BHP GROUP LIMITED vs SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BHP and SCCO diverge most: on revenue growth, BHP reads -1.1% and SCCO reads +32.7%; on debt / equity, BHP reads 0.00 and SCCO reads 0.63. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's BHP price has a different growth bar priced in than SCCO (+9.7% implied for BHP vs +25.0% for SCCO); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What SCCO's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BHP | SCCO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $84.46 | $182.64 |
| Market cap | $214.2B | $151.4B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +9.7% | +25.0% |
| P/E | 23.8 | 27.0 |
| P/B | 4.10 | 11.92 |
| P/S | 4.18 | 9.59 |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.1 | 15.6 |
| Revenue growth | -1.1% | +32.7% |
| Operating margin | 38.0% | 61.2% |
| Net margin | 21.7% | 36.0% |
| Return on equity | 21.3% | 44.7% |
| Return on assets | 10.2% | 23.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 22.6% | 34.3% |
| FCF yield | 4.3% | 3.4% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.63 |
| Current ratio | 1.46 | 5.06 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.96 | 7.71 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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