SQM vs Peers Stock Comparison

Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Percentile Scorecard

SQM

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisSQM
Valuation 82 #21 of 114
Growth 54 #48 of 102
Profitability 73 #23 of 81
Financial Health 32 #82 of 120
Shareholder Returns 92 #7 of 73
Overall 66
  • SQM ranked among 128 companies in Metals and Mining

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodSQMSPY
1 month -14.8% -0.8%
3 months -17.2% +3.5%
6 months -37.6% +7.0%
Year to date -17.2% +12.2%
1 year +25.0% +13.0%
3 years +11.5% +86.3%
3 years, per year +3.7% +23.1%
5 years +5.9% +68.6%
5 years, per year +1.2% +11.0%
10 years +94.6% +258.0%
10 years, per year +6.9% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureSQMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 47.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.9% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.96 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.53 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -73.5% -25.4%
From 52-week high -40.2% -1.8%
52-week high $95.31 $779.14
52-week low $44.36 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleSQM
P/E now vs peer median 11.7xmedian 10.6x
P/S now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 3.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 4.8xmedian 5.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 11.3x
P/B now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median -0.75median 0.17

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsSQM
Revenue $6.73B
Gross profit $2.83B
Operating income $3.11B
Net income $1.39B
EPS (diluted) $4.86
Cash & equivalents $3.38B
Total debt $19.72B
Shares (diluted) 285.64M
Enterprise value $5.29B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricSQM
P/E 11.7x
P/FCF –
P/Operating cash flow –
P/S 2.4x
P/B 1.9x
P/Tangible book 1.9x
EV/EBITDA 4.8x
EV/EBIT 5.5x
EV/Revenue 2.5x
EV/FCF –
EV/Operating cash flow –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.75

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSQM
Revenue growth (1Y) 59.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -4.8%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 150.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -9.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 134.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -17.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 190.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -7.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 190.5%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -15.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricSQM
Gross margin 42.1%
EBITDA margin 52.7%
Operating margin 46.2%
Pretax margin 36.6%
Net margin 20.6%
FCF margin –
Operating cash flow margin –
Return on equity 16.4%
Return on assets 8.6%
Return on invested capital 22.8%
Return on capital employed 23.4%
Asset turnover 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) –
Stock comp / revenue –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricSQM
Debt / assets 31.3%
Debt / equity 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.2x
Debt / FCF –
Liabilities / assets 47.9%
Equity / assets 52.1%
Interest coverage 15.3x
Current ratio 2.6x
Quick ratio 1.8x
Cash ratio 1.5x
Altman Z-score –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSQM
Dividend yield 4.2%
Net buyback yield –
Shareholder yield 4.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) –
Payout ratio (FCF) –
Dividend growth (1Y) –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusSQM
Forward P/E 8.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.03FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +241.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -2.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.31BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +81.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSQM
Held by institutions 13.4%
Institutions holding 316
Change in shares held, QoQ -3.0%
Institutions buying 166
Institutions selling 100
Buyers to sellers 1.66

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.