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Data last updated: Oct 19, 2026
Snapshot (as of Oct 19, 2026): Southern Copper Corporation (SCCO) pays a $3.52 annual dividend ($1.09 quarterly), yielding 2.19% at $200.51/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-08-11. Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 2.19%
Annual Dividend: $3.52 per share
Payout Ratio: 53.9%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-08-11
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Basic Materials
Years of Dividend History: 31
Southern Copper Corporation dividend income comes from one of the largest integrated copper producers in the Americas, operating open-pit mines, smelters, and refineries across Mexico and Peru. SCCO currently pays a 2.1% dividend yield, with trailing twelve-month payments totaling $3.5220 per share. The company pays quarterly, with the next ex-dividend date on August 11, 2026, and the last dividend amount at $1.0870 per share. At a beta of 1.125, SCCO stock moves with more volatility than the broader market, making it a fit for dividend investors who can tolerate commodity-driven price swings in exchange for income.
Southern Copper Corporation pays out 53.9% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as moderate (40–60%). That level leaves a meaningful buffer, and the company's vertically integrated operations, spanning copper ore mining through refining to finished cathodes and rod at facilities like Buenavista and La Caridad, support earnings across the production chain. Southern Copper Corporation dividend safety faces its clearest pressure from copper price cycles: the dividend history shows at least one year-over-year decline exceeding 5%, reflecting how commodity revenue swings can pull payouts lower when prices fall.
Southern Copper Corporation dividend history shows a CAGR of 10.2% per year from 2004 to 2025. Per-share payments grew from $0.3911 to $2.9817 over that span (2026 is a partial year and excluded from the CAGR calculation, per Southern Copper Corporation dividend 2026 data). The largest annual increase in the window was 165.9% in 2005, which skews the long-run average upward and reflects how sharply copper-driven earnings can accelerate in a single year.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | -4.7% | $3.44 (2022) | $2.98 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +15.1% | $1.47 (2020) | $2.98 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +24.5% | $0.33 (2015) | $2.98 (2025) |
SCCO fits dividend investors who want exposure to copper mining income and can accept a payout that moves with commodity cycles. The current yield of 2.1% sits in the moderate (2–4%) range, and it runs below the 5-year average yield of 3.22%, meaning buyers today are getting less income relative to price than the historical norm. The 53.9% payout ratio keeps the dividend from looking stretched, but the history of year-over-year declines makes clear this is not a set-and-forget income stream. What an investor gets here is a 10.2% long-run dividend growth rate; what they accept is a payout that can shrink when copper prices do.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-11 | $1.1000 |
| 2026-05-13 | $0.9784 |
| 2026-02-10 | $0.9701 |
| 2025-11-12 | $0.8657 |
| 2025-08-15 | $0.7826 |
| 2025-05-02 | $0.6781 |
| 2025-02-11 | $0.6553 |
| 2024-11-06 | $0.6917 |
| 2024-08-09 | $0.5899 |
| 2024-02-12 | $0.7866 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $3.0485 |
| 2025 | $2.9817 |
| 2024 | $2.0682 |
| 2023 | $3.9328 |
| 2022 | $3.4412 |
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