AGNICO EAGLE MINES LIMITED vs SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
58.34 is the arresting figure: Southern Copper's operating margin, the best in large-cap mining, against Agnico Eagle's undisplayed-but-lower one (its 37.5% net margin is the comparable line, against Southern's 34.2%). Copper's premier low-cost producer meets gold's premier operator, and the market prices copper's electrification story dearer: 28.5 times earnings against 17.7. Southern's 42% return on equity carries 0.57 turns of debt; Agnico's 18% carries none. Dividends favor Southern, 1.8% against 0.4%. The pair prices two metals' decades: gold's monetary bid at a modest multiple, copper's grid-and-EV demand at a rich one, both from best-in-class ground.
Comparison updated 2026-07-10.
| Metric | AEM | SCCO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $157.18 | $171.42 |
| Market cap | $78.9B | $140.9B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +26.6% |
| P/E | 17.7 | 28.5 |
| P/B | 3.19 | 11.88 |
| P/S | 6.63 | 9.68 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 16.2 |
| Revenue growth | +33.1% | +22.1% |
| Operating margin | — | 58.3% |
| Net margin | 37.5% | 34.2% |
| Return on equity | 18.0% | 42.0% |
| Return on assets | 12.9% | 22.7% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 33.7% |
| FCF yield | 5.6% | 3.0% |
| Dividend yield | 0.4% | 1.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.57 |
| Current ratio | 2.02 | 4.38 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.52 | 7.74 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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