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Southern Copper (SCCO) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Southern Copper has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.37% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.37% for Q4 2025, up 3.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.37% (up 3.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.39%, up 3.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.37% at Southern Copper, up from 0.34% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for SCCO hit a ceiling of 0.38% in Q4 2021 and a floor of 0.25% in Q1 2021.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.32% (2021), compared with a mean of 0.31%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: grew 18bps in 2021 and later decreased -11bps in 2023.
  • Southern Copper's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.38% in 2021, then fell by -27bps to 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.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.37% (Q4 2025), 0.34% (Q3 2025), and 0.32% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.