Southern Copper Stock To Go Ex-dividend Monday (SCCO)
NEW YORK (
) -- The ex-dividend date for
(NYSE:
) is Monday, February 13, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 19 cents per share. At a price of $34.37 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 5.9%.
The average volume for Southern Copper has been 2.5 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Southern Copper has a market cap of $29.71 billion and is part of the
sector and
industry. Shares are up 15.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday.
Southern Copper Corporation engages in mining, exploring, smelting, and refining copper ores in Peru, Mexico, and Chile. The company has a P/E ratio of 13, equal to the average metals & mining industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.
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TheStreet Ratings rates Southern Copper as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, robust revenue growth, notable return on equity and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. You can view the full
Southern Copper Ratings Report
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