NEWMONT CORPORATION vs SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION, two Mining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Both prices know exactly what they hold: Newmont at 12.5 times earnings, the gold cycle priced as mature; Southern Copper at 28.5, the copper decade priced as beginning. Delivery favors the cheap one on cash, an 8.8% free-cash yield against 3%, and the dear one on returns, 42% on equity against 21.4%. Net margins sit at 30.1% and 34.2%, closer than the multiples pretend. Southern carries the leverage, 0.57 turns, and the bigger dividend, 1.8% against 1%. Sixteen turns separate peak earnings priced as peak from structural demand priced as durable, and both readings hold until one of the commodities blinks.
Comparison updated 2026-07-10.
| Metric | NEM | SCCO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $96.09 | $171.42 |
| Market cap | $104.4B | $140.9B |
| Sector | Mining | Mining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +26.6% |
| P/E | 12.5 | 28.5 |
| P/B | 2.98 | 11.88 |
| P/S | 4.18 | 9.68 |
| EV/EBITDA | 39.4 | 16.2 |
| Revenue growth | +26.8% | +22.1% |
| Operating margin | — | 58.3% |
| Net margin | 30.1% | 34.2% |
| Return on equity | 21.4% | 42.0% |
| Return on assets | 13.0% | 22.7% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 33.7% |
| FCF yield | 8.8% | 3.0% |
| Dividend yield | 1.0% | 1.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.14 | 0.57 |
| Current ratio | 2.44 | 4.38 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.50 | 7.74 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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