Southern Copper Corporation · SCCO · FY2025 Q4 · Calendar Q1 2026

Southern Copper: Strong Results, Lower Copper Guidance

Southern Copper's strong results and by-product contribution support the operating case, but lower copper production guidance and execution risks weaken the near-term trajectory.

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

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $1.58 Consensus $1.54
EPS surprise +2.6% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $3.87B Consensus $3.71B
Revenue surprise +4.3% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move +3.4% Event window
SPY move +0.4% Same window
Abnormal move +3.0% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.3× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +11.4% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

The company reported record 2025 results and highlighted strong by-product support, while lowering 2026 copper production guidance. Management also emphasized Tia Maria, cost discipline and continued expansion spending.

Guidance delta

Lowered: 2026 copper production is forecast to decline, while per-pound cost guidance is flat.

Key takeaways

  • Record 2025 sales, adjusted EBITDA and net income were supported by copper prices and by-product volumes.
  • By-product production and credits remain an important support for margins.
  • Tia Maria is the main growth project, while lower ore grades and currency pressure temper the outlook.
  • The central tension is strong near-term economics versus lower copper production guidance and project execution risk.

Management priorities

  • Advance Tia Maria toward second-half 2027 copper production.
  • Focus on zinc and silver production at Buenavista to support by-product credits.
  • Maintain disciplined capital spending while advancing expansion projects and ESG initiatives.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
SCCO REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 11 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $2B Q4 '23 actual $2B, miss Q1 '24 estimate $2B Q1 '24 actual $3B, beat Q2 '24 estimate $3B Q2 '24 actual $3B, beat Q3 '24 estimate $3B Q3 '24 actual $-6B, miss Q1 '25 estimate $3B Q1 '25 actual $3B, beat Q2 '25 estimate $3B Q2 '25 actual $3B, beat Q3 '25 estimate $3B Q3 '25 actual $3B, beat Q4 '25 estimate $4B Q4 '25 actual $4B, beat Q1 '26 estimate $4B Q1 '26 actual $4B, beat Q2 '26 estimate $4B Q2 '26 actual $4B, miss Q3 '26 estimate $4B Q3 '26 actual $5B, beat Q4 '26 estimate $4B Q1 '27 estimate $4B Q2 '27 estimate $4B Q3 '27 estimate $4B
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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

$183.55Current
$61Low
$139.59Average
$186High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 23, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

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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 $183.55. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$168$200.51 -8.5%Oct 19, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$180$200.57 -1.9%Oct 8, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$170$198.54 -7.4%Oct 7, 2026
BarclaysRichard Garchitorena$166$195.48 -9.6%Jul 23, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$160$179.37 -12.8%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.…

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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 · 2026-10-23T13:10:41.818599+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-23T13:10:41.815877+00:00

Methodology

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