Question 1

Which is bigger, SCCO or WPM?

Accepted Answer

Southern Copper Corporation is the larger company — market cap $177B vs $63.0B for Wheaton Precious Metals Corp..

Question 2

Which is more profitable, SCCO or WPM?

Accepted Answer

WPM keeps more of each revenue dollar as profit — net margin 63.6% vs 35.9% for SCCO.

Question 3

Which stock is cheaper, SCCO or WPM?

Accepted Answer

On earnings, WPM trades at a lower P/E — 30.2 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 WPM?

Accepted Answer

SCCO yields 1.71% vs 0.52% for WPM.

Question 5

Which is the better stock — SCCO or WPM?

Accepted Answer

On reported financials, SCCO leads 7 of 12 comparable metrics and WPM leads 5. StockCV rates SCCO “Strong” and WPM “Solid”. This is information, not investment advice — compare the full CVs before drawing conclusions.

Metric	SCCO	WPM
Price	$209.42	$138.64
Market cap	$177B	$63.0B
Revenue (TTM)	$15.8B	$2.31B
Revenue growth	+10.1%	+29.5%
Net margin	35.9%	63.6%
Free cash flow	$5.10B	-$2.89B
Net cash (debt)	($1.84B)	($1.88B)
1-year price return	+66.7%	+34.1%
P/E	31.2	30.2
P/E vs own history (cheap-side %)	15%	41%
Dividend yield	1.71%	0.52%
Return on equity	49%	23%
Altman Z-score	10.94	16.58
CV checks passed	11 of 11	9 of 11
Employees	16,617	47

Southern Copper Corporation vs Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.