NYSE:SCCOSouthern Copper Stock Price, Forecast & News

Southern Copper's stock was trading at $31.53 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, SCCO shares have increased by 32.1% and is now trading at $41.66. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Southern Copper in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Southern Copper.

Southern Copper is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Southern Copper.

Southern Copper Corp (NYSE:SCCO) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, April, 27th. The basic materials company reported $0.28 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.11. The basic materials company earned $1.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.64 billion. Southern Copper had a return on equity of 19.25% and a net margin of 18.10%. View Southern Copper's earnings history.

Southern Copper announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 27th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share on Tuesday, May 26th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, May 12th. View Southern Copper's dividend history.

9 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Southern Copper's stock. Their forecasts range from $24.00 to $46.00. On average, they anticipate Southern Copper's stock price to reach $36.57 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.2%. View analysts' price targets for Southern Copper.

Headlines about SCCO stock have trended very negative on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Southern Copper earned a media sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the basic materials company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Southern Copper.

Southern Copper saw a decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 5,980,000 shares, a decline of 8.4% from the June 15th total of 6,530,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 833,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 7.2 days. Approximately 7.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Southern Copper's Current Options Chain.

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Southern Copper trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SCCO."

Southern Copper's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.05%), Hexavest Inc. (0.01%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.00%). Company insiders that own Southern Copper stock include Perez Alfredo Casar and Sanchez Mejorada Enri Castillo. View institutional ownership trends for Southern Copper.

SCCO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Southern Copper company stock in the last year include Perez Alfredo Casar, and Sanchez Mejorada Enri Castillo. View insider buying and selling activity for Southern Copper.

Shares of SCCO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of SCCO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $41.66.

Southern Copper has a market capitalization of $32.21 billion and generates $7.29 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $1.49 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.92 on an earnings per share basis. Southern Copper employs 14,301 workers across the globe.

The official website for Southern Copper is www.southerncoppercorp.com.

Southern Copper's mailing address is 1440 E. MISSOURI AVENUE SUITE 160, PHOENIX AZ, 85014. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at 602-264-1375 or via email at [email protected]