Question 1

Which is bigger, SCCO or SQM?

Accepted Answer

Southern Copper Corporation is the larger company — market cap $177B vs $18.3B for Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA.

Question 2

Which is more profitable, SCCO or SQM?

Accepted Answer

SCCO keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 35.9% vs 12.9% for SQM.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, SCCO or SQM?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, SQM trades at a lower P/E — 22.3 vs 31.2 for SCCO. A lower P/E means paying less per dollar of earnings.

Question 4

Which pays a higher dividend, SCCO or SQM?

Accepted Answer

SCCO yields 1.71% vs 0.01% for SQM.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — SCCO or SQM?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, SCCO leads 9 of 12 comparable metrics and SQM leads 3. StockCV rates SCCO “Strong” and SQM “Strong”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	SCCO	SQM
Price	$209.42	$63.91
Market cap	$177B	$18.3B
Revenue (TTM)	$15.8B	$4.58B
Revenue growth	+10.1%	-24.7%
Net margin	35.9%	12.9%
Free cash flow	$5.10B	$1.96B
Net cash (debt)	($1.84B)	($965M)
1-year price return	+66.7%	+47.9%
P/E	31.2	22.3
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	15%	43%
Dividend yield	1.71%	0.01%
Return on equity	49%	15%
Altman Z-score	10.94	2.59
CV checks passed	11 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	16,617	7,739

Southern Copper Corporation vs Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA