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Southern Copper Corp/ key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Southern Copper Corp/ had return on equity of 42.9% and a net margin of 32.3%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Net margin24.9%30.2%34.3%29.0%27.2%23.0%14.6%14.4%10.9%21.7%20.4%19.7%31.1%26.3%24.5%29.5%32.3%37.2%
Return on equity24.0%40.0%59.1%44.1%31.4%23.5%13.3%14.0%12.2%24.3%22.2%22.4%44.2%32.5%31.3%40.7%42.9%51.8%
Return on assets15.3%21.9%28.9%21.0%15.2%11.9%6.1%6.0%5.4%11.0%9.7%9.4%19.3%14.8%14.3%19.1%21.6%27.1%
Effective tax rate33.5%35.7%32.0%36.3%32.4%36.5%39.1%39.9%69.2%40.7%39.0%42.8%40.4%37.6%38.4%36.9%36.4%36.2%
SG&A as % of revenue2.3%1.9%1.5%1.5%1.7%1.8%2.0%1.8%1.4%1.4%1.8%1.6%1.1%1.2%1.3%1.1%1.0%0.9%
Dividends ÷ net income40.5%91.9%89.0%162.3%35.5%28.6%36.8%17.9%62.6%70.1%83.2%73.8%72.8%102.6%127.5%48.5%57.3%51.8%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

3 of 5 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $25.6bn
Short-term assets $11.9bnLonger-term assets $13.7bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $16.3bn
Short-term liabilities $2.8bnShareholders' equity $13.5bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $11.9bn of assets due within a year against $2.8bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $4.8bn of cash against $8.0bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 59% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 77% to 59% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $7.4bn of operating cash flow against $8.0bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Southern Copper Corp/'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

81 /100

Strong moat

How hard Southern Copper Corp/'s competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 20 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 31.5% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 12 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 55.0%, moving by 8.3 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 20 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 45.4%; its worst year was 35.9%.

  • Cash conversion 19 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 23.1% of revenue.

  • Discipline 10 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 5.5% over five years.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Southern Copper Corp/'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 30, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Southern Copper Corp/.