AngloGold Ashanti plc vs SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Neither miner's production growth appears here, but the metals imply the trajectories: Southern Copper grows with grid buildout and EV demand, AngloGold with monetary anxiety, and the market pays 28.5 times for the electrification story against 15.7 for the gold one. Current returns are a fair fight: Southern earns 42% on equity with 0.57 turns of leverage, AngloGold 32% with none. Free cash favors gold heavily, 11.5% against 3%; dividends favor copper, 1.8% against none displayed. Two best-in-class producers of different futures: one priced for its decade, one priced for its year, and the cash flows currently running opposite to the multiples.
Comparison updated 2026-07-10.
| Metric | AU | SCCO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $81.56 | $171.42 |
| Market cap | $41.5B | $140.9B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +26.6% |
| P/E | 15.7 | 28.5 |
| P/B | 4.18 | 11.88 |
| P/S | 4.19 | 9.68 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 16.2 |
| Revenue growth | +27.7% | +22.1% |
| Gross margin | 49.2% | — |
| Operating margin | — | 58.3% |
| Net margin | 32.1% | 34.2% |
| Return on equity | 32.0% | 42.0% |
| Return on assets | 21.1% | 22.7% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 33.7% |
| FCF yield | 11.5% | 3.0% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.57 |
| Current ratio | 2.87 | 4.38 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.72 | 7.74 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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