TTM
54.6%
YoY change
+3.59pp
Trough year (1999)
7.8%
Peak year (1995)
100.0%
Latest annual
52.2%
Operating Margin history chart for Southern Copper (SCCO) from 1995 to 2025
Latest: 52.2%
Operating Margin change chart for Southern Copper (SCCO) from 1995 to 2025
Latest: +3.59pp
Operating Margin history table for Southern Copper (SCCO) from 1995 to 2025
| 2025 | 52.2% | +3.59pp | ||
| 2024 | 48.6% | +6.22pp | ||
| 2023 | 42.4% | -1.78pp | ||
| 2022 | 44.1% | -11.32pp | ||
| 2021 | 55.5% | +16.39pp | ||
| 2020 | 39.1% | +1.30pp | ||
| 2019 | 37.8% | -2.81pp | ||
| 2018 | 40.6% | +1.24pp | ||
| 2017 | 39.4% | +10.15pp | ||
| 2016 | 29.2% | +1.17pp | ||
| 2015 | 28.0% | -10.54pp | ||
| 2014 | 38.6% | -3.96pp | ||
| 2013 | 42.5% | -8.82pp | ||
| 2012 | 51.4% | -1.81pp | ||
| 2011 | 53.2% | +2.60pp | ||
| 2010 | 50.6% | +10.91pp | ||
| 2009 | 39.7% | -5.73pp | ||
| 2008 | 45.4% | -12.08pp | ||
| 2007 | 57.5% | +1.53pp | ||
| 2006 | 55.9% | +5.01pp | ||
| 2005 | 50.9% | +3.06pp | ||
| 2004 | 47.9% | +20.71pp | ||
| 2003 | 27.2% | +9.26pp | ||
| 2002 | 17.9% | +4.33pp | ||
| 2001 | 13.6% | -7.47pp | ||
| 2000 | 21.0% | +13.25pp | ||
| 1999 | 7.8% | -3.36pp | ||
| 1998 | 11.1% | -17.76pp | ||
| 1997 | 28.9% | -4.12pp | ||
| 1996 | 33.0% | -66.97pp | ||
| 1995 | 100.0% | — |
- 202552.2%+3.59pp
- 202448.6%+6.22pp
- 202342.4%-1.78pp
- 202244.1%-11.32pp
- 202155.5%+16.39pp
- 202039.1%+1.30pp
- 201937.8%-2.81pp
- 201840.6%+1.24pp
- 201739.4%+10.15pp
- 201629.2%+1.17pp
- 201528.0%-10.54pp
- 201438.6%-3.96pp
- 201342.5%-8.82pp
- 201251.4%-1.81pp
- 201153.2%+2.60pp
- 201050.6%+10.91pp
- 200939.7%-5.73pp
- 200845.4%-12.08pp
- 200757.5%+1.53pp
- 200655.9%+5.01pp
- 200550.9%+3.06pp
- 200447.9%+20.71pp
- 200327.2%+9.26pp
- 200217.9%+4.33pp
- 200113.6%-7.47pp
- 200021.0%+13.25pp
- 19997.8%-3.36pp
- 199811.1%-17.76pp
- 199728.9%-4.12pp
- 199633.0%-66.97pp
- 1995100.0%—
Operating Margin values are taken from Southern Copper's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Operating Margin at Southern Copper (SCCO)
According to Southern Copper's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 54.6%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of Southern Copper (SCCO) operating margin is 52.17% – expanded 3.6 percentage points year-over-year.
The highest annual operating margin of 100.00% was reported in 1995. The lowest in the available history was 7.78% in 1999.
Southern Copper Operating Margin by Year
Southern Copper Operating Margin 2025: 52.2%
Southern Copper operating margin in 2025 was 52.17%, expanded 3.6 percentage points from 2024.
Southern Copper Operating Margin 2024: 48.6%
2024's operating margin for Southern Copper came in at 48.58%, expanded 6.2 percentage points from 2023.
Southern Copper Operating Margin 2023: 42.4%
Southern Copper posted operating margin of 42.36% in 2023, contracted 1.8 percentage points from 2022.
Southern Copper Operating Margin 2022: 44.1%
In 2022, Southern Copper reported operating margin of 44.15%, contracted 11.3 percentage points from 2021.
Southern Copper Operating Margin 2021: 55.5%
Southern Copper operating margin in 2021 was 55.47%.
See more financial history for Southern Copper (SCCO).
Sector peers by Operating Margin
Basic Materials peers of Southern Copper (SCCO), ranked by their latest operating margin
| 56.9% | |
| 52.6% | |
| 28.8% | |
| 27.8% | |
| 18.4% | |
| 17.5% | |
| 16.1% | |
| 13.2% |
- 52.6%
- 28.8%
- 17.5%
- 13.2%
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