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Southern Copper (SCCO) Competitors

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$93.01 +1.03 (+1.12%)
(As of 12/20/2024 04:33 PM ET)

SCCO vs. FCX, MTRN, SXC, GSM, CMP, BHP, RIO, VALE, CLF, and HBM

Should you be buying Southern Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southern Copper include Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Materion (MTRN), SunCoke Energy (SXC), Ferroglobe (GSM), Compass Minerals International (CMP), BHP Group (BHP), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Vale (VALE), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), and Hudbay Minerals (HBM).

Southern Copper vs.

Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) and Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings.

Freeport-McMoRan received 723 more outperform votes than Southern Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.27% of users gave Freeport-McMoRan an outperform vote while only 55.74% of users gave Southern Copper an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Freeport-McMoRanOutperform Votes
1116
66.27%
Underperform Votes
568
33.73%
Southern CopperOutperform Votes
393
55.74%
Underperform Votes
312
44.26%

Freeport-McMoRan pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Southern Copper pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Freeport-McMoRan pays out 21.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southern Copper pays out 72.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

In the previous week, Freeport-McMoRan had 7 more articles in the media than Southern Copper. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Freeport-McMoRan and 7 mentions for Southern Copper. Freeport-McMoRan's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Southern Copper's score of 0.62 indicating that Freeport-McMoRan is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Freeport-McMoRan
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Southern Copper
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

80.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Southern Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Southern Copper shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Southern Copper has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Freeport-McMoRan. Southern Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freeport-McMoRan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Freeport-McMoRan$25.64B2.18$1.85B$1.3728.36
Southern Copper$10.94B6.68$2.43B$3.8823.97

Freeport-McMoRan presently has a consensus target price of $53.92, indicating a potential upside of 38.75%. Southern Copper has a consensus target price of $94.81, indicating a potential upside of 1.94%. Given Freeport-McMoRan's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Freeport-McMoRan is more favorable than Southern Copper.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Freeport-McMoRan
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69
Southern Copper
4 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.78

Southern Copper has a net margin of 27.67% compared to Freeport-McMoRan's net margin of 7.81%. Southern Copper's return on equity of 37.11% beat Freeport-McMoRan's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Freeport-McMoRan7.81% 7.40% 3.86%
Southern Copper 27.67%37.11%17.38%

Freeport-McMoRan has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its stock price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern Copper has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Freeport-McMoRan beats Southern Copper on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SCCO vs. The Competition

MetricSouthern CopperMetal mining IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$73.06B$6.86B$2.79B$19.18B
Dividend Yield3.04%4.14%5.22%3.58%
P/E Ratio23.957.74111.6241.22
Price / Sales6.6860.92780,141.6017.58
Price / Cash23.9720.9224.1021.28
Price / Book9.712.713.395.32
Net Income$2.43B$574.20M$152.77M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-6.99%-5.65%-2.90%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-7.64%-9.56%1.40%-3.73%
1 Year Performance8.14%4.83%17.62%12.06%

Southern Copper Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SCCO
Southern Copper
2.3458 of 5 stars
$93.01
+1.1%
$94.81
+1.9%
+11.7%$73.06B$10.94B23.9515,810
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
4.604 of 5 stars
$40.75
-2.0%
$53.92
+32.3%
-6.0%$58.55B$25.64B30.3627,200Dividend Increase
Options Volume
MTRN
Materion
4.7734 of 5 stars
$109.46
-1.0%
$152.00
+38.9%
-19.5%$2.27B$1.67B31.153,404Positive News
SXC
SunCoke Energy
3.2454 of 5 stars
$11.78
-1.1%
$13.00
+10.4%
+3.6%$990.58M$2.06B11.821,151Positive News
GSM
Ferroglobe
4.4857 of 5 stars
$4.06
-2.6%
N/A-38.7%$760.98M$1.65B17.383,403
CMP
Compass Minerals International
2.8322 of 5 stars
$12.49
-4.4%
$31.00
+148.2%
-58.8%$517.70M$1.14B-3.191,981Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
BHP
BHP Group
3.4893 of 5 stars
$51.31
-0.7%
$68.00
+32.5%
-25.5%$130.11B$55.66B11.1690,000
RIO
Rio Tinto Group
2.0706 of 5 stars
$61.55
-1.1%
N/A-19.1%$77.11B$54.04B0.0057,000
VALE
Vale
4.8189 of 5 stars
$9.21
-0.5%
$14.38
+56.1%
-41.4%$41.29B$41.78B4.2966,807Positive News
CLF
Cleveland-Cliffs
2.4095 of 5 stars
$9.98
-2.3%
$17.39
+74.2%
-54.9%$4.93B$19.97B-10.2826,000Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
HBM
Hudbay Minerals
4.6152 of 5 stars
$8.52
-1.6%
$11.17
+31.1%
+50.9%$3.36B$2.04B37.652,708Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:SCCO) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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