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The Week

Southern Copper (SCCO) fell 2.65% this week to close at $193.49. The S&P 500 lost 0.8% over the same period, leaving SCCO about 1.85 percentage points behind the benchmark. The move looked like a failed rally: shares opened at $206.68 on Tuesday and hit an intraday high near $213.834, holding above $208 through the first three sessions. From Thursday the stock turned lower with the rest of the copper complex, touching $192.401 intraday before settling at $193.49 on Friday. The weekly range was roughly 10.52%.

Key Events

The week’s narrative centred on copper prices and tariff expectations. Early in the week, SCCO traded higher alongside broader commodity strength, with pre-market gains of 3.11% as investors discussed cash-flow improvement and the dividend update against the stock’s valuation. The mood shifted on Thursday: reports that the White House had not decided on its copper tariff plan sent copper miners sliding, and SCCO dropped 6.93% that day, extending to a 6.69% fall in Friday intraday trade. Company-specific news was limited. A director, Luis Miguel Palomino Bonilla, sold 100 shares on 8 September and another 100 on 10 September, for $20,000 and $21,000 respectively; the size is small and unlikely to move the share count meaningfully.

Analyst Ratings

Coverage of Southern Copper totals 18 institutions: 1 buy, 6 hold, 6 underperform and 5 sell, with no no-opinion records. Adding the underperform and sell counts shows a clearly larger share of negative ratings than buy or hold. The consensus rating is sell, with a consensus target of $171.44, about 11.40% below the current price. The target range is wide, from $138.34 at the low end to $275.00 at the high end. Within its copper peer group, SCCO ranks 3rd out of 6.

The Week Ahead

The macro calendar carries several US demand-side releases. On Tuesday 15 September, the New York Fed manufacturing index is due, with a prior reading of 20.6 and a consensus of 14.75. Wednesday 16 September brings retail sales, retail sales ex-autos, import prices and the NAHB housing market index; retail sales show a prior of -0.6 against a forecast of 0.9, while import prices carry a prior of 6. Copper is sensitive to demand data, so this batch may shape the short-term direction for copper miners.

In Short

This week put two forces on the same chart for Southern Copper. At the industry level, uncertainty over the White House tariff plan weighed on copper miners. At the company level, the valuation is not cheap, with a static P/E near 28.85x and a P/B near 12.93x, against a sell consensus rating and a consensus target about 11.40% below spot. On the latest trading day, large-lot flow leaned net seller while retail flow leaned net buyer. What matters next is whether tariff expectations firm up, and how next week’s US retail and manufacturing data revise the demand outlook for copper.

This article is generated by LongbridgeAI from market data, for information only and not investment advice.