Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (SQM) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026)
Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (SQM) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 16.08% for Q1 2026, up 1606.0% year-over-year from 0.94% in Q1 2025, and up 17.81% quarter-over-quarter from 13.65% in Q4 2025.
Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (SQM) Return on Capital Employed (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile's Return on Capital Employed history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 16.08% for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 1606.0% year-over-year to 16.08%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 16.08% (up 1606.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 9.47%, changed N/A from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 16.08%, up from 13.65% in the prior quarter.
- The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 79.87% in Q4 2022, with the low at 0.02% in Q2 2025.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 10.8% (2025), against an average of 22.46%.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Return on Capital Employed surged 3900 bps in 2022, then tumbled 7981 bps in 2023.
- Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile's Return on Capital Employed stood at 79.87% in 2022, then sank by 100 bps to 0.06% in 2023, then soared by 13340 bps to 8.27% in 2024, then soared by 65 bps to 13.65% in 2025, then increased by 18 bps to 16.08% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows SQM's Return on Capital Employed at 16.08% in Q1 2026, 13.65% in Q4 2025, and 10.8% in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 16.08% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 13.65% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 10.80% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.02% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.02% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 8.27% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.03% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.04% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.06% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 38.06% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 77.54% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 79.87% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 47.53% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 8.54% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 0.01% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 0.01% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 0.01% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 11.44% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 6,197.59% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 12.24% |