | $25K |
| 2020-11-11 | WHITMIRE C DONALD JR (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 24.5K | $19.42 | $476K |
| 2020-03-05 | ADKERSON RICHARD C (CEO) | Open-market buy | 250K | $10.02 | $2.5M |
| 2020-03-05 | QUIRK KATHLEEN L (CFO) | Open-market buy | 85K | $10.03 | $853K |
| 2020-01-28 | STEPHENS JOHN JOSEPH (Director) | Open-market buy | 45K | $11.19 | $504K |
| 2019-06-07 | QUIRK KATHLEEN L (CFO) | Open-market buy | 50K | $10.49 | $525K |
“Since trade” compares with the latest insider-implied price, not a market quote; this site carries no market data by design.
Filing hygiene
How to read this
A Form 4 transaction code decides everything. P is an open-market purchase and S an open-market sale; those two are the only codes where an insider chose to trade. A is a grant, M an option exercise or vesting, F shares withheld to cover tax, G a gift. Most “insiders dumped billions” headlines are code F and M mechanics.
Sales flagged 10b5-1 run on a plan the insider adopted in advance; since 2023 every Form 4 carries that flag. Buys have historically predicted returns, sales mostly have not, and this page states filings, not advice.