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Southern Copper Corporation

SCCO
85
Copper · Basic Materials
Also trades as: 0L8B.L
Winston Score
85
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An exceptional business — strong profitability, growth, and balance sheet.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Exceptional
Growth
Exceptional
Cash Flow
Exceptional
Stability
Strong
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Strong
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The full picture

Southern Copper Corporation mines and processes copper, one of the most important metals in the world. It also produces silver, molybdenum, zinc, and lead as byproducts. The company sells these metals to manufacturers who make things like electrical wiring, pipes, and electronics, and it is one of the largest copper producers in the world.

Southern Copper makes money by selling the metals it digs out of the ground, so its revenue rises and falls with commodity prices. It operates large mines in Mexico and Peru, and its parent company, Grupo México, owns about 88% of the stock. The company has a strong cost advantage because its ore deposits are very large and high-quality, which helps explain its unusually high profit margins. The biggest risk it faces is a drop in global copper prices, though long-term demand for copper is expected to grow as electric vehicles and clean energy infrastructure require large amounts of the metal.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+40.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+68.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

89.0%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$7.3B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue accelerating

Southern Copper Corporation grew revenue 41% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
62.0%
Premium pricing power — 62.0% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
61.2%
Excellent — 61.2% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
43.5%
Exceptional — 43.5% return on capital

ROIC above 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns more than 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+32.8%
Fast-growing sales (+32.8% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+50.4%
Earnings growing fast (+50.4% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
7/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
119%
Turns 119% of profit into real cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
32.2%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (32.2%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.63
Moderate — manageable debt (0.63)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
48.48x
Comfortably covers interest (48.5x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
31.6x
no trend
Pricey — P/E 31.6

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
+6.2
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (31.6 → 25.4)

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
2.07%
no trend
Moderate income — 2.07% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+37.9%
no trend
Dividend growing fast (37.9% YoY)

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