Southern Copper (SCCO) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Southern Copper's Operating Margin came in at 59.94% for Q3 2026, up 7.57 percentage points from 52.37% a year earlier but down 1.22 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Southern Copper (SCCO) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Southern Copper reported Operating Margin of 58.63%, up 8.37 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 52.17%, up 3.59 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin carries a five-year change of +13.09 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Operating Margin was 48.58% in FY2024 (+6.22 pp), 42.36% in FY2023 (-1.78 pp), 44.15% in FY2022 (-11.32 pp) and 55.47% in FY2021 (+16.39 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Operating Margin is 35.05% (Q2 2022) to 61.16% (Q2 2026).
- Year-over-year, Operating Margin has increased for ten consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +6.17 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Operating Margin over five years came in Q2 2024 (a gain of 12.40 percentage points), and the weakest in Q2 2022 (a drop of 22.78 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows SCCO's Operating Margin at 61.16% (Q2 2026), 58.34% (Q1 2026) and 54.54% (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio Tinto | 170.99 Bn | 133.79 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Southern Copper | 138.52 Bn | 113.25 Bn | 3.10 Bn | 59.94% |
| 3 | Rio Tinto | 135.90 Bn | 96.73 Bn | - | - |
| 4 | Newmont | 126.75 Bn | 91.89 Bn | 4.22 Bn | 16.03% |
| 5 | Ternium | 96.55 Bn | 64.81 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 12.44% |
| 6 | Agnico Eagle Mines | 96.18 Bn | 83.12 Bn | 2.15 Bn | 56.01% |
| 7 | Freeport-Mcmoran | 85.33 Bn | 69.37 Bn | 2.19 Bn | 28.50% |
| 8 | Barrick Mining | 69.13 Bn | 44.33 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 51.63% |
| 9 | Nucor | 55.83 Bn | 45.21 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 15.67% |
| 10 | AngloGold Ashanti | 47.25 Bn | 34.55 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 59.87% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 59.94% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 61.16% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 58.34% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 54.54% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 52.37% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 52.02% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 49.18% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 46.95% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 49.48% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 51.54% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 45.76% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 37.84% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 42.67% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 39.15% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 48.45% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 48.58% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 36.50% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 35.05% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 53.19% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 54.20% |
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Southern Copper Operating Margin API
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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=operating-margin&ticker=SCCO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "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=operating-margin&ticker=SCCO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();