Southern Copper Corp/ SCCO
What this company does
Written from the business description in SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 27 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.
Revenue compounded at +10.9% a year over five years — but profit grew faster: net income at +22.5%, earnings per share at +20.9%.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.
Each USD of equity produced 43 cents of profit this year.
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue $B | 13.4 | 11.4 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 10.9 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 5.1 | 3.7 | · | · |
| Operating income $B | 7.0 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 3.5 |
| EBITDA $B | 7.9 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
| Income tax $B | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
| Net income $B | 4.3 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.2 |
| Free cash flow $B | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.0 | −0.2 | −0.3 | −0.2 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 2.4 |
| EPS, diluted $ | 5.24 | 4.21 | 3.05 | 3.41 | 4.39 | 2.03 | 1.92 | 2.00 | 0.94 | 1.00 | 0.93 | 1.61 | 1.92 | 2.28 | 2.73 | 1.81 | 1.09 | 1.60 | 2.51 |
| Dividend / sh $ | 3.10 | 2.10 | 4.00 | 3.50 | 3.20 | 1.50 | 1.60 | 1.40 | 0.59 | 0.18 | 0.34 | 0.46 | 0.68 | 4.06 | 2.43 | 1.66 | 0.44 | 1.94 | 2.27 |
| Payout % | 57 | 48 | 127 | 102 | 73 | 73 | 83 | 70 | 62 | 18 | 37 | 28 | 35 | 162 | 89 | 92 | 40 | 122 | 90 |
| ROE % | 43.0 | 40.9 | 31.4 | 32.6 | 44.4 | 22.5 | 22.3 | 24.4 | 12.3 | 14.0 | 13.4 | 23.6 | 31.5 | 44.2 | 59.1 | 40.0 | 25.6 | 41.6 | · |
Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.
This company against its peers
Reconciled in 9 of 19 fiscal years. 10 of those reconciliations are divergences — the figures exist but don't fit the formula this check expects; that isn't the same as an error. 4 checks could not be computed.