Southern Copper (SCCO) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $101.17 +1.53 (+1.54%) Closing price 03/25/2025 03:58 PM EasternExtended Trading$101.74 +0.57 (+0.56%) As of 03/25/2025 07:48 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Southern Copper Short Interest DataSouthern Copper (SCCO) has a short interest of 5.91 million shares, representing 6.74% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 6.10% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 5.4, indicating that it would take 5.4 days of the average trading volume of 1.16 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest5,910,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest5,570,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+6.10%Dollar Volume Sold Short$524.68 millionShort Interest Ratio5.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateFebruary 28, 2025Outstanding Shares796,183,000 sharesFloat Size87,660,000 sharesShort Percent of Float6.74%Today's Trading Volume2,644,652 sharesAverage Trading Volume1,164,199 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average227% Short Selling Southern Copper? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Southern Copper and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartSCCO Short Interest Over TimeSCCO Days to Cover Over TimeSCCO Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads Southern Copper Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 2/28/20255,910,000 shares $524.68 million +6.1%6.7%5.4 $88.78 2/15/20255,570,000 shares $542.58 million +0.5%6.4%5.4 $97.41 1/31/20255,540,000 shares $507.95 million -16.3%6.3%5.7 $91.69 1/15/20256,620,000 shares $642.01 million +2.3%7.6%7.5 $96.98 12/31/20246,470,000 shares $589.61 million -1.2%7.4%7.3 $91.13 12/15/20246,550,000 shares $655 million -2.7%7.5%6.9 $100.00 11/30/20246,730,000 shares $675.36 million -5.6%7.7%6.6 $100.35 11/15/20247,130,000 shares $707.40 million +1.6%8.2%6.8 $99.22 10/31/20247,020,000 shares $769.67 million +10.7%8.1%6.8 $109.64 10/15/20246,340,000 shares $706.78 million +0.2%7.3%5.8 $111.48 Get the Latest News and Ratings for SCCO and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Southern Copper and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 9/30/20246,330,000 shares $731.81 million -6.6%7.3%5.6 $115.61 9/15/20246,780,000 shares $669.12 million +6.8%7.8%6.3 $98.69 8/31/20246,350,000 shares $645.92 million +1.9%7.3%5.8 $101.72 8/15/20246,230,000 shares $658.82 million -4.7%7.2%5.4 $105.75 7/31/20246,540,000 shares $697.36 million -1.7%7.6%5.4 $106.63 7/15/20246,650,000 shares $748.59 million -0.3%7.7%5.2 $112.57 6/30/20246,670,000 shares $718.63 million +1.5%7.8%5.1 $107.74 6/15/20246,570,000 shares $698.39 million +7.7%7.6%4.9 $106.30 5/31/20246,100,000 shares $723.64 million +4.3%7.1%4.2 $118.63 5/15/20245,850,000 shares $718.91 million -4.4%6.8%4.3 $122.89 4/30/20246,120,000 shares $714.02 million +4.3%7.1%4.8 $116.67 4/15/20245,870,000 shares $669.65 million +3.4%6.9%5 $114.08 3/31/20245,680,000 shares $605.03 million -2.1%6.7%5.2 $106.52 3/15/20245,800,000 shares $597.46 million +29.8%6.8%5.5 $103.01 2/29/20244,470,000 shares $361.31 million -12.9%5.3%4.7 $80.83 2/15/20245,130,000 shares $425.64 million -10.0%6.0%5.2 $82.97 1/31/20245,700,000 shares $467.91 million -1.0%6.7%5.6 $82.09 1/15/20245,760,000 shares $478.89 million -0.4%6.8%5.8 $83.14 12/31/20235,780,000 shares $497.48 million -0.2%6.8%5.9 $86.07 12/15/20235,790,000 shares $475.88 million -3.5%6.8%5.8 $82.19 11/30/20236,000,000 shares $431.64 million +10.1%7.0%6.2 $71.94 11/15/20235,450,000 shares $410.49 million -2.0%6.4%5.9 $75.32 10/31/20235,560,000 shares $394.20 million +14.9%6.5%5.9 $70.90 10/15/20234,840,000 shares $349.16 million -4.0%5.7%4.9 $72.14 9/30/20235,040,000 shares $379.46 million -13.7%5.9%4.9 $75.29 9/15/20235,840,000 shares $465.86 million -4.1%6.8%5.6 $79.77 8/31/20236,090,000 shares $491.22 million +13.0%7.1%5.9 $80.66 8/15/20235,390,000 shares $432.01 million +4.3%6.3%4.9 $80.15 7/31/20235,170,000 shares $451.96 million -5.1%6.1%4.5 $87.42 7/15/20235,450,000 shares $418.45 million +4.6%6.4%4.8 $76.78Elon Musk Confirms: Tesla’s Optimus is Replacing Workers… and Heading to Mars (Ad)Musk confirmed that SpaceX's Starship will carry Optimus to Mars in 2026 as part of an autonomous mission to help build human colonies on the Red Planet. 