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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-007496"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SCCO"
cik: "0001001838"
company_name: "SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/"
filed_at: "2026-01-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T06:50:08.585016+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Southern Copper posts record Q4 net sales $3.87B, net income $1.31B, up 65% YoY

## Summary
- Net income $1.31B in Q4 (+64.7% YoY), EPS $1.56. Full year net income $4.33B (+28.4%), EPS $5.24.
- Record Q4 adjusted EBITDA $2.31B (+53.3%), margin 59.7%. Full year EBITDA $7.82B (+22.1%), margin 58.3%.
- Operating cash cost per lb copper $0.52 in Q4 (vs $0.96), down 45.8%. Full year cost $0.58 (vs $0.89), down 33.7%.
- Copper production 954,270 tons in 2025 (-1.8% YoY). Q4 production up 1.4% sequentially, driven by higher grades.
- Quarterly cash dividend $1.00 plus stock dividend 0.0085 shares per share, payable Feb 27, 2026 to holders of record Feb 10.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-007496
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SCCO
- cik: 0001001838
- company_name: SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/
- filed_at: 2026-01-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001838/000110465926007496/0001104659-26-007496-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001838/000110465926007496/scco-20260127x8k.htm

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