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Southern Copper SCCO

US equityMarket cap rank #94Copper
$200.40
−$1.54 (-0.76%)
Market open · Sep 24, 2:00 pm ET
After hours $201.94 0.00%
Open$200.09
Prev close$201.94
Day range$198.00 – $203.20
Volume396.2K
Market cap$169.21B
P/E (TTM)29.0
Dividend yield1.80%

Price chart

Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).

SCCO at a glance

SCCO last changed hands at $200.40 (down 0.76%). At $169.21B, Southern Copper is ranked #94 by size among the 300 stocks on BeStock.

Over the past 52 weeks it has traded between $112.07 and $220.78, so it sits 9.2% below the top of that range. Holders are ahead 78.2% over twelve months, and up 18.7% across the last three months.

On the chart it holds above both the 50-day ($193.32) and 200-day ($178.08) moving averages; RSI is 51, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 51% annualized volatility.

Revenue for the quarter ended Jun 2026 was $4.29B, up 40.6% from a year earlier, with $1.67B of net profit (a 35.9% margin).

Buyers are paying 29.0 times trailing earnings, 23% above its five-year average of 23.4. The median for its industry group is 22.0.

7 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "sell". The mean target, $155.66, sits 22.3% under where the stock trades.

This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.

Southern Copper: the business

Southern Copper mines copper in Peru and Mexico, and its parent Grupo Mexico owns most of its shares.

What tends to move it. Copper prices and Peruvian political and social risks drive earnings, and it pays a large dividend.

Written by hand by the BeStock desk and revised when a business changes. See how we work. Spot something out of date? Tell us.

Performance

Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes

1 day
-0.8%
1 week
+5.5%
1 month
-6.5%
3 months
+18.7%
6 months
+29.5%
Year to date
+46.2%
1 year
+78.2%
Day range
$198.00$203.20
52-week range
$112.07$220.78

Technical signals

Full technicals →
Trend readLeaning bullish

4 bullish · 3 bearish of 7 signals

IndicatorValueSignal
Price vs 20-day average-0.3%Bearish
Price vs 50-day average+3.7%Bullish
Price vs 200-day average+12.5%Bullish
50-day vs 200-day50d above 200dBullish
RSI (14)50.9Bullish
MACD (12,26,9)0.50Bearish
Bollinger band position48%Bearish

Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.

Key statistics

Bid / Ask$199.93 / $200.42
Average price today$200.84
Volume396.2KAvg (90d) 1.23M
Turnover$79.57M
Turnover rate0.43%of shares outstanding
Volume ratio0.53vs. recent average pace
Day amplitude2.58%
Market cap$169.21B
Float market cap$18.67B
Shares outstanding93.18M
EPS (TTM)$5.30
P/E (TTM)28.95
P/B13.39
Book value / share$14.96
Earnings yield0.46%
Dividend (TTM)$3.61 / shareYield 1.80%
Net profit (TTM)$4.48B
Net assets$12.63B
30-day volatility50.9%annualized
Avg daily range (ATR)4.25%of price, 14 days
Max drawdown (1y)-30.2%-8.8% from 1y peak

Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 2:00 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.

How SCCO ranks on BeStock

Market value#94 of 300
P/E (cheapest = 1)#203 of 283
Dividend yield#127 of 244
Closeness to 52-week high#97 of 300
Dollar volume today#263 of 300

Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.

Latest reported quarter: Q2, ended Jun 2026

Revenue$4.29B+40.6% YoY
Operating profit$2.62B+65.3% YoY
Net profit$1.67B+71.5% YoY
Diluted EPS$1.99+71.8% YoY
Free cash flow$1.57B+111.3% YoY
Operating cash flow$1.99B

Revenue, last 8 quarters

$2.9BSep '24$2.8BDec '24$3.1BMar '25$3.1BJun '25$3.4BSep '25$3.9BDec '25$4.3BMar '26$4.3BJun '26

Net profit, last 8 quarters

$899.8MSep '24$796.2MDec '24$949.1MMar '25$976.7MJun '25$1.1BSep '25$1.3BDec '25$1.6BMar '26$1.7BJun '26

Profitability & balance sheet

Gross margin58.2%
Operating margin56.9%
Net margin35.9%
Return on equity50.1%
Return on assets25.9%
Return on invested capital29.8%
Current ratio5.06
Liabilities / assets47.3%
Cash & investments$7.33B
Total debt$8.53B
Net cash (debt)-$1.20B
Free cash flow / sales32.3%

Where the revenue comes from

Quarter 2026/Q2

By business line

  • Mexican Open-pit$2.51B 57.6%
  • Peruvian Operations$1.58B 36.3%
  • Mexican Industrial Minera Mexico, S.A. de C.V. and subsidiaries (IMMSA) Unit$268.00M 6.1%
Average move on report day±2.6%last 16 reports
Closed higher6 of 1638% of the time
Best reaction+4.6%
Worst reaction-6.8%

Stock move on the day after each report

+0.6%2024/Q2-0.6%2024/Q3+2.4%2024/Q4-1.6%2025/Q1-6.3%2025/Q2+4.0%2025/Q3+3.4%2025/Q4-6.8%2026/Q2

"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.

