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Southern Copper SCCO Return on assets

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$4.3B+36.2%
Gross profit$2.8B+52.7%
Operating income$2.5B+61.5%
Net income$1.6B+66.7%
EPS (diluted)$1.92+67.0%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$4.9B+19.4%
Total debt$7.4B-7.1%
Total equity$11.8B+23.2%
Total assets$21.9B+10.8%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.7B+135%
CapEx$441.9M+39.0%
Free cash flow$1.3B+210%

Valuation

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Market cap$160.97B+91.0%
Enterprise value$163.45B+84.8%
P/E32.3×+8.9×
P/S11.1×+4.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin61.9%+3.8pp
Operating margin54.6%+5.3pp
Net margin34.2%+4.1pp
FCF margin29.4%+1.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity46.6%+4.6pp
Debt / equity0.6×-0.2×
Current ratio4.4×+0.7×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Southern Copper’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Southern Copper’s 10-Q, filed April 30, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Southern Copper's return on assets?
Southern Copper (SCCO) reported return on assets of 23.9% in Q1 2026.
How has Southern Copper's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Southern Copper's return on assets increased by 21.4% year-over-year, from 19.7% to 23.9%.
What is the long-term trend for Southern Copper's return on assets?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Southern Copper's return on assets has grown at a 18.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 9.5% to 21.7%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.