Compare · MP vs SCCO
MP vs SCCO
Side-by-side comparison of MP Materials Corp. (MP) and Southern Copper Corporation (SCCO): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both MP and SCCO operate in Metal Mining (Basic Materials), so they compete in similar markets.
- SCCO is the larger of the two at $160.77B, about 13.0x MP ($12.34B).
- Over the past year, MP is up 238.0% and SCCO is up 110.5% - MP leads by 127.4 points.
- MP has been more active in the news (9 items in the past 4 weeks vs 3 for SCCO).
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
- Company
- MP Materials Corp.
- Southern Copper Corporation
- Price
- $69.42+7.26%
- $194.63+1.76%
- Market cap
- $12.34B
- $160.77B
- 1M return
- +4.91%
- +13.47%
- 1Y return
- +237.95%
- +110.53%
- Industry
- Metal Mining
- Metal Mining
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NYSE
- IPO
- 2020
- News (4w)
- 9
- 3
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 25
MP Materials Corp.
MP Materials Corp. engages in the ownership and operation of integrated rare earth mining and processing facilities. It owns and operates the Mountain Pass facility located in the Western Hemisphere. The company holds the mineral rights to the Mountain Pass mine and surrounding areas, as well as intellectual property rights related to the processing and development of rare earth minerals. It offers neodymium and praseodymium that are rare earth elements, which in combination form neodymium-praseodymium. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Southern Copper Corporation
Southern Copper Corporation engages in mining, exploring, smelting, and refining copper and other minerals in Peru, Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, and Chile. The company is involved in the mining, milling, and flotation of copper ore to produce copper and molybdenum concentrates; smelting of copper concentrates to produce blister and anode copper; refining of anode copper to produce copper cathodes; production of molybdenum concentrate and sulfuric acid; production of refined silver, gold, and other materials; and mining and processing of zinc and lead. It operates the Toquepala and Cuajone open-pit mines, and a smelter and refinery in Peru; and La Caridad, an open-pit copper mine, as well as a copper ore concentrator, a SX-EW plant, a smelter, refinery, and a rod plant in Mexico. The company also operates Buenavista, an open-pit copper mine, as well as two copper concentrators and two operating SX-EW plants in Mexico. In addition, it operates five underground mines that produce zinc, lead, copper, silver, and gold; a coal mine that produces coal and coke; and a zinc refinery. The company has interests in 59,252 hectares of exploration concessions in Peru; 503,104 hectares of exploration concessions in Mexico; 229,312 hectares of exploration concessions in Argentina; 27,353 hectares of exploration concessions in Chile; and 7,299 hectares of exploration concessions in Ecuador. Southern Copper Corporation was incorporated in 1952 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona. Southern Copper Corporation is a subsidiary of Americas Mining Corporation.
Latest MP
- Needham initiated coverage on MP Materials with a new price target
- Chairman and CEO Litinsky James H. sold $26,225,225 worth of shares (400,000 units at $65.56) (SEC Form 4)
- Inside The North Atlantic Critical Minerals Push: A $68 Billion Greenland Deposit Lands At The EU Raw Materials Summit
- Barclays initiated coverage on MP Materials with a new price target
- Why a $35 Million Greenland Rare Earth Deal Just Put One Small-Cap on Every Investor's Radar
- Chief Operating Officer Rosenthal Michael Stuart bought $962,540 worth of shares (17,000 units at $56.62), increasing direct ownership by 1% to 1,333,673 units (SEC Form 4)
- Past-Producing Nevada Tungsten Asset Lines Up With DIBC Filing And European Mandate
- Chairman and CEO Litinsky James H. sold $19,634,359 worth of shares (300,000 units at $65.45) (SEC Form 4)
- The Nevada Tungsten Past-Producer That Just Filed With the Pentagon's Critical Minerals Body -- and What 17 Historical Workings Could Mean for the 2026 Drill Program
- General Counsel and Secretary Hoops Elliot Dean sold $521,850 worth of shares (6,958 units at $75.00) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 11% to 54,095 units (SEC Form 4)
Latest SCCO
- Director Palomino Bonilla Luis Miguel sold $35,565 worth of shares (200 units at $177.82), decreasing direct ownership by 10% to 1,807 units (SEC Form 4)
- Barclays initiated coverage on Southern Copper with a new price target
- Director Palomino Bonilla Luis Miguel sold $17,820 worth of shares (100 units at $178.20), decreasing direct ownership by 5% to 2,007 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Ariztegui Andreve Vicente was granted 400 shares, increasing direct ownership by 4% to 10,670 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Arrigunaga Gomez Del Campo Javier was granted 400 shares, increasing direct ownership by 8% to 5,148 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Castillo Sanchez Mejorada Enrique was granted 400 shares, increasing direct ownership by 67% to 1,000 units (SEC Form 4)
- Chief Executive Officer Contreras Lerdo De Tejada Leonardo was granted 400 shares, increasing direct ownership by 67% to 1,000 units (SEC Form 4)
- CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Velasco German Larrea Mota was granted 400 shares, increasing direct ownership by 0.10% to 404,526 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Palomino Bonilla Luis Miguel was granted 400 shares, increasing direct ownership by 23% to 2,107 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Sacristan Carlos Ruiz was granted 400 shares, increasing direct ownership by 1% to 28,647 units (SEC Form 4)