Valuation

Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history

Valuation detail →
Price / earnings27.4x
CheapRich

Above its usual level · 70th percentile, 5-year average 23.4x

#1977 of 2977 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)

Price / book12.7x
CheapRich

Near the top of its 5-year range · 90th percentile, 5-year average 8.6x

#4964 of 5302 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)

Price / sales10.1x
CheapRich

Near the top of its 5-year range · 90th percentile, 5-year average 6.8x

#4404 of 5141 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)

P/E over five years

9x20x31x42xSep '21Mar '24Sep '26

Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.

Morningstar fair value estimate

Fair value$122.15
Price vs. fair value+64.1%Trading above the estimate
Star rating★★☆☆☆
Economic moatWide
UncertaintyVery High

Analyst view

All ratings →
ConsensusSell
Analysts7
Average target$155.66-22.3% vs. price
  • Hold 29%
  • Sell 71%
Low $126.97Now $200.40Avg $155.66High $178.55

Latest rating actions

  • 7 Sep 2026UBSSELL
  • 26 Jul 2026CICCHOLD · PT $178.55
  • 23 Jul 2026BarclaysSELL · PT $164.02
  • 22 Jul 2026ScotiabankSELL · PT $138.33
  • 21 Jul 2026Morgan StanleySELL · PT $156.12

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Ownership detail →
Institutional ownership98.4%+0.98 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding999-5 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)8 buys / 1 sellsNet buying
Short interest1.26% of floatDays to cover 8.7 · as of 31 Aug 2026
Short-sale volume share23.1%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

12%22%31%40%Aug '26Sep '26Sep '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$12.60M (11 inflow days, 9 outflow days).

Dividends

Dividend yield (TTM)1.80%
Last dividend$1.10Ex-date 11 Aug 2026
Next-to-last$1.00
Payments on file40

Dividends paid per share, by year

1.4020182.0420191.5020203.2020213.5020224.0020232.1020242.402025

Across the full calendar years shown, the annual payout grew by roughly 8.0% a year.

Latest headlines

More news →
  • UBS Maintains Southern Copper(SCCO.US) With Sell RatingMarket news · 8 Sep 2026
  • U.S. Stock Market Moves | Non-ferrous metal stocks rise broadly; Southern Copper (SCCO.US) surges over 8%Zhitong Finance · 21 Aug 2026
  • Wells Fargo Maintains Southern Copper(SCCO.US) With Hold Rating, Raises Target Price to $172Market news · 9 Jul 2026
  • Morgan Stanley Maintains Southern Copper(SCCO.US) With Sell Rating, Cuts Target Price to $158Market news · 8 Jul 2026
  • CICC Initiates Southern Copper(SCCO.US) With Hold Rating, Announces Target Price $180.7Market news · 27 Jul 2026
  • Barclays Maintains Southern Copper(SCCO.US) With Sell Rating, Raises Target Price to $166Market news · 23 Jul 2026

SCCO stock: common questions

Where is SCCO trading right now?

$200.40 is the latest print for SCCO, a move of -0.76% against yesterday's close of $201.94. Today's low and high so far: $198.00 and $203.20.

How big is Southern Copper?

Equity value comes to $169.21B at the current price. By that measure it is number 94 of the 300 names in our coverage.

What multiple of earnings does SCCO sell for?

Buyers pay 29.0 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $5.30). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 23.4, and today's level ranks in the 70th percentile of its own history.

Where does SCCO sit in its 52-week range?

The year's floor is $112.07 and the ceiling $220.78. Shares are 9.2% away from that ceiling.

Does SCCO send cash back through a dividend?

It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 1.80% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was August 11, 2026.

What is the analyst view on Southern Copper?

Of 7 analysts, 0% say buy, 29% hold and 71% sell. Price targets average $155.66, with the most cautious at $126.97 and the most optimistic at $178.55.

What does Southern Copper do?

Southern Copper mines copper in Peru and Mexico, and its parent Grupo Mexico owns most of its shares.

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