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) Operating margin

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Southern Copper Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 58.6%, up 6.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (52.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 28.0% (fiscal 2015) to 55.5% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Copper industry median of 34.6% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 2.88%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 52.2% 3.59
FY2024 48.6% 6.22
FY2023 42.4% (1.79)
FY2022 44.2% (11.32)
FY2021 55.5% 16.39
FY2020 39.1% 1.29
FY2019 37.8% (2.81)
FY2018 40.6% 1.24
FY2017 39.4% 10.28
FY2016 29.1% 1.05

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 59.9% (1.22)
Jun 2026 61.2% 2.82
Mar 2026 58.3% 3.80
Dec 2025 54.5% 2.17
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Against its own ten years

Low 28.0% High 55.5%
Ten-year median 40.6%
Current reading's percentile 100

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
IE Ivanhoe Electric Inc. compare 285.9%
SCCO Southern Copper Corporation 58.6%
HBM HudBay Minerals Inc compare 44.7%
ERO Ero Copper Corp. compare 34.6%
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc. compare 27.6%
COPR Idaho Copper Corporation compare 0.00%
LCU Lion Copper Corp. compare 0.00%
Copper industry median 34.6%
Basic Materials sector median 2.88%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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