Southern Copper Corporation (SCCO) Stock Analysis
Temp Headwind edge
Basic Materials · Copper
Wait for pullback to $159.14. Weak momentum — blocks BUY_NOW at $170.19. Engine's entry $159.14 (Support Atr Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Concentration risk — Commodity: copper (75.9%); Concentration risk — Geographic: Peru and Mexico.
Southern Copper is an integrated copper producer with all mining, smelting, and refining operations in Peru and Mexico, producing copper, molybdenum, zinc, and silver. Revenues are primarily commodity-price-driven with copper generating approximately 75.9% of revenues over the... Read more
Wait for pullback to $159.14. Weak momentum — blocks BUY_NOW at $170.19. Engine's entry $159.14 (Support Atr Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Concentration risk — Commodity: copper (75.9%); Concentration risk — Geographic: Peru and Mexico. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Growth is cheap relative to earnings, but the chart hasn't confirmed yet (PEG 0.38, quality 9.1/10, growth 10.0/10). Score 6.2/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 68d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
Recent Developments — Southern Copper Corporation
Material events (past 30 days)
- Apr 29, 2026 MEDIUM Item 5.02: Board appointed Leonardo Contreras Lerdo de Tejada as permanent CEO effective April 23, 2026, converting his interim role to permanent. Successor named; no compensation changes disclosed at filing.
Latest news
- Southern Copper Corporation (SCCO) Stock Falls on Q1 2026 Earnings - Quiver Quantitative — Quiver Quantitative negative
- Southern Copper (SCCO) Is Down 5.1% After CEO’s Sudden Passing Amid Megaproject Push - What's Changed - simplywall.st — simplywall.st negative
- SCCO gears up to report Q1 earnings: What's in store for the stock? - MSN — MSN neutral
- Southern Copper Corp (SCCO) Shares Fall 3.8% -- GF Value Says St - GuruFocus — GuruFocus negative
- Marathon Asset Management Ltd Sells 25,201 Shares of Southern Copper Corporation $SCCO - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
Generated 2026-05-20T20:21:21Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHCommoditycopper76%10-K Item 1A: 'Over the last three years, approximately 75.9% of our revenues were generated from the sale of copper; 10.9% from molybdenum; 5.7% from silver; and 3.6% from zinc.'
- HIGHGeographicPeru and Mexico10-K Item 1: 'All of our mining, smelting and refining facilities are located in Peru and Mexico, and we conduct exploration activities in those countries and in Argentina and Chile.'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-04-17Item 5.02HIGHCEO Oscar Gonzalez Rocha died unexpectedly on April 13, 2026 after a 50-year career. Board appointed Leonardo Contreras Lerdo de Tejada as interim CEO effective April 16, 2026. No permanent successor named at time of this filing.SEC filing →
- 2026-04-29Item 5.02MEDIUMBoard appointed Leonardo Contreras Lerdo de Tejada as permanent CEO effective April 23, 2026, converting his interim role to permanent. Successor named; no compensation changes disclosed at filing.SEC filing →
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1 floor-breaker·2 ceiling hits
Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Wait for pullback to $159.14. Weak momentum — blocks BUY_NOW at $170.19. Engine's entry $159.14 (Support Atr Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Concentration risk — Commodity: copper (75.9%); Concentration risk — Geographic: Peru and Mexico. Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Growth is cheap relative to earnings, but the chart hasn't confirmed yet (PEG 0.38, quality 9.1/10, growth 10.0/10). Target $191.03 (+12.2%), stop $142.50 (−19.4%), Setup A.R:R 2.4:1. Score 6.2/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $191.03 (+12.9% upside). Target $191.03 (+12.2%), stop $142.50 (−19.4%), Setup A.R:R 2.4:1. Stop-loss: $142.50.
Concentration risk — Commodity: copper (75.9%); Concentration risk — Geographic: Peru and Mexico; Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining.
Southern Copper Corporation trades at a P/E of 28.5 (forward 25.3). TrendMatrix value score: 5.0/10. Verdict: Buy (Wait for Entry).
17 analysts cover SCCO with a consensus score of 2.5/5. Average price target: $158.
What does Southern Copper Corporation do?Southern Copper is an integrated copper producer with all mining, smelting, and refining operations in Peru and Mexico,...
Southern Copper is an integrated copper producer with all mining, smelting, and refining operations in Peru and Mexico, producing copper, molybdenum, zinc, and silver. Revenues are primarily commodity-price-driven with copper generating approximately 75.9% of revenues over the last three years; the company believes it has the largest copper reserves in the world.