Ratio Examination: Southern Copper Corporation (SCCO)’s Price-to-Cash and Price-to-Free Cash Flow

Ulysses Smith

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In the latest session, Southern Copper Corporation (NYSE: SCCO) closed at $142.28 up 0.59% from its previous closing price of $141.45. In other words, the price has increased by $0.59 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.84 million shares were traded. SCCO stock price reached its highest trading level at $142.76 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $139.66.

Ratios:

For a deeper understanding of Southern Copper Corporation’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 25.75 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 33.48. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 3.91 and its Current Ratio is at 4.52. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.71 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.70.

On October 08, 2025, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Equal Weight rating and target price of $121.

Morgan Stanley Downgraded its Equal-Weight to Underweight on July 15, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $99.

Insider Transactions:

Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Dec 03 ’25 when PALOMINO BONILLA LUIS MIGUEL sold 400 shares for $139.00 per share. The transaction valued at 55,600 led to the insider holds 1,265 shares of the business.

Luis Miguel Palomino Bonilla bought 400 shares of SCCO for $55,600 on Dec 03 ’25. On Nov 10 ’25, another insider, PALOMINO BONILLA LUIS MIGUEL, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 148 shares for $140.00 each. As a result, the insider received 20,720 and left with 1,665 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, SCCO now has a Market Capitalization of 116540907520 and an Enterprise Value of 119515201536. As of this moment, Southern’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 30.59, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 24.98. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.87. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 9.45 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 11.15. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 9.689 whereas that against EBITDA is 16.89.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for SCCO is 1.06, which has changed by 0.562235 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.13329959 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, SCCO has reached a high of $149.75, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $73.37. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 5.76%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 34.01%.

Shares Statistics:

For the past three months, SCCO has traded an average of 1.56M shares per day and 1079800 over the past ten days. A total of 819.10M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 84.00M. Insiders hold about 89.74% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 8.90% stake in the company. Shares short for SCCO as of 1764288000 were 8572005 with a Short Ratio of 5.50, compared to 1761868800 on 8668852. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 8572005 and a Short% of Float of 8.979999.

Dividends & Splits

According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for SCCO is 3.03, from 2.839 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.020070696. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.15. The current Payout Ratio is 47.87% for SCCO, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-11-12 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-11-12. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2025-11-12 when the company split stock in a 1008:1000 ratio.

Earnings Estimates

The firm’s stock currently is rated by 5.0 analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $1.34, with high estimates of $1.5 and low estimates of $1.23.

Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $5.32 and $4.49 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $5.11. EPS for the following year is $5.63, with 11.0 analysts recommending between $6.44 and $4.39.

Revenue Estimates

A total of 4 analysts believe the company’s revenue will be $3.59B this quarter.It ranges from a high estimate of $3.76B to a low estimate of $3.48B. As of. The current estimate, Southern Copper Corporation’s year-ago sales were $2.78BFor the next quarter, 4 analysts are estimating revenue of $3.34B. There is a high estimate of $3.51B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $3.23B.

A total of 14 analysts have provided revenue estimates for SCCO’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $13.31B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $12.23B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $12.95B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $11.43BBased on 14 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $13.53B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $14.58B and the low estimate is $11.54B.

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