FRANCO NEVADA Corp vs SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FNV and SCCO diverge most: on debt / equity, FNV reads 0.00 and SCCO reads 0.63; on revenue growth, FNV reads +4.0% and SCCO reads +32.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. 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 | FNV | SCCO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $212.94 | $182.64 |
| Market cap | $41.0B | $151.4B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +25.0% |
| P/E | 57.9 | 27.0 |
| P/B | 5.37 | 11.92 |
| P/S | 31.28 | 9.59 |
| EV/EBITDA | 34.5 | 15.6 |
| Revenue growth | +4.0% | +32.7% |
| Gross margin | 73.6% | — |
| Operating margin | 82.8% | 61.2% |
| Net margin | 54.0% | 36.0% |
| Return on equity | 9.3% | 44.7% |
| Return on assets | 8.6% | 23.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.3% | 34.3% |
| FCF yield | 4.5% | 3.4% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.63 |
| Current ratio | 8.30 | 5.06 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.65 | 7.71 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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