Southern Copper Corporation

SCCO Basic Materials Copper

Southern Copper Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $13.4 billion, up 17.4% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+39.1%
EPS
+59.3%
Free cash flow
+41.2%
Total debt
+18.5%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

166.05 10.79 −6.10%
Market cap
$141.1B
P/E
21.7×
Fwd P/E
22.2×
Dividend yield
3.16%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
9.36
Beneish M
−2.09
Dividend safety
56/100

Southern Copper Corporation (SCCO) Free cash flow margin

Alert me on Free cash flow margin

Southern Copper Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 32.7%, up 7.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (25.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.35% (fiscal 2015) to 31.1% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Copper industry median of 7.30% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

Embed this chart

Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 25.5% (4.15)
FY2024 29.7% 3.77
FY2023 25.9% 7.47
FY2022 18.5% (12.65)
FY2021 31.1% 3.66
FY2020 27.4% 10.91
FY2019 16.5% 0.84
FY2018 15.7% 1.37
FY2017 14.3% 17.95
FY2016 −3.63% 1.72

Against its own ten years

Low −5.35% High 31.1%
Ten-year median 18.5%
Current reading's percentile 64

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
SCCO Southern Copper Corporation 32.7%
ERO Ero Copper Corp. compare 15.0%
HBM HudBay Minerals Inc compare 11.5%
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc. compare 7.30%
COPR Idaho Copper Corporation compare 0.00%
LCU Lion Copper Corp. compare 0.00%
IE Ivanhoe Electric Inc. compare −3,647.7%
Copper industry median 7.30%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

The full definition of Free cash flow margin →

More on SCCO