Southern Copper (SCCO) Ending Cash Balance (2015 - 2026)
Southern Copper (SCCO) posted Ending Cash Balance of $4.82 billion for Q3 2026, up 22.1% from $3.95 billion a year earlier but down 14.9% from the prior quarter.
Southern Copper (SCCO) Ending Cash Balance (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Southern Copper's Ending Cash Balance came in at $4.3 billion, up 32.1% from FY2024.
- Annual Ending Cash Balance shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 14.5% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Southern Copper's Ending Cash Balance was $3.26 billion in FY2024 (+182.9%), $1.15 billion in FY2023 (-44.4%), $2.07 billion in FY2022 (-31.1%) and $3 billion in FY2021 (+37.5%).
- Quarterly Ending Cash Balance has run from a low of $1.15 billion in Q4 2023 to a high of $5.67 billion in Q2 2026 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Ending Cash Balance has increased in each of the last nine quarters, with growth averaging 85.2% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Ending Cash Balance in the past five years was Q1 2025, with growth of 228.7%; the weakest was Q1 2024, with a decline of 45.6%.
- According to Business Quant data, Ending Cash Balance for the three prior quarters was $5.67 billion (Q2 2026), $4.92 billion (Q1 2026) and $4.3 billion (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Ending Cash Balance (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio Tinto | 170.99 Bn | 133.79 Bn | - | 8.91 Bn |
| 2 | Southern Copper | 138.09 Bn | 112.82 Bn | 3.10 Bn | 4.82 Bn |
| 3 | Rio Tinto | 135.74 Bn | 96.56 Bn | - | 8.91 Bn |
| 4 | Newmont | 127.62 Bn | 92.76 Bn | 4.22 Bn | 8.88 Bn |
| 5 | Ternium | 96.96 Bn | 65.21 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 1.36 Bn |
| 6 | Agnico Eagle Mines | 95.12 Bn | 82.07 Bn | 2.15 Bn | 3.61 Bn |
| 7 | Freeport-Mcmoran | 85.89 Bn | 69.93 Bn | 2.19 Bn | 4.49 Bn |
| 8 | Barrick Mining | 69.18 Bn | 44.38 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 5.93 Bn |
| 9 | Nucor | 56.85 Bn | 46.23 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 2.48 Bn |
| 10 | AngloGold Ashanti | 46.92 Bn | 34.23 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 3.06 Bn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 4.82 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 5.67 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 4.92 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.30 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.95 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 3.33 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.12 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.26 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.65 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.88 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.25 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.15 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.97 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.20 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 2.30 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.07 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.18 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.11 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.85 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.00 Bn |
Southern Copper Ending Cash Balance API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ending-cash-balance&ticker=SCCO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ending-cash-balance", "ticker": "SCCO", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ending-cash-balance&ticker=SCCO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();