Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. (SQM): Price and Financial Metrics
SQM Price/Volume Stats
Current price | $60.00 | 52-week high | $112.35 |
Prev. close | $58.24 | 52-week low | $54.28 |
Day low | $60.00 | Volume | 14,167 |
Day high | $60.00 | Avg. volume | 1,610,748 |
50-day MA | $64.61 | Dividend yield | 3.56% |
200-day MA | $75.40 | Market Cap | 17.14B |
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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.
Stock | Date | P/S | P/B | P/E | EV/EBIT |
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SQM | 2023-09-06 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.2 |
SQM | 2023-09-05 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
SQM | 2023-09-01 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
SQM | 2023-08-31 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
SQM | 2023-08-30 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
SQM | 2023-08-29 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.3 |
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%.

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 |
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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.
Period | Asset Turnover | Gross Margin | ROIC |
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2020-12-31 | 0.382 | 0.266 | 0.060 |
2019-12-31 | 0.434 | 0.288 | 0.101 |
2018-12-31 | 0.529 | 0.345 | 0.163 |
2017-12-31 | 0.507 | 0.353 | 0.156 |
2016-12-31 | 0.438 | 0.315 | 0.102 |
2015-12-31 | 0.371 | 0.314 | 0.072 |
Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. (SQM) Company Bio
Chemical & Mining Company of Chile is an integrated producer and distributor of specialty plant nutrients, iodine, lithium, potassium-related fertilizers and industrial chemicals. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Santiago, Chile.
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SQM Price Returns
1-mo | -3.80% |
3-mo | -16.86% |
6-mo | -23.32% |
1-year | -30.12% |
3-year | 116.81% |
5-year | 55.33% |
YTD | -22.15% |
2022 | 67.65% |
2021 | 5.36% |
2020 | 87.33% |
2019 | -28.34% |
2018 | -33.59% |
SQM Dividends
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