Southern Copper (SCCO)
Materials · Copper mining and integrated metals production
One of the world's largest copper producers, operating major mines in Peru and Mexico while generating significant revenue from silver, molybdenum, and zinc byproducts.
What Southern Copper does
Southern Copper Corporation is one of the world's largest copper mining companies, with principal operations in Peru and Mexico, along with exploration programs in Chile and Argentina. The company produces and sells copper as its primary product, and recovers and sells valuable metallurgical byproducts including silver, molybdenum, zinc, and gold. The company's profitability is heavily influenced by commodity prices outside its control, so management focuses on cost control, production enhancement, and maintaining a prudent capital structure.
Themes: ["Copper mining / primary metals"]
Fundamentals
- Price$174.43 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$143.7B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+76.3% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E28.93 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+34.1% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+62.7% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+45.9% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.57 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+21.7% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+10.1% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.14 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +2.1%; 2-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Commodity price volatility: Extended significant declines in metals prices, particularly copper, could have material adverse impact on operations, financial condition, and asset values; company may incur impairment charges and potential losses under adverse market conditions."]
Competitors & peers
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.