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As far as I can tell, the best way to profit from this project is to make 6/30/20235,210,000 shares $373.77 million -19.9%6.1%4.5 $71.74 6/15/20236,500,000 shares $482.04 million -3.6%7.6%5.7 $74.16 5/31/20236,740,000 shares $449.96 million +19.7%7.9%5.6 $66.76 5/15/20235,630,000 shares $407.05 million +17.5%6.6%4.5 $72.30 4/30/20234,790,000 shares $368.02 million -16.1%5.6%4.1 $76.83 4/15/20235,710,000 shares $459.88 million -0.2%6.7%4.6 $80.54 3/31/20235,720,000 shares $436.15 million -2.4%6.7%4.3 $76.25 3/15/20235,860,000 shares $398.83 million -7.7%6.9%4.3 $68.06 2/28/20236,350,000 shares $467.93 million -0.6%7.5%4.9 $73.69 2/15/20236,390,000 shares $482.45 million +5.5%7.5%5.1 $75.50 1/31/20236,060,000 shares $455.77 million -2.4%7.1%4.4 $75.21 1/15/20236,210,000 shares $478.54 million +8.0%7.3%4.1 $77.06 12/30/20225,750,000 shares $347.24 million -4.8%6.8%4 $60.39 12/15/20226,040,000 shares $361.74 million -7.8%7.1%4.2 $59.89 11/30/20226,550,000 shares $399.68 million -9.7%7.7%4.3 $61.02 11/15/20227,250,000 shares $439.64 million +10.9%8.5%4.6 $60.64 10/31/20226,540,000 shares $307.18 million +1.1%7.7%4.2 $46.97 10/15/20226,470,000 shares $304.28 million +0.5%7.6%4.3 $47.03 9/30/20226,440,000 shares $288.77 million +2.1%7.6%4.4 $44.84 9/15/20226,310,000 shares $295.06 million -4.0%7.4%4.2 $46.76 8/31/20226,570,000 shares $309.25 million +15.5%7.7%4.3 $47.07 8/15/20225,690,000 shares $276.42 million -12.2%6.7%4 $48.58 7/31/20226,480,000 shares $322.70 million +10.0%7.6%4.2 $49.80 7/15/20225,890,000 shares $276.59 million +25.9%6.9%3.9 $46.96 6/30/20224,680,000 shares $233.11 million -5.7%5.7%3.3 $49.81 6/15/20224,960,000 shares $285.94 million +7.1%6.0%3.7 $57.65 5/31/20224,630,000 shares $286.04 million +14.3%5.4%3.6 $61.78 5/15/20224,050,000 shares $222.99 million +11.9%4.8%3.1 $55.06 4/30/20223,620,000 shares $225.42 million +8.4%0.5%3.1 $62.27 4/15/20223,340,000 shares $243.12 million -1.8%3.9%2.9 $72.79 3/31/20223,400,000 shares $258.06 million -15.8%4.0%2.9 $75.90 3/15/20224,040,000 shares $276.42 million +14.5%4.7%3.6 $68.42 2/28/20223,530,000 shares $244.95 million -14.3%4.2%3.2 $69.39 2/15/20224,120,000 shares $277.40 million +20.5%4.9%3.9 $67.33 1/31/20223,420,000 shares $218.50 million -12.3%4.0%3.2 $63.89 1/15/20223,900,000 shares $264.42 million +2.6%4.6%3.9 $67.80 12/31/20213,800,000 shares $234.50 million +4.4%4.5%3.8 $61.71 12/15/20213,640,000 shares $207.84 million +5.8%4.3%3.4 $57.10 11/30/20213,440,000 shares $201.24 million -7.8%4.1%3.4 $58.50 11/15/20213,730,000 shares $226.75 million -16.6%4.4%3.8 $60.79 10/29/20214,470,000 shares $268.16 million +4.0%5.3%4.5 $59.99 10/15/20214,300,000 shares $284.70 million +3.6%5.1%4.3 $66.21 9/30/20214,150,000 shares $232.98 million +6.4%4.9%4.3 $56.14 9/15/20213,900,000 shares $243.13 million -3.0%4.6%3.9 $62.34 8/31/20214,020,000 shares $251.61 million -18.6%4.7%3.4 $62.59 8/13/20214,940,000 shares $332.02 million +14.4%5.8%3.7 $67.21 7/30/20214,320,000 shares $283.56 million -18.0%5.1%2.9 $65.64 7/15/20215,270,000 shares $337.07 million -2.4%6.2%3.5 $63.96 6/30/20215,400,000 shares $347.33 million -6.6%6.4%3.6 $64.32 6/15/20215,780,000 shares $364.95 million -7.4%6.8%3.8 $63.14Elon Musk Confirms: Tesla’s Optimus is Replacing Workers… and Heading to Mars (Ad)Musk confirmed that SpaceX's Starship will carry Optimus to Mars in 2026 as part of an autonomous mission to help build human colonies on the Red Planet. And here on Earth? Optimus is about to change everything.There's no time to waste. As far as I can tell, the best way to profit from this project is to make 5/28/20216,240,000 shares $435.18 million +12.4%7.4%4.6 $69.74 5/14/20215,550,000 shares $428.18 million +27.6%6.5%4.2 $77.15 4/30/20214,350,000 shares $313.24 million -0.7%5.1%3.3 $72.01 4/15/20214,380,000 shares $321.62 million -3.5%5.2%3.7 $73.43 3/31/20214,540,000 shares $309.13 million -7.0%5.4%4 $68.09 3/15/20214,880,000 shares $380.59 million -5.6%5.8%4.6 $77.99 2/26/20215,170,000 shares $388.16 million -2.8%6.1%5.1 $75.08 2/12/20215,320,000 shares $375.86 million +1.0%6.3%5.6 $70.65 1/29/20215,270,000 shares $364.42 million +1.7%6.3%5.9 $69.15 1/15/20215,180,000 shares $367.78 million +0.2%6.2%5.8 $71.00 12/31/20205,170,000 shares $340.29 million +7.0%6.2%5.8 $65.82 12/15/20204,830,000 shares $286.08 million -5.9%5.8%5.5 $59.23 11/30/20205,130,000 shares $312.16 million -14.1%6.1%5.8 $60.85 11/15/20205,970,000 shares $324.71 million No Change7.2%7.1 $54.39 10/30/20205,970,000 shares $313.48 million +2.1%7.2%7.5 $52.51 10/15/20205,850,000 shares $278.23 million +1.0%7.1%7.6 $47.56 9/30/20205,790,000 shares $262.11 million +2.8%7.0%7.4 $45.27 9/15/20205,630,000 shares $266.24 million -13.7%6.9%7.1 $47.29 8/31/20206,520,000 shares $313.61 million +11.6%7.9%8.2 $48.10 8/14/20205,840,000 shares $263.91 million No Change7.1%7.1 $45.19 7/31/20205,840,000 shares $255.27 million -5.4%7.1%7 $43.71 7/15/20206,170,000 shares $269.69 million -1.9%7.5%7.4 $43.71 6/30/20206,290,000 shares $250.15 million +5.2%7.7%7.6 $39.77 6/15/20205,980,000 shares $221.38 million -8.4%7.3%7.2 $37.02 5/29/20206,530,000 shares $237.04 million -0.6%7.9%6.9 $36.30 5/15/20206,570,000 shares $216.42 million +18.6%8.0%6.6 $32.94 4/30/20205,540,000 shares $179.72 million +1.3%6.7%5.7 $32.44 4/15/20205,470,000 shares $169.57 million -5.9%6.7%5.5 $31.00 3/31/20205,810,000 shares $178.66 million +0.7%7.1%5.9 $30.75 SCCO Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Southern Copper's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Southern Copper shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of February 28th, investors have sold 5,910,000 shares of SCCO short. 6.74% of Southern Copper's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Southern Copper's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Southern Copper? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. SCCO shares currently have a short interest ratio of 5.0. Learn More on Southern Copper's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Southern Copper? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Southern Copper: Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC, GTS Securities LLC, Wolverine Trading LLC, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Maven Securities LTD, Millennium Management LLC, Group One Trading LLC, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Tudor Investment Corp ET AL, HBK Investments L P, Susquehanna International Group LLP, Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc., PEAK6 LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, Walleye Capital LLC, Capital Fund Management S.A., IMC Chicago LLC, and Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Southern Copper? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 6.74% of Southern Copper's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Southern Copper's short interest increasing or decreasing? Southern Copper saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 5,910,000 shares, an increase of 6.1% from the previous total of 5,570,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is Southern Copper's float size? Southern Copper currently has issued a total of 796,183,000 shares. Some of Southern Copper's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Southern Copper currently has a public float of 87,660,000 shares. How does Southern Copper's short interest compare to its competitors? 6.74% of Southern Copper's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Southern Copper: Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (1.82%), Materion Co. (1.72%), SunCoke Energy, Inc. (4.78%), Ferroglobe PLC (1.77%), Compass Minerals International, Inc. (6.18%), BHP Group Limited (0.43%), Rio Tinto Group (0.66%), Vale S.A. (2.65%), Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (11.22%), MP Materials Corp. (16.56%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($23.74 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.75 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($6.56 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($5.40 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.57 billion), AppLovin Co. ($4.45 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.33 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.23 billion), Schlumberger Limited ($3.22 billion), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($3.06 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Southern Copper stock? Short selling SCCO is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Southern Copper as its price is falling. SCCO shares are trading up $1.53 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Southern Copper? A short squeeze for Southern Copper occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of SCCO, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Southern Copper's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including SCCO, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 28 2025. 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