Southern Copper
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

2025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
20.7621.6016.6817.06
Price/Sales ratio
6.036.085.264.96
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$4.57$4.39$5.69$5.56

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
17.1327.5731.1249.2415.0721.6131.3513.7317.3027.4323.9415.07
Price/Sales ratio
3.944.024.495.393.274.406.164.264.546.726.733.27
Price/Book Value ratio
3.933.854.145.873.544.716.815.725.648.978.123.54
Price/Cash Flow ratio
16.7923.0726.1818.1410.4016.8017.6910.8716.2918.6220.1310.40
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
-130.59-75.25-123.6837.6420.8926.6722.4713.7224.6325.9428.8320.89
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-1.06-0.654.13-8.200.13-5.405.470.11-0.77-2.751.480.13
Dividend Yield
1.66%1.33%0.57%1.27%4.65%3.85%2.35%5.30%5.92%4.64%2.23%3.85%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
43.23%31.85%31.57%41.03%42.46%40.00%41.07%57.01%45.80%43.64%47.92%42.46%
Operating Profit Margin
38.57%28.03%29.07%39.35%40.59%37.78%39.08%55.46%44.14%42.36%46.74%40.59%
Pretax Profit Margin
35.74%23.56%23.34%34.60%36.48%33.30%34.38%52.10%42.43%39.97%44.77%36.48%
Net Profit Margin
23.03%14.59%14.43%10.94%21.74%20.39%19.66%31.06%26.25%24.50%27.66%21.74%
Effective Tax Rate
36.47%39.09%39.89%69.19%40.68%38.95%42.77%40.35%37.81%38.39%38.30%38.95%
Return on Assets
11.78%5.87%5.84%5.29%10.65%9.05%9.42%18.56%15.27%14.50%16.44%10.65%
Return On Equity
22.96%13.99%13.31%11.92%23.49%21.81%21.73%41.68%32.63%32.69%37.41%23.49%
Return on Capital Employed
22.04%12.18%12.74%20.78%21.71%18.43%20.40%37.79%27.65%27.33%31.43%21.71%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
2.162.692.562.712.612.833.47N/AN/AN/A2.772.61
Quick Ratio
1.391.771.551.821.762.112.812.293.372.452.301.76
Cash ratio
0.340.290.540.860.691.301.581.331.670.821.240.69
Days of Sales Outstanding
36.1439.8745.3553.5546.7045.6851.9548.2953.5345.3053.0046.70
Days of Inventory outstanding
85.0990.99100.1896.9192.3189.2273.7075.5467.9666.5663.4389.22
Operating Cycle
121.24130.86145.53150.47139.01134.90125.66123.83121.49111.86116.43134.90
Days of Payables Outstanding
60.7568.6457.9261.3760.1949.9646.1245.9644.0742.7139.0149.96
Cash Conversion Cycle
60.4862.2287.6189.0978.8284.9479.5377.8777.4169.1577.4184.94
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.370.470.440.430.410.420.390.350.360.370.340.42
Debt Equity Ratio
0.721.131.020.970.901.010.910.800.780.850.701.01
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.400.530.500.490.470.480.470.430.430.450.390.48
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.420.530.500.490.470.500.470.440.430.460.410.50
Interest Coverage Ratio
16.116.705.388.5510.398.088.51N/AN/AN/A15.6010.39
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.320.140.150.330.370.270.420.650.440.560.560.37
Company Equity Multiplier
1.942.382.272.252.202.402.302.242.132.252.062.40
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.230.170.170.290.310.260.340.390.270.360.320.31
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
-0.12-0.30-0.210.480.490.620.780.790.660.710.700.49
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.320.140.150.330.370.270.420.650.440.560.560.37
Short Term Coverage Ratio
6.79N/AN/AN/AN/A4.7839.4214.3236.2545.806.264.78
Dividend Payout Ratio
28.58%36.82%17.93%62.60%70.14%83.24%73.84%72.82%102.55%127.51%61.44%83.24%