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SCCO vs. CENX, AA, ERO, FCX, HBM, MT, TECK, TGB, MTRN, and CMP

Should you be buying Southern Copper stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Southern Copper include Century Aluminum (CENX), Alcoa (AA), Ero Copper (ERO), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), HudBay Minerals (HBM), ArcelorMittal (MT), Teck Resources (TECK), Taseko Mines (TGB), Materion (MTRN), and Compass Minerals International (CMP).

Southern Copper vs. Its Competitors

Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) and Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX) are related companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation and earnings.

Southern Copper has a net margin of 30.00% compared to Century Aluminum's net margin of 5.17%. Southern Copper's return on equity of 39.39% beat Century Aluminum's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Southern Copper30.00% 39.39% 19.21%
Century Aluminum 5.17%19.06%6.43%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Southern Copper$11.43B7.36$3.38B$4.5723.12
Century Aluminum$2.22B0.80$336.80M$1.1816.17

Southern Copper has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.55, indicating that its share price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500.

7.9% of Southern Copper shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.6% of Century Aluminum shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Southern Copper shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Century Aluminum shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Southern Copper had 11 more articles in the media than Century Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Southern Copper and 4 mentions for Century Aluminum. Century Aluminum's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Southern Copper's score of 0.49 indicating that Century Aluminum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Southern Copper
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Century Aluminum
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Southern Copper presently has a consensus price target of $91.60, indicating a potential downside of 13.32%. Century Aluminum has a consensus price target of $24.33, indicating a potential upside of 27.57%. Given Century Aluminum's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Century Aluminum is more favorable than Southern Copper.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Southern Copper
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.71
Century Aluminum
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Summary

Southern Copper beats Century Aluminum on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SCCO and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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SCCO vs. The Competition

MetricSouthern CopperMINING IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$84.28B$14.21B$3.29B$20.73B
Dividend Yield2.64%2.33%5.15%3.72%
P/E Ratio23.1232.1691.9428.06
Price / Sales7.3611.2227,226,089,426,177,000.0038.45
Price / Cash19.6915.3823.9218.22
Price / Book8.992.785.894.61
Net Income$3.38B$418.31M$147.76M$983.39M
7 Day Performance3.18%7.55%2.38%2.79%
1 Month Performance10.48%13.51%4.65%4.37%
1 Year Performance-9.49%8.34%24.88%15.08%

Southern Copper Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SCCO
Southern Copper
1.5369 of 5 stars
$105.67
-0.4%
$91.60
-13.3%
-9.5%$84.28B$11.43B23.1216,133News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
CENX
Century Aluminum
3.989 of 5 stars
$18.02
-0.2%
$24.33
+35.0%
-5.4%$1.68B$2.22B15.272,971News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
AA
Alcoa
3.9388 of 5 stars
$29.57
+3.9%
$42.33
+43.2%
-26.5%$7.66B$11.90B8.9113,900News Coverage
ERO
Ero Copper
4.1397 of 5 stars
$16.91
+0.8%
$26.33
+55.7%
-26.2%$1.75B$470.26M99.483,374Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan
4.68 of 5 stars
$43.39
-1.1%
$48.27
+11.3%
-11.0%$62.35B$25.46B35.8625,600Positive News
Analyst Revision
HBM
HudBay Minerals
4.2619 of 5 stars
$10.61
+0.5%
$14.00
+32.0%
+10.3%$4.19B$2.02B27.922,803Positive News
Analyst Revision
MT
ArcelorMittal
4.0156 of 5 stars
$31.60
+1.1%
$32.95
+4.3%
+40.4%$25.89B$62.44B20.65157,900
TECK
Teck Resources
4.8952 of 5 stars
$40.47
-0.1%
$64.63
+59.7%
-18.0%$19.67B$6.48B69.7812,100News Coverage
TGB
Taseko Mines
1.0996 of 5 stars
$3.15
+3.3%
N/A+22.7%$995.10M$600.30M-105.00696Positive News
MTRN
Materion
2.981 of 5 stars
$79.59
-1.4%
N/A-19.4%$1.66B$1.68B159.183,037News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
High Trading Volume
CMP
Compass Minerals International
0.6656 of 5 stars
$20.12
+0.4%
$19.00
-5.6%
+123.3%$834.98M$1.12B-5.651,894

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This page (NYSE:SCCO) was last updated on 7/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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