Which is more profitable, Nucor or Southern Copper?

Southern Copper keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Nucor or Southern Copper?

Southern Copper grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Nucor or Southern Copper?

Southern Copper costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Nucor or Southern Copper?

Southern Copper would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Nucor vs Southern Copper stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Southern Copper is more profitable, grows faster, is cheaper for its profits and has less debt.

Side by side

	Nucor	Southern Copper
	$56.6 billion	$140 billion
	5.4%	32.3%
	+10.0%	+10.9%
	32.5×	32.3×
	1.2 years	0.4 years
	7.9%	31.4%
	1.0%	1.9%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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