On September 1, Southern Copper Corp fell 3.22% in regular trading, trading at $204.61/share, with turnover of $7.276 million. The decline came as the broader copper sector weakened significantly alongside a wave of cautious analyst signals targeting the company.
Multiple Wall Street institutions have recently issued bearish or neutral ratings on Southern Copper Corp. Barclays assigned an underweight rating with a $164.03 price target, UBS reiterated a sell rating with a $158.10 target, and Scotiabank maintained an underperform rating at $138.34. Zacks Research downgraded the stock from strong-buy to hold, while CICC Research cut it to market perform with a $180.70 target — all well below the current trading price. Analysts broadly flagged the stock's forward P/E of approximately 30x as carrying a premium risk versus the industry average of 24.84x.
On the fundamental side, first-half copper production declined approximately 3.8% year-over-year, dragged by falling ore grades at Peru operations. Full-year production guidance was cut by roughly 5%. Peer stocks also declined, with Freeport-McMoRan down 2.63%, Ero Copper down 5.45%, and TREKOR METALS down 3.65%.
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