Comfortable leader
17 companies value 307 bn revenue 53 bn margin 17.2% free cash flow 7.7 bn avg. score 2.5
SCCO holds 55.6% of the group's value, 1.7x the runner-up · FCX leads the industry without being the largest
| Rank | Ticker | Company | Share | Value | Revenue | Margin | FCF | 5 years | FCF/px | Yield | What it does · why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCCO | Southern Copper United States/Mexico · score 6.7 | 56% | 170 bn | 16 bn | 27.5% | 5.1 bn | 3.0% | 1.8% | Copper mining in Peru and Mexico · World's largest copper reserves and low production costs | |
| 2 | FCX | Freeport-McMoRan United States · score 5.7 | 33% | 100 bn | 26 bn | 11.4% | 1.6 bn | 1.6% | 0.9% | Copper, gold and molybdenum mining · Largest US-listed copper producer; direct exposure to electrification | |
| 3 | MLI | MUELLER INDUSTRIES INC United States · score 7.0 | 4% | 14 bn | 4.7 bn | 18.2% | 0.7 bn | 5.0% | 1.0% | Manufacturing of copper, brass and aluminum products · Tennessee — revenue of $4.7bn | |
| 4 | HBM | Hudbay Minerals Canada · score 5.6 | 4% | 11 bn | 2.2 bn | 25.5% | 0.2 bn | 2.3% | 0.1% | Copper and zinc mining in Canada and Peru · Copper in Peru and Canada, with an expansion project in Arizona | |
| 5 | ERO | Ero Copper Corp. Canada · score 5.4 | 1% | 3.6 bn | 0.8 bn | 34.0% | 0.1 bn | 3.7% | — | Copper and gold mining in Brazil · Canada — revenue of $786m | |
| 6 | TGB | Trekor Metals Ltd Canada · score 2.8 | 1% | 2.9 bn | 0.5 bn | -4.5% | 0.2 bn | 5.4% | — | Copper: Gibraltar mine (Canada) and Florence project (Arizona), plus growth projects · Canada — revenue of $479m | |
| 7 | NEXA | Nexa Resources S.A. Luxembourg · score 4.4 | 1% | 1.7 bn | 3.0 bn | 7.4% | 0.0 bn | 0.8% | 2.0% | Zinc, copper and lead mining and refining in Peru and Brazil · Luxembourg — revenue of $3bn | |
| 8 | IE | Ivanhoe Electric Inc. United States · score 0.0 | 1% | 1.4 bn | 0.0 bn | -11x | -0.1 bn | -7.6% | — | Exploration and development of copper and critical metals · Arizona — revenue of $3m | |
| 9 | SLSR | Solaris Resources Inc. Switzerland · score 2.5 | 0% | 1.1 bn | — | — | — | — | — | — | Copper and gold exploration in Ecuador · Switzerland |
| 10 | TMQ | Trilogy Metals Inc. Canada · score 0.3 | 0% | 0.4 bn | — | — | -0.0 bn | -1.3% | — | Copper and zinc exploration in Alaska · Canada | |
| 11 | WRN | Western Copper & Gold Corp Canada · score 0.6 | 0% | 0.4 bn | — | — | 0.0 bn | -0.6% | — | Casino copper and gold project, in Yukon · Canada | |
| 12 | LZM | Lifezone Metals Ltd Isle of Man · score 0.0 | 0% | 0.3 bn | 0.0 bn | -970.4% | -0.0 bn | -5.0% | — | Nickel and platinum group metals in Tanzania · Isle of Man — revenue of $2m | |
| 13 | TII | Titan Mining Corp United States · score 0.8 | 0% | 0.2 bn | 0.1 bn | 0.0% | 0.0 bn | -0.1% | — | Empire State zinc mine, in New York · New York — revenue of $74m | |
| 14 | NEXM | NexMetals Mining Corp. Canada · score 0.0 | 0% | 0.1 bn | — | — | -0.0 bn | -67.5% | — | Selebi nickel and copper mines, in Botswana · Canada | |
| 15 | COPR | Idaho Copper Corp United States · score 0.2 | 0% | 0.0 bn | — | — | 0.0 bn | -8.1% | — | Copper, molybdenum and silver exploration in Idaho · Idaho | |
| 16 | ELBM | Electra Battery Materials Corp Canada · score 0.0 | 0% | 0.0 bn | — | — | -0.0 bn | -32.0% | — | Cobalt sulfate refining for batteries, in Canada · Canada | |
| 17 | CHNR | CHINA NATURAL RESOURCES INC Hong Kong · score 0.3 | 0% | 0.0 bn | — | — | 0.0 bn | -16.0% | — | Nickel exploration in Inner Mongolia; pursuing a lithium mine in Zimbabwe · Hong Kong |
Other industries in the same sector
- Sector overview
- Gold 64 companies
- Diversified mining 9 companies
- Industrial gases and chemicals 2 companies
- Steel 21 companies
- Specialty chemicals 36 companies
- Construction materials (aggregates) 5 companies
- Packaging 16 companies
- Paints and coatings 3 companies
- Commodity chemicals 19 companies
- Semiconductor materials 7 companies
- Cement 11 companies
- Fertilizers 8 companies
and 13 industries more
- Silver 13 companies
- Specialty and aerospace alloys 6 companies
- Lithium 11 companies
- Industrial plastic products 9 companies
- Aluminum 5 companies
- Adhesives and specialty coatings 3 companies
- Rare earths and critical minerals 16 companies
- Timber and wood products 4 companies
- Pulp and paper 7 companies
- Seeds and crop protection 7 companies
- Glass and metal packaging 3 companies
- Aerospace composites 2 companies
- Platinum and palladium 3 companies
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The score runs from 0 to 10 and compares each company with every other one in the almanac on cash generation, profitability, debt, dividends and consistency over the last five years. The higher it is, the better the company fares in that comparison. Curious how much each part weighs? Ask at the bottom of the page.