Question 1

Which is bigger, SCCO or VMC?

Accepted Answer

Southern Copper Corporation is the larger company — market cap $177B vs $31.7B for Vulcan Materials Company(Holding Company).

Question 2

Which is more profitable, SCCO or VMC?

Accepted Answer

SCCO keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 35.9% vs 13.7% for VMC.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, SCCO or VMC?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, VMC trades at a lower P/E — 28.4 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 VMC?

Accepted Answer

SCCO yields 1.71% vs 0.83% for VMC.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — SCCO or VMC?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, SCCO leads 9 of 11 comparable metrics and VMC leads 2. StockCV rates SCCO “Strong” and VMC “Solid”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	SCCO	VMC
Price	$209.42	$244.58
Market cap	$177B	$31.7B
Revenue (TTM)	$15.8B	$8.12B
Revenue growth	+10.1%	+2.8%
Net margin	35.9%	13.7%
Free cash flow	$5.10B	$1.03B
Net cash (debt)	($1.84B)	($4.18B)
1-year price return	+66.7%	-19.3%
P/E	31.2	28.4
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	15%	99%
Dividend yield	1.71%	0.83%
Return on equity	49%	13%
Altman Z-score	10.94	3.34
CV checks passed	11 of 11	11 of 11
Employees	16,617	11,172

Southern Copper Corporation vs Vulcan Materials Company(Holding Company)