Southern Copper Corporation

NYSE:SCCO Stock Report

Market Cap: US$151.0b

Southern Copper Valuation

Is SCCO undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of SCCO when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: SCCO ($188.41) is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value ($96.93)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: SCCO is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for SCCO?

Key metric: As SCCO is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SCCO. This is calculated by dividing SCCO's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SCCO's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio40.4x
EarningsUS$3.82b
Market CapUS$150.96b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does SCCO's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for SCCO vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average30.1x
FCX Freeport-McMoRan
39.9x11.22%US$86.7b
NEM Newmont
19.1x8.12%US$135.3b
AEM Agnico Eagle Mines
31.4x7.81%US$107.7b
LIN Linde
30x8.69%US$210.9b
SCCO Southern Copper
40.4x6.73%US$151.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SCCO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.4x) compared to the peer average (30.1x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SCCO's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Metals and Mining Industry?

5 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
BMXI Brookmount Explorations
1.4xn/aUS$15.54m
RMRI Rocky Mountain Industrials
0.9xn/aUS$1.76m
MDSM.F Ten Sixty Four
0.06xn/aUS$455.60k
GROO Groovy Company
0.005xn/aUS$37.66k
SCCO 40.4xIndustry Avg. 26.0xNo. of Companies7PE01632486480+
5 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SCCO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.4x) compared to the US Metals and Mining industry average (26x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SCCO's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

SCCO PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio40.4x
Fair PE Ratio25.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SCCO is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (40.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.5x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst SCCO forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$188.41
US$138.45
-26.52%
22.66%US$182.00US$66.07n/a15
Jan ’27US$143.47
US$126.88
-11.56%
21.98%US$173.53US$66.07n/a15
Dec ’26US$134.76
US$118.29
-12.22%
19.61%US$154.69US$66.07n/a15
Nov ’26US$137.63
US$117.87
-14.35%
19.32%US$154.69US$66.07n/a15
Oct ’26US$121.61
US$96.49
-20.65%
17.02%US$127.62US$66.07n/a14
Sep ’26US$95.28
US$93.60
-1.76%
16.31%US$127.62US$66.07n/a14
Aug ’26US$89.98
US$93.80
+4.25%
16.34%US$127.62US$66.07n/a14
Jul ’26US$100.23
US$90.85
-9.35%
18.80%US$127.62US$66.07n/a15
Jun ’26US$89.24
US$90.50
+1.41%
19.77%US$126.36US$66.07n/a15
May ’26US$87.33
US$90.49
+3.62%
19.86%US$126.36US$66.07n/a15
Apr ’26US$91.25
US$96.31
+5.54%
23.66%US$148.75US$66.07n/a16
Mar ’26US$86.44
US$95.62
+10.62%
25.52%US$148.75US$50.55n/a16
Feb ’26US$88.41
US$97.63
+10.42%
25.94%US$148.75US$49.87n/a16
Jan ’26US$87.94
US$98.20
+11.67%
25.53%US$148.75US$49.87US$143.4716
Dec ’25US$96.84
US$97.72
+0.92%
27.31%US$148.75US$49.87US$134.7616
Nov ’25US$105.59
US$97.42
-7.74%
27.50%US$148.75US$49.87US$137.6316
Oct ’25US$112.28
US$92.27
-17.83%
26.07%US$135.43US$51.50US$121.6115
Sep ’25US$97.55
US$92.09
-5.60%
26.10%US$135.43US$51.50US$95.2815
Aug ’25US$97.49
US$90.35
-7.32%
27.45%US$135.43US$51.50US$89.9815
Jul ’25US$103.61
US$85.38
-17.60%
28.03%US$130.66US$51.50US$100.2314
Jun ’25US$113.14
US$80.04
-29.25%
27.09%US$130.66US$51.50US$89.2414
May ’25US$108.71
US$78.00
-28.25%
26.21%US$127.90US$51.91US$87.3315
Apr ’25US$101.03
US$70.26
-30.46%
25.94%US$122.71US$44.36US$91.2515
Mar ’25US$76.13
US$65.16
-14.41%
18.57%US$87.78US$44.36US$86.4415
Feb ’25US$79.09
US$61.97
-21.64%
17.67%US$87.78US$44.36US$88.4113
Jan ’25US$81.24
US$61.27
-24.59%
18.41%US$87.78US$44.36US$87.9413
US$138.45
Fair Value
36.1% overvalued intrinsic discount
15
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/01/26 16:42
End of Day Share Price 2026/01/26 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Southern Copper Corporation is covered by 31 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Leonardo CorreaBarclays
Fawzi HananoBerenberg
David RadclyffeBMO Capital Markets Equity Research