Southern Copper (SCCO) Competitors

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

Is CENX or SCCO more profitable?

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
Century Aluminum	5.17%	19.06%	6.43%
Southern Copper	30.00%	39.39%	19.21%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CENX or SCCO?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Century Aluminum	$2.22B	0.79	$336.80M	$1.18	15.92
Southern Copper	$11.43B	7.38	$3.38B	$4.57	23.20

Which has more volatility & risk, CENX or SCCO?

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

Do analysts prefer CENX or SCCO?

Century Aluminum presently has a consensus price target of $24.33, indicating a potential upside of 29.57%. Southern Copper has a consensus price target of $91.60, indicating a potential downside of 13.60%. Given Century Aluminum's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Century Aluminum is more favorable than Southern Copper.

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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CENX or SCCO?

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

Does the media prefer CENX or SCCO?

In the previous week, Southern Copper had 8 more articles in the media than Century Aluminum. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Southern Copper and 4 mentions for Century Aluminum. Century Aluminum's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Southern Copper's score of 0.59 indicating that Century Aluminum is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Century Aluminum	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Southern Copper	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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