SQM vs SSL vs WDS Stock Comparison

Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile, Sasol and Woodside Energy Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
SSL Sasol Ltd
$17.14 +22.2% 1M +167.4% 1Y
Market cap
$10.98B
P/E
15.0x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Integrated Oil and Gas Energy
2 wins

Head to Head

6 decided of 12

Woodside Energy leads on 3 of the 12 questions below (Woodside Energy 3, Sasol 2, Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionSQMSSLWDSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $16.83B $10.98B $43.39B WDS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 12.1x 15.0x — SQM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.5x 5.3x 13.2x SSL
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +59.0% — — –
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 20.6% — — –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 22.8% — — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.2x — — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +36.0% +167.4% +43.7% SSL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +2.3%/yr +0.2%/yr +5.2%/yr WDS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 47.3% 54.0% 32.7% WDS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 69/100 — — –

Percentile Scorecard

SQMSSLWDS

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

AxisSQMSSLWDS
Valuation 81 #32 of 162 95 #6 of 99 –
Growth 62 #56 of 147 – –
Profitability 81 #24 of 122 – –
Financial Health 32 #112 of 164 50 #52 of 102 85 #16 of 102
Shareholder Returns 90 #12 of 107 – 92 #7 of 76
Overall 69 – –
  • SQM ranked among 176 companies in Metals and Mining
  • SSL ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • WDS ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodSQMSSLWDSSPY
1 month -9.7%+22.2%+5.0% -0.2%
3 months -9.8%+56.2%+4.5% +3.9%
6 months -32.5%+30.8%-0.4% +8.2%
Year to date -12.3%+163.3%+48.6% +12.9%
1 year +36.0%+167.4%+43.7% +12.3%
3 years +18.1%+30.7%+4.6% +87.4%
3 years, per year +5.7%+9.4%+1.5% +23.3%
5 years +11.8%+1.1%+28.5% +67.9%
5 years, per year +2.3%+0.2%+5.2% +10.9%
10 years +104.0%-37.8%+8.9% +261.1%
10 years, per year +7.4%-4.6%+0.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureSQMSSLWDSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 47.3%54.0%32.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 43.9%55.5%34.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.98-0.77-0.39 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.763.101.33 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -73.5%-89.4%-57.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -36.7%-4.9%-6.5% -1.2%
52-week high $95.31$18.02$24.78 $779.14
52-week low $44.36$6.00$14.58 $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.

MultipleSQMSSLWDS
P/E now vs peer median 12.4xmedian 13.3x 15.0xmedian 13.0x —median 13.0x
P/S now vs peer median 2.6xmedian 3.2x 0.7xmedian 2.1x —median 2.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 5.1xmedian 7.3x —median 5.9x —median 5.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 14.7x 3.5xmedian 11.1x —median 11.1x
P/B now vs peer median 2.0xmedian 2.2x 1.1xmedian 1.5x 1.1xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median -0.79median 0.31 —median 2.27 —median 2.27

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 monthsSQMSSLWDS
Revenue $6.73B – –
Gross profit $2.83B – –
Operating income $3.11B – –
Net income $1.39B – –
EPS (diluted) $4.86 – –
Cash & equivalents $3.38B $2.64B $4.34B
Total debt $19.72B $6.66B $1.13B
Shares (diluted) 285.64M 642.00M 1.91B
Enterprise value $3.48B -$79.00M $23.73B

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
MetricSQMSSLWDS
P/E 12.4x 15.0x –
P/FCF – 3.5x –
P/Operating cash flow – – –
P/S 2.6x 0.7x –
P/B 2.0x 1.1x 1.1x
P/Tangible book 2.0x 1.1x 1.1x
EV/EBITDA 5.1x – –
EV/EBIT 5.8x – –
EV/Revenue 2.7x – –
EV/FCF – – –
EV/Operating cash flow – – –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.79 – –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricSQMSSLWDS
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
MetricSQMSSLWDS
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
MetricSQMSSLWDS
Debt / assets 31.3% 30.1% 1.7%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.6x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.2x – –
Debt / FCF – – –
Liabilities / assets 47.9% 53.3% 38.4%
Equity / assets 52.1% 46.7% 61.6%
Interest coverage 15.3x – –
Current ratio 2.6x 1.8x 1.4x
Quick ratio 1.8x 1.2x 0.9x
Cash ratio 1.5x 0.6x 0.9x
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricSQMSSLWDS
Dividend yield 4.0% – 5.0%
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield 4.0% 0.0% 5.0%
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.

ConsensusSQMSSLWDS
Forward P/E 8.5xFY2026 5.3xFY2027 13.2xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.12FY2026 $3.26FY2027 $1.75FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +245.6%FY2026 +37.0%FY2027 +22.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -2.5% -24.5% +14.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.37BFY2026 $16.51BFY2027 $15.29BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +82.7%FY2026 -2.3%FY2027 +17.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +2.9% +7.4% +2.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersSQMSSLWDS
Held by institutions 13.4% 4.7% 1.6%
Institutions holding 316 174 308
Change in shares held, QoQ -3.0% -7.6% +8.5%
Institutions buying 166 111 168
Institutions selling 100 45 65
Buyers to sellers 1.66 2.47 2.58

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

SQMSSLWDS
SQM 1.00 0.16 0.18
SSL 0.16 1.00 0.49
WDS 0.18 0.49 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, SQM, SSL and WDS?

Woodside Energy (WDS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (SQM) $16.83B, Sasol (SSL) $10.98B, Woodside Energy (WDS) $43.39B.

Which stock is cheaper, SQM, SSL and WDS?

Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (SQM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (SQM) 12.1x, Sasol (SSL) 15.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Sasol (SSL) is cheapest (Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (SQM) 8.5x, Sasol (SSL) 5.3x, Woodside Energy (WDS) 13.2x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Sasol (SSL) returned the most: Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (SQM) +36.0%, Sasol (SSL) +167.4%, Woodside Energy (WDS) +43.7%. Over five years, Woodside Energy (WDS) compounded fastest (Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (SQM) +2.3%/yr, Sasol (SSL) +0.2%/yr, Woodside Energy (WDS) +5.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Woodside Energy (WDS) has been the steadiest (Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (SQM) 47.3%, Sasol (SSL) 54.0%, Woodside Energy (WDS) 32.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, SQM, SSL and WDS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Woodside Energy (WDS) leads on 3. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

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.