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) Return on assets

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Southern Copper Corporation's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 27.7%, up 6.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (21.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.39% (fiscal 2017) to 21.6% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Copper industry median of 5.82% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 21.6% 2.56
FY2024 19.1% 4.80
FY2023 14.3% (0.57)
FY2022 14.8% (4.45)
FY2021 19.3% 9.86
FY2020 9.42% (0.26)
FY2019 9.68% (1.31)
FY2018 11.0% 5.60
FY2017 5.39% (0.62)
FY2016 6.01% (0.13)

Against its own ten years

Low 5.39% High 21.6%
Ten-year median 11.0%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
SCCO Southern Copper Corporation 27.7%
ERO Ero Copper Corp. compare 15.6%
HBM HudBay Minerals Inc compare 9.91%
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc. compare 5.82%
LCU Lion Copper Corp. compare 0.00%
IE Ivanhoe Electric Inc. compare −10.1%
COPR Idaho Copper Corporation compare −71.6%
Copper industry median 5.82%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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