Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. (SQM): Price and Financial Metrics

SQM POWR Grades

• Quality is the dimension where SQM ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 91.53% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for SQM is in Growth, which has been heading down over the past 177 days.
• SQM's current lowest rank is in the Sentiment metric (where it is better than 5.35% of US stocks).

SQM Stock Summary

• Of note is the ratio of CHEMICAL & MINING CO OF CHILE INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 98.25% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• Over the past twelve months, SQM has reported earnings growth of 719.95%, putting it ahead of 97.7% of US stocks in our set.
• Revenue growth over the past 12 months for CHEMICAL & MINING CO OF CHILE INC comes in at 372.71%, a number that bests 98.09% of the US stocks we're tracking.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to SQM, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are WLKP, RAND, CLF, NOVA, and GGB.
• Visit SQM's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.sqm.com.

SQM Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Basic Materials stock, SQM's price/sales ratio is 30.77% higher, now standing at 1.7.
• Over the past 243 months, SQM's price/earnings ratio has gone down 20.6.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for SQM.

SQM Growth Metrics

The 2 year cash and equivalents growth rate now stands at -8.45%.
• Its 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -63.49%.
• The 2 year revenue growth rate now stands at -19.8%.

SQM's revenue has moved up $1,045,124,000 over the prior 52 weeks.

The table below shows SQM's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	2,862.315	975.634	585.454
2020-12-31	1,817.191	347.067	164.518
2019-12-31	1,943.655	541.791	278.115
2018-12-31	2,265.803	833.733	439.83
2017-12-31	2,157.323	950.707	427.697

SQM's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• SQM has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 69.67% of graded US stocks.
• SQM's asset turnover comes in at 0.382 -- ranking 19th of 42 Non-Metallic and Industrial Metal Mining stocks.
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The table below shows SQM's key quality metrics over time.