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 invested capital

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Southern Copper Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 46.3%, up 12.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (33.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 8.53% (fiscal 2015) to 33.8% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Copper industry median of 11.9% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.96%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 33.8% 4.85
FY2024 29.0% 7.09
FY2023 21.9% (0.87)
FY2022 22.7% (10.92)
FY2021 33.7% 16.38
FY2020 17.3% 2.68
FY2019 14.6% (1.05)
FY2018 15.6% 0.83
FY2017 14.8% 6.10
FY2016 8.71% 0.18

Against its own ten years

Low 8.53% High 33.8%
Ten-year median 17.3%
Current reading's percentile 100

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
SCCO Southern Copper Corporation 46.3%
HBM HudBay Minerals Inc compare 13.3%
ERO Ero Copper Corp. compare 12.5%
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc. compare 11.9%
IE Ivanhoe Electric Inc. compare 1.77%
LCU Lion Copper Corp. compare −5.43%
COPR Idaho Copper Corporation compare −473.4%
Copper industry median 11.9%
Basic Materials sector median 0.96%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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