$116.35

3.37 (2.98%)

5/16/2008 4:02 PM

Southern Copper Corp (USA) (PCU)

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The Company is an integrated producer of copper and other minerals, and operates mining, smelting and refining facilities in Peru and Mexico.

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High Yield (7), Dividend (187), Copper (23), Mining Exploration (68), Zinc (9), Phoenix (7), Arizona (9), Large Cap (467), Silver (21)
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Southern Copper Corp (USA) At A Glance

Current Price:	$116.35
Last Trade Time:	5/16/2008 4:02 PM
Open:	$114.65
Previous Close:	$112.98
Daily Range:	$114.03 - $116.60
52-Week Range:	$73.25 - $143.25
Volume:	1,770,364
Market Cap:	$33.27B
P/E Ratio:	14.91
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5/6/2008 10:03:00 AM - AP
Ahead of the Bell: Southern Copper slips following downgrade
5/6/2008 8:35:00 AM - AP

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9 Southern Copper Corp (USA) (PCU)

Avatar TMFSinchiruna (98.80) Submitted: 4/17/08 3:33 PM

The only evidence we need to know that copper will continue to go higher is the lengths that countries and mega-corporations are going to to ensure future copper reserves / supply. Teck Cominco buying Global Copper the other day. Chinalco and Alcoa joining forces to buy shares of Rio Tinto.

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1 Southern Copper Corp (USA) (PCU)

Avatar billat2000 (46.74) Submitted: 10/04/07 8:52 PM

This company will be plagued by stikes and worker problems for the foreseeable future. JIXAY, BHP and RIO are much better choices for raw materials and all three of these supply China and India.

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Recs 0 (PCU) slm05k (69.80) Submitted: 5/16/08 10:37 AM : Start Price: $115.09 PCU Score: 0.84 Copper. Period. Heebner. Period. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (PCU) ocean9643 (41.27) Submitted: 5/15/08 11:22 AM : Start Price: $112.31 PCU Score: 2.63 got to go up up and away Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (PCU) larrysmg (34.97) Submitted: 5/13/08 12:02 PM : Start Price: $109.10 PCU Score: -4.91 Commodity bubble. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (PCU) Chemdawg (79.71) Submitted: 5/13/08 2:22 AM : Start Price: $109.23 PCU Score: 4.91 commodities are well positioned in an iffy market.currently reasonably priced. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (PCU) wildeagain (97.80) Submitted: 5/12/08 11:36 PM : Start Price: $109.23 PCU Score: 4.91 Check out this downgrade that brought down the stock 10 bucks last week. The following is an AP article: Shares of Southern Copper Corp. dipped in premarket trading after an HSBC analyst cut his rating, saying the copper producer's shares are approaching a fair price. Analyst Jordix Dominguez downgraded Southern Copper to "Neutral" from "Overweight," but edged his price target up to $128 per share from $125. He also trimmed his 2008 profit estimate. That's good for a laugh. A downgrade and a move up at the same time on the price target, and suggests that it is heading to a fair price. However, with a p/e of 14 and forward 10 he doesn't seem to have a clue what fair is. Also, the price of PCU was 140 when the copper price was 3.10. Now that copper is at 3.80, the price of PCU is fairly valued at 110? 30 dollars less on a 20% price jump in the commodity. Wow. This one is a real puzzler. I feel though that Jordix has lost his way. The BRIC nations still have a huge appetite for copper and I am not close to believing this story is over. Especially vulnerable to supply issues is copper. Enjoy the dividend too by the way. It is one of the best in all of the market. Oh, one other thing: FCX is essentially a copper play too and there's a 200 dollar price target on it. It's 115 now. Geez Jordix, are you following any of this? Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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