Southern Copper Q1 EPS $1.19 Beats $1.09 Estimate, Sales $3.12B Beat $2.96B Estimate

Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) reported quarterly earnings of $1.19 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.09 by 9.17 percent. This is a 30.77 percent increase over earnings of $0.91 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $3.12 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.96 billion by 5.51 percent. This is a 20.08 percent increase over sales of $2.60 billion the same period last year.