Question 1

Which is bigger, JHX or SCCO?

Accepted Answer

Southern Copper Corporation is the larger company — market cap $170B vs $15.0B for James Hardie Industries plc.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, JHX or SCCO?

Accepted Answer

SCCO keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 35.9% vs 2.2% for JHX.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, JHX or SCCO?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, SCCO trades at a lower P/E — 29.1 vs 103.8 for JHX. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, JHX or SCCO?

Accepted Answer

JHX yields 2.07% vs 1.84% for SCCO.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — JHX or SCCO?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, JHX leads 2 of 12 comparable metrics and SCCO leads 10. StockCV rates JHX “Mixed” and SCCO “Strong”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	JHX	SCCO
Price	$25.82	$200.81
Market cap	$15.0B	$170B
Revenue (TTM)	$4.84B	$15.8B
Revenue growth	+8.6%	+10.1%
Net margin	2.2%	35.9%
Free cash flow	$206M	$5.10B
Net cash (debt)	($4.22B)	($1.84B)
1-year price return	+19.0%	+56.6%
P/E	103.8	29.1
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	46%	21%
Dividend yield	2.07%	1.84%
Return on equity	2%	49%
Altman Z-score	1.87	10.56
CV checks passed	6 of 9	11 of 9
Employees	7,500	16,617

James Hardie Industries plc vs Southern Copper Corporation