Southern Copper - SCCO Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Southern Copper in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings and 2 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "sell" SCCO shares.
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5 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Southern Copper's shares. Their SCCO share price forecasts range from $40.00 to $65.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $53.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.7% from the stock's current price.
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Southern Copper's stock was trading at $61.71 at the start of the year. Since then, SCCO stock has decreased by 21.3% and is now trading at $48.58.
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Southern Copper saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,890,000 shares, an increase of 25.9% from the June 30th total of 4,680,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,500,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.9 days. Currently, 6.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 26th 2022.
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Southern Copper Co. (NYSE:SCCO) announced its quarterly earnings results on Sunday, October, 31st. The basic materials company reported $1.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $1.12. The basic materials company earned $2.68 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.67 billion. Southern Copper had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 36.17% and a net margin of 27.59%.

Southern Copper declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 25th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.75 per share on Thursday, August 25th. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.18%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 10th.
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Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.10%. SCCO has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 79.37%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, SCCO will have a dividend payout ratio of 98.36% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (0.31%), Marathon Asset Management Ltd (0.20%), Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. (0.17%), Personal Capital Advisors Corp (0.16%), UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (0.12%) and RWC Asset Advisors US LLC (0.11%). Insiders that own company stock include Andreve Vicente Ariztegui, Bonilla Luis Miguel Palomino, German Larrea Mota Velasco, Perez Alfredo Casar and Sanchez Mejorada Enri Castillo.
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Shares of SCCO stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of SCCO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $48.58.

Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) has a market capitalization of $37.56 billion and generates $10.93 billion in revenue each year. The basic materials company earns $3.40 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.78 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 14,700 workers across the globe.

Southern Copper's mailing address is 1440 EAST MISSOURI AVENUE SUITE 160, PHOENIX AZ, 85014. The official website for the company is www.southerncoppercorp.com. The basic materials company can be reached via phone at (602) 264-1375, via email at southerncopper@southernperu.com, or via fax at 602-264-1397.