BHP vs Southern Copper
BHP and SCCO side by side, both in materials. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BHP and SCCO compare
Southern Copper grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (38.7% versus 14.6% for BHP).
Southern Copper pays a dividend yielding 2.2%; BHP does not pay one.
Southern Copper scores higher on the StockData Score (11 against 8 for BHP), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BHP | SCCO |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $148B |
| Share price | $81.82 | $177.53 |
| Change, 1 year | 43.2% | 25.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 53.2% | 199% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.90 | 1.09 |
| Employees | 632K | 17K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 11 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 23.1× |
| P/S | – | 8.7× |
| P/B | – | 11.0× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 13.5× |
| P/FCF | – | 26.5× |
| PEG | – | 1.50 |
| FCF yield | – | 3.8% |
| Fair value | – | $153.82 |
| Margin of safety | – | −15.4% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 14.6% | 38.7% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 0.64% | 10.9% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 9.0% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 8.9% | 67.0% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −2.8% | 20.9% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 65.2% |
| Operating margin | 40.6% | 58.6% (better) |
| Net margin | 16.7% | – |
| FCF margin | 20.3% | 32.7% (better) |
| Return on equity | 19.9% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 40.7% | 49.0% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.59 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | −0.01 |
| Interest coverage | 11.6× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.88 | 4.31 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | – | 9.99 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 2.2% |
| Payout ratio | 92.7% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 1 | 1 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | −3.1% | 15.6% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | – | 2.2% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 2.3% | 9.2% |
| Held by insiders | 0.02% | 0.07% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$315K (better) | −$3.4M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 1.3% |
Go deeper
- BHP stock overview
- BHP income statement
- BHP valuation and score
- SCCO stock overview
- SCCO income statement
- SCCO valuation and score
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