Sociedad Quimica y Minera (SQM) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. (NYSE: SQM), commonly known as SQM, is a Chilean mining and chemicals company headquartered in Santiago. Its operations are centered in northern Chile, where it extracts mineral resources and processes them into products used in agriculture, industry and technology.

SQM is one of the world’s major producers of lithium and lithium derivatives, including lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide used in rechargeable batteries and other applications. The company also produces specialty plant nutrients and potassium-based fertilizers, as well as iodine and iodine derivatives used in areas such as healthcare, nutrition and industrial manufacturing.

In addition, SQM produces industrial chemicals, including potassium chloride, potassium sulfate and certain industrial salts. The company serves customers internationally through operations and commercial activities in Chile and a global distribution network. SQM traces its origins to 1968 and was later privatized during the 1980s.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $67.67 to $70.99
• 50-Day Range: $66.32 to $82.40
• 52-Week Range: $40.58 to $98.00
• Volume: 1.94 million shs
• Average Volume: 975,593 shs
• Market Capitalization: $19.39 billion
• P/E Ratio: 14.00
• Dividend Yield: 2.49%
• Price Target: $79.30
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Sociedad Quimica y Minera Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Sociedad Quimica y Minera scored higher than 95% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 18th out of 226 stocks in the materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Sociedad Quimica y Minera has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.43, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 5 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Sociedad Quimica y Minera has a consensus price target of $79.30, representing about 16.8% upside from its current price of $67.88.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Sociedad Quimica y Minera has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.50%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Sociedad Quimica y Minera are expected to grow by 10.50% in the coming year, from $7.33 to $8.10 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Sociedad Quimica y Minera is 14.00, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.95.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Sociedad Quimica y Minera is 14.00, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 25.80.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Sociedad Quimica y Minera has a PEG Ratio of 0.23. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Sociedad Quimica y Minera has a P/B Ratio of 2.41. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.83% of the float of Sociedad Quimica y Minera has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Sociedad Quimica y Minera has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.37, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Sociedad Quimica y Minera has recently decreased by 3.64%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Sociedad Quimica y Minera pays a meaningful dividend of 2.50%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Sociedad Quimica y Minera does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Sociedad Quimica y Minera is 34.85%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Sociedad Quimica y Minera will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.86% next year. This indicates that Sociedad Quimica y Minera will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.20

News Sentiment

Sociedad Quimica y Minera has a news sentiment score of -0.20. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.53 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Sociedad Quimica y Minera this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

11 people have searched for SQM on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 267% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

6 people have added Sociedad Quimica y Minera to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 20% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Sociedad Quimica y Minera insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

12.41% of the stock of Sociedad Quimica y Minera is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/14/2026
• Record date for 9/21 Dividend: 9/08/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/21 Dividend: 9/08/2026
• Today: 9/20/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/21/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/17/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Chemicals
• Sub-Industry: Specialty Chemicals
• Current Symbol: NYSE:SQM
• CIK: 909037
• Web: www.sqm.com
• Phone: (622) 425-2000
• Fax: 56-22425-2268
• Employees: 7,739
• Year Founded: 1968

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Sociedad Quimica y Minera: $79.30
• High Price Target: $104.00
• Low Price Target: $50.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +16.8%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.43
• Research Coverage: 14 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $4.85
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 14.00
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.26
• P/E Growth: 0.23
• Net Income: $588.14 million
• Net Margins: 20.62%
• Pretax Margin: 27.09%
• Return on Equity: 19.08%
• Return on Assets: 9.90%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.58
• Current Ratio: 2.76
• Quick Ratio: 2.01

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $6.73 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.88
• Cash Flow: $2.06 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 32.89
• Book Value: $28.19 per share
• Price / Book: 2.41

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 285,652,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $19.39 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.99