SOUTHERN COPPER CORP DEL (SCCO)
NYSEMaterialsCopperSnapshot 2026-09-04
$198.76-0.39%
Close 2026-09-04 · 1-day change
NYSEMaterialsCopperSnapshot 2026-09-04
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Industries move in repeating boom-and-bust cycles. This shows where this stock’s industry sits in that cycle, stage by stage (recovery → expansion → supercycle → steady → deceleration → contraction), from its fundamentals (orders, revenue, capital spending), not the stock’s price.
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Materials: fringe margins under pressure (0q confirmed)
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Management is running behind on a stated commitment.
View ThesisRevenue growth is accelerating — up about 33% over the past year.
View GrowthMiddle-of-the-pack quality for its industry.
View QualityManagement screens strong on capital allocation, earnings delivery, margins.
View ManagementExpectations look high — the market is pricing in about 34% growth a year, above the roughly 1% analysts expect, leaving little room for error.
View ValuationThis stock is volatile — it swings about 2% on a typical day and fell roughly 30% in its worst 12-month stretch.
View RiskSCCO's growth depends on maintaining cost-efficiency and increasing copper production. Revenue grew 40% year over year, and the last quarter beat expectations. It trades at 29× P/E versus a peer median of 18×, indicating the market prices in more growth than forecast. The risk lies in management falling behind on production commitments, with a 19% chance of missing next-quarter estimates. Peer multiples imply a price about 34% below where it trades (it looks expensive on this basis). Our read is provisional.
Trailing returns as of 2026-09-04. SCCO is total return (includes dividends); the S&P 500 benchmark is price return (the index excludes dividends).
Based on 18 analysts currently covering SCCO (as of Sep 2026).
Based on 5 Wall Street analysts offering 12-month price targets for SCCO in the last 4 months.
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A consensus fair price across 12 valuation methods, at three horizons. As of 2026-09-04. Estimates are diagnostics, not price targets. Short-horizon estimates are close to coin-flips, so confidence is a method-agreement read, not a prediction.
Today's peer multiple on trailing earnings, with no growth credited. This is the headline read.
Adds projected growth, so it leans optimistic by design. Read it as upside context, not a base case.
A price-focused, side-by-side fair-value read versus Materials (broad) — fair value, gap to price, and forward P/E.
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Threatens: Increase copper production to 1.6 million tons by 2033
Falling output threatens production growth target.
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Current $198.76
The last 12 months of price, then the range of analyst 12-month targets from today’s $198.76.
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A long-thesis check that carries the widest uncertainty of the three horizons.
Direction of the business behind the multiple. Bands are backend reads; trailing-12-month basis.
Threatens: Increase copper production to 1.6 million tons by 2033
H1 output decline threatens production growth objective.
Advances: Maintain cost-efficiency discipline
Earnings beat supports cost-efficiency discipline.
Advances: Increase copper production to 1.6 million tons by 2033
Beating output goal supports production growth objective.
Advances: Maintain cost-efficiency discipline
Negative copper costs improve cost-efficiency outlook.
Advances: Increase copper production to 1.6 million tons by 2033
Expansion plan aligns with production growth target.
Threatens: Increase copper production to 1.6 million tons by 2033
Permit setback raises concerns over growth plans.
Advances: Increase copper production to 1.6 million tons by 2033
Authorization of Tia Maria project boosts growth potential.