{"url_path":"/sec/scco/10-k/2026/item-5","section_key":"item-5","section_title":"Item 5 MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS****AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-K","doc_date":"2026-02-27","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001838/0001104659-26-021492-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-021492","cik":"0001001838","ticker":"SCCO","issuer_name":"SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001838/0001104659-26-021492-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001001838","primary_entity_name":"SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/"},"word_count":876,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS****AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES**\n\n​\n\nSCC COMMON STOCK:\n\n​\n\nSCC’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and the Lima Stock Exchange (“BVL”). SCC’s common stock symbol is SCCO on both the NYSE and the BVL. As of December 31, 2025, 864 holders of our common stock were on record.\n\n​\n\nDIRECTORS’ STOCK AWARD PLAN:\n\n​\n\nThe following table contains certain information related to our shares held as treasury stock for the Directors’ stock award plan as of December 31, 2025:\n\n​\n\nEquity Compensation Plan Information\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n**  ​ ​ ​**\n\n**Number of securities to be**\n\n**  ​ ​ ​**\n\n**Weighted-average**\n\n**  ​ ​ ​**\n\n**Number of securities**\n\n​\n\n​\n\n**issued upon exercise of**\n\n​\n\n**exercise price of**\n\n​\n\n**remaining available**\n\n**Plan Category**\n\n​\n\n**outstanding options**\n\n​\n\n**outstanding options**\n\n​\n\n**for future issuance**\n\nDirectors’ stock award plan\n\n \n\nN/A\n\n \n\nN/A\n\n \n\n142,800\n\n​\n\nFor additional information see Note 14—“Stockholders Equity—Directors’ Stock Award Plan.”\n\n​\n\nSCC COMMON STOCK REPURCHASE PLAN:\n\n​\n\nIn 2008, our Board of Directors authorized a $500 million share repurchase program that has since been increased by the Board of Directors and is currently authorized to $3 billion. Pursuant to this program, the Company purchased common stock as shown in the table below. These shares are available for general corporate purposes. The Company may purchase additional shares of its common stock from time to time, based on market conditions and other factors. This repurchase program has no expiration date and may be modified or discontinued at any time.\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n**Period**\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n**  ​ ​ ​**\n\n​\n\n**  ​ ​ ​**\n\n​\n\n**  ​ ​ ​**\n\n​\n\n​\n\n**  ​ ​ ​**\n\n**Total**\n\n**  ​ ​ ​**\n\n**Maximum**\n\n**  ​ ​ ​**\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n**Number of**\n\n​\n\n**Number of**\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n**Shares**\n\n​\n\n**Shares that**\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n**Total**\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n**Purchased**\n\n​\n\n**May Yet Be**\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n**Number of**\n\n​\n\n**Average**\n\n​\n\n**as Part of**\n\n​\n\n**Purchased**\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n**Shares**\n\n​\n\n**Price Paid**\n\n​\n\n**Publicly**\n\n​\n\n**Under the**\n\n​\n\n**Total Cost**\n\n**From**\n\n​\n\n**To**\n\n​\n\n**Purchased**\n\n​\n\n**per Share**\n\n​\n\n**Announced Plan**\n\n​\n\n**Plan @ $143.47(1)**\n\n​\n\n**($ in millions)**\n\n**2008**\n\n** **\n\n**2012**\n\n \n\n46,914,486\n\n​\n\n$\n\n18.72\n\n \n\n46,914,486\n\n \n\n  ​\n\n \n\n​\n\n878.1\n\n**2013:**\n\n \n\n  ​\n\n \n\n10,245,000\n\n​\n\n \n\n27.47\n\n \n\n57,159,486\n\n \n\n  ​\n\n \n\n​\n\n281.4\n\n**2014:**\n\n \n\n  ​\n\n \n\n22,711,428\n\n​\n\n \n\n30.06\n\n \n\n79,870,914\n\n \n\n  ​\n\n \n\n​\n\n682.8\n\n**2015:**\n\n \n\n  ​\n\n \n\n36,689,052\n\n​\n\n \n\n27.38\n\n \n\n116,559,966\n\n \n\n  ​\n\n \n\n​\n\n1,004.4\n\n**2016:**\n\n \n\n  ​\n\n \n\n2,937,801\n\n​\n\n \n\n24.42\n\n \n\n119,497,767\n\n \n\n  ​\n\n \n\n​\n\n71.7\n\nTotal purchased\n\n \n\n  ​\n\n \n\n119,497,767\n\n​\n\n$\n\n24.42\n\n \n\n  ​\n\n \n\n​\n\n​\n\n$\n\n2,918.4\n\n(1)NYSE closing price of SCC common shares at December 31, 2025.\n\n​\n\nThe SCC share repurchase program has registered no activity since the third quarter of 2016. The NYSE closing price of SCC common shares as of December 31, 2025, was $143.47 and the maximum number of shares that the Company could purchase at that price under the share repurchase program was approximately 0.6 million.\n\n​\n\nAs a result of the repurchase of shares of SCC’s common stock, Grupo Mexico’s direct and indirect ownership was 88.9% as of December 31, 2025 and 2024.\n\n97\n\n[Table of Contents](#TOC)\n\nSHAREHOLDER RETURN PERFORMANCE PRESENTATION\n\n​\n\nSet forth below is a line graph comparing the yearly change in the cumulative total returns on the Company’s common stock against cumulative total return on the S&P 500 Stock Index and the S&P Metals and Mining Select Industry Index for the five-year period ending December 31, 2025. The chart below analyzes the total return on SCC’s common stock for the period commencing December 31, 2020 and ending December 31, 2025, compared to the total return of the S&P 500 and the S&P Metals and Mining Select Industry Index for the same five-year period.\n\n​\n\n**Comparison of Five Year Cumulative Total Return ***\n\n**SCC Stock, S&P 500 Index and S&P Metals and Mining Select Industry Index ****\n\n​\n\n*\n\nTotal return assumes reinvestment of dividends\n\n**\n\nThe comparison assumes $100 invested on December 31, 2020\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n​\n\n**Total Return per Year**\n\n \n\n​\n\n  ​ ​ ​\n\n**2021**\n\n  ​ ​ ​\n\n**2022**\n\n  ​ ​ ​\n\n**2023**\n\n  ​ ​ ​\n\n**2024**\n\n  ​ ​ ​\n\n**2025**\n\n \n\n**SCC**\n\n \n\n(0.3)\n\n%  \n\n3.5\n\n%  \n\n49.1\n\n%\n\n11.2\n\n%\n\n64.8\n\n%\n\n**S&P 500**\n\n \n\n26.9\n\n%  \n\n(19.4)\n\n%  \n\n24.2\n\n%\n\n23.3\n\n%\n\n16.4\n\n%\n\n**S&P M + MS**\n\n \n\n34.0\n\n%  \n\n11.5\n\n%  \n\n20.1\n\n%\n\n(5.2)\n\n%\n\n82.6\n\n%\n\n​\n\nThe foregoing Performance Graph and related information shall not be deemed “soliciting material” or “filed” with the SEC or subject to Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any future filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each as amended, except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates it by reference into such filing.\n\n​\n\n98\n\n[Table of Contents](#TOC)"}