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

SQM POWR Grades

• SQM scores best on the Sentiment dimension, with a Sentiment rank ahead of 95.87% of US stocks.
• SQM's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving up over the last 179 days.
• SQM ranks lowest in Value; there it ranks in the 9th percentile.

SQM Stock Summary

• With a price/earnings ratio of 72.32, Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile Inc P/E ratio is greater than that of about 90.03% of stocks in our set with positive earnings.
• For SQM, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 90.6% of US equities we're observing.
• Revenue growth over the past 12 months for Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile Inc comes in at -6.3%, a number that bests only 12.71% 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 JOE, NEWT, IEP, GOL, and IHG.
• 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

• SQM's price/earnings ratio is 46.7; this is 134.67% higher than that of the median Basic Materials stock.
• SQM's price/earnings ratio has moved up 44.9 over the prior 243 months.
• Over the past 243 months, SQM's price/sales ratio has gone up 4.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for SQM.

SQM Growth Metrics

Its 3 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at -0.06%.
• Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -1.08%.
• Its 3 year price growth rate is now at -38.77%.

SQM's revenue has moved down $340,132,000 over the prior 37 months.

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
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
2016-12-31	1,939.322	633.662	278.29

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.