Southern Copper Corporation · SCCO · FY2025 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2025

Southern Copper: Record Results Offset by Lower Copper Output

The latest analysis supports a constructive but qualified view: strong by-product growth, low effective cash costs, and a progressing project pipeline support the growth case, while lower copper volumes, commodity dependence, and execution risks remain material offsets.

Reported Before market openNYSEBasic Materials $155.01B market cap
100quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $1.35 Consensus $1.25
EPS surprise +8.0% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $3.38B Consensus $3.21B
Revenue surprise +5.3% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move +4.0% Event window
SPY move +0.3% Same window
Abnormal move +3.8% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.0× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -5.9% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

The latest analysis adds record financial performance, a $0.42 per pound effective copper cash cost, stronger zinc and silver sales, and accelerating project activity. It also highlights lower copper volumes and greater attention to financing, political, and execution risks.

Guidance delta

Management guidance was maintained, while the company continued to emphasize project execution and future production growth.

Key takeaways

  • Record financial performance was supported by higher by-product production and improved metal prices despite lower copper volumes.
  • The effective copper cash cost fell to $0.42 per pound after by-product credits, while zinc and silver sales increased.
  • Tia Maria, Los Chancas, and Michiquillay remain central to the growth pipeline, with Tia Maria production targeted for 2027.

Management priorities

  • Advance Tia Maria construction and progress Los Chancas and Michiquillay toward investment decisions.
  • Maintain cost efficiency and the dividend policy while pursuing organic growth.
  • Continue ESG initiatives and renewable-power use across operations.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
SCCO EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 11 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $0.67 Q4 '23 actual $0.56, miss Q1 '24 estimate $0.75 Q1 '24 actual $0.94, beat Q2 '24 estimate $1.05 Q2 '24 actual $1.21, beat Q3 '24 estimate $1.11 Q3 '24 actual $1.15, beat Q1 '25 estimate $1.14 Q1 '25 actual $1.19, beat Q2 '25 estimate $1.11 Q2 '25 actual $1.22, beat Q3 '25 estimate $1.25 Q3 '25 actual $1.35, beat Q4 '25 estimate $1.54 Q4 '25 actual $1.58, beat Q1 '26 estimate $1.82 Q1 '26 actual $1.90, beat Q2 '26 estimate $1.96 Q2 '26 actual $1.99, beat Q3 '26 estimate $2.03 Q3 '26 actual $2.15, beat Q4 '26 estimate $2.00 Q1 '27 estimate $1.93 Q2 '27 estimate $1.90 Q3 '27 estimate $1.81
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold29 ratings
Bullish310.3%
Neutral1448.3%
Bearish1241.4%

1 unmapped firm rating excluded from the percentages.

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$185.01Current
$61Low
$139.59Average
$186High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 24, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Barclays Underweight UnderweightMaintainOct 19, 2026
UBS Sell SellMaintainOct 8, 2026
Wells Fargo Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainOct 6, 2026
Morgan Stanley Underweight UnderweightMaintainJul 8, 2026
JP Morgan Underweight UnderweightMaintainJun 17, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $185.01. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$168$200.51 -9.2%Oct 19, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$180$200.57 -2.7%Oct 8, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$170$198.54 -8.1%Oct 7, 2026
BarclaysRichard Garchitorena$166$195.48 -10.3%Jul 23, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$160$179.37 -13.5%Jul 15, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Southern Copper Corporation engages in mining, exploring, smelting, and refining copper and other minerals in Mexico, the United States, Peru, Brazil, Chile, and Other American countries. The company is involved in the mining, milling, and flotation of copper ore to produce copper and molybdenum concentrates; smelting of copper concentrates to produce blister and anode copper; refining of anode copper to produce copper cathodes; production of copper-molybdenum concentrates and sulfuric acid; production of refined silver, gold, and other materials; and mining and processing of copper, molybdenum, zinc, silver, gold and lead.…

Historical context

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Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:37:12.209961+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-23T23:40:42.175071+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-23T23:40:42.172326+00:00

Methodology

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Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.

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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-23. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.