Growth Metrics

Southern Copper (SCCO) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Southern Copper (SCCO) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 18 consecutive years, with 0.4% as the latest value for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 6.0% year-over-year to 0.4%; the TTM value through Mar 2026 reached 0.4%, up 6.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.39%, 3.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 0.4% in Q1 2026 for Southern Copper, up from 0.37% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.4% in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 0.26% in Q1 2024.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.32%, with a median of 0.32% recorded in 2025.
  • Year-over-year, Return on Capital Employed rose 13bps in 2022 and then dropped -11bps in 2023.
  • Southern Copper's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.28% in 2022, then fell by -3bps to 0.27% in 2023, then rose by 26bps to 0.34% in 2024, then rose by 10bps to 0.37% in 2025, then increased by 8bps to 0.4% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods came in at 0.4%, 0.37%, and 0.34% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.