Metals... Not Missles... Is the New Arms Race
China and Russia control 70% of the world's critical minerals, giving them leverage over the West. One N. American discovery could help shift that balance by developing the metals essential for defense systems.
Shares Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 819,100,000 |
| Shares Float | 90,190,000 |
| Shares Short | 8,670,000 |
| Insider Holdings | 8975% |
| Institution Holdings | 9.57% |
About Southern Copper Corporation
Southern Copper Corporation engages in mining, exploring, smelting, and refining copper and other minerals in Peru, Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, and Chile. The company is involved in the mining, milling, and flotation of copper ore to produce copper and molybdenum concentrates; smelting of copper concentrates to produce blister and anode copper; refining of anode copper to produce copper cathodes; production of molybdenum concentrate and sulfuric acid; production of refined silver, gold, and other materials; and mining and processing of copper, molybdenum, zinc, silver, gold and lead. It operates the Toquepala and Cuajone open-pit mines, and smelter and refinery in Peru; and La Caridad, an open-pit copper mine, as well as copper ore concentrator, SX-EW plant, smelter, refinery, and rod plant in Mexico. The company also operates Buenavista, an open-pit copper mine, as well as copper concentrators and operating SX-EW plants in Mexico. In addition, it operates underground mines that produce zinc, lead, copper, silver, and gold; coal mine; and zinc refinery. The company has interests in 156,818 hectares and 502,688 hectares of concessions in Peru and Mexico; and 168,200 hectares and 28,453 hectares of exploration concessions in Argentina and Chile. Southern Copper Corporation was incorporated in 1952 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona. Southern Copper Corporation is a subsidiary of Americas Mining Corporation.
General
| Name | Southern Copper Corporation |
| Ticker | SCCO |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Basic Materials |
| Industry | Copper |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 16,133 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 117.07 |
| Market Cap | 97,030,000,000 |
| PE Ratio | 25.47 |
| PEG Ratio | 1.20 |
| EBITDA | 7,076,299,776 |
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | 5.02 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | 1.42 |
| Profit Margin | 30.98% |
| Operating Margin | 50.25 |
| Return on Assets | 0.20 |
| Return on Equity | 0.39 |
| Revenue | 12.3B |
| Earnings Per Share | 4.63 |
| Revenue Per Share | 15.09 |
| Gross Profit | 7,347,200,000 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | 0.15 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 25.92 |
| Forward PE | 25.06 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 7.97 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 9.83 |
Dividend
Southern Copper Corporation pays out a dividend of $3.28 per share, with a dividend yield of 2.77%.
SCCO's next dividend payment will be made to shareholders on November 28, 2025.
They pay out 47.87% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Nov 28, 2025 | $0.90 |
| Sep 4, 2025 | $0.79 |
| May 19, 2025 | $0.69 |
| Feb 27, 2025 | $0.68 |
| Nov 21, 2024 | $0.68 |
| Aug 26, 2024 | $0.58 |
| Feb 29, 2024 | $0.76 |
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