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Southern Copper (SCCO) Competitors

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$91.58 -0.05 (-0.05%)
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SCCO vs. FCX, MTRN, CMP, GSM, SXC, BHP, RIO, VALE, CLF, and BVN

Should you be buying Southern Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southern Copper include Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Materion (MTRN), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Ferroglobe (GSM), SunCoke Energy (SXC), BHP Group (BHP), Rio Tinto Group (RIO), Vale (VALE), Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF), and Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (BVN).

Southern Copper vs.

Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) and Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) are both large-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Southern Copper has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Freeport-McMoRan. Southern Copper is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freeport-McMoRan, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Freeport-McMoRan$24.86B2.22$1.89B$1.2131.71
Southern Copper$11.96B6.10$3.38B$4.5720.04

Freeport-McMoRan presently has a consensus price target of $48.36, indicating a potential upside of 26.05%. Southern Copper has a consensus price target of $91.50, indicating a potential downside of 0.09%. Given Freeport-McMoRan's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Freeport-McMoRan is more favorable than Southern Copper.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Freeport-McMoRan
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.93
Southern Copper
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.83

80.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Southern Copper shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Freeport-McMoRan shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Southern Copper shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Freeport-McMoRan received 735 more outperform votes than Southern Copper when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.18% of users gave Freeport-McMoRan an outperform vote while only 55.54% of users gave Southern Copper an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Freeport-McMoRanOutperform Votes
1131
66.18%
Underperform Votes
578
33.82%
Southern CopperOutperform Votes
396
55.54%
Underperform Votes
317
44.46%

Southern Copper has a net margin of 29.53% compared to Freeport-McMoRan's net margin of 7.42%. Southern Copper's return on equity of 40.27% beat Freeport-McMoRan's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Freeport-McMoRan7.42% 7.50% 3.92%
Southern Copper 29.53%40.27%19.12%

Freeport-McMoRan pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Southern Copper pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Freeport-McMoRan pays out 24.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Southern Copper pays out 61.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

In the previous week, Freeport-McMoRan had 20 more articles in the media than Southern Copper. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Freeport-McMoRan and 13 mentions for Southern Copper. Freeport-McMoRan's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Southern Copper's score of 1.20 indicating that Freeport-McMoRan is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Freeport-McMoRan
26 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Southern Copper
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Freeport-McMoRan has a beta of 1.65, meaning that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Southern Copper has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Freeport-McMoRan beats Southern Copper on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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SCCO vs. The Competition

MetricSouthern CopperMetal mining IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$72.91B$6.95B$3.10B$19.70B
Dividend Yield3.04%3.56%5.08%3.84%
P/E Ratio21.2013.8074.3435.12
Price / Sales6.1095.5926,914,679,906,498,300.0034.12
Price / Cash23.4521.4824.3617.51
Price / Book9.565.135.214.78
Net Income$3.38B$605.28M$154.55M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-1.86%0.28%0.64%0.90%
1 Month Performance5.91%5.93%4.46%11.10%
1 Year Performance-29.19%7.97%22.72%5.28%

Southern Copper Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SCCO
Southern Copper
1.7711 of 5 stars
$91.58
-0.1%
$91.50
-0.1%
-26.9%$72.91B$11.96B21.2014,700Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
4.966 of 5 stars
$39.11
+3.3%
$48.09
+23.0%
-28.5%$56.20B$24.86B30.3125,600Positive News
MTRN
Materion
3.1201 of 5 stars
$77.59
+2.9%
N/A-31.3%$1.61B$1.72B267.533,720Positive News
CMP
Compass Minerals International
0.8429 of 5 stars
$19.51
+3.6%
$17.50
-10.3%
+46.2%$809.54M$1.21B-4.941,950News Coverage
Positive News
GSM
Ferroglobe
3.4619 of 5 stars
$4.06
+8.6%
N/A-36.5%$757.70M$1.64B203.003,420Positive News
SXC
SunCoke Energy
3.7525 of 5 stars
$8.79
+3.0%
$13.00
+47.9%
-16.9%$744.08M$1.88B7.85890Positive News
BHP
BHP Group
1.755 of 5 stars
$49.94
+2.6%
$53.00
+6.1%
-18.1%$126.64B$53.60B11.3545,300Analyst Downgrade
RIO
Rio Tinto Group
4.641 of 5 stars
$61.42
+2.4%
$73.00
+18.9%
-15.3%$77.01B$53.66B9.5253,700News Coverage
VALE
Vale
3.8349 of 5 stars
$9.61
+2.6%
$12.04
+25.3%
-24.3%$43.60B$37.72B6.6764,500Positive News
CLF
Cleveland-Cliffs
2.8759 of 5 stars
$7.50
+7.1%
$15.02
+100.4%
-58.0%$3.71B$18.62B-7.7326,000Gap Up
High Trading Volume
BVN
Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.
3.4576 of 5 stars
$14.27
-5.0%
$16.75
+17.4%
-16.3%$3.62B$1.15B10.122,043Positive News

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