SQM

NYSE Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. Sponsored ADR Pfd Series B
Oct 7, 2026 · 2:52 PM ET DELAYED Market Open

$64.41 ↓ -1.76 (-2.66%) Trading Down from the previous close of $66.17, $1.51 below the day’s high of $65.92

YTD change
-6.38%
vs 20-day SMA
-5.60%
vs 200-day SMA
-16.07%

Price ranges

Previous day
$65.90 $67.10
open $67.09 close $66.17
-$0.92 (-1.37%)
Today
$64.37 $65.92
open $65.54 now $64.41
-$1.13 (-1.72%)
Past week
$62.78 $67.10
from $66.08 now $64.41
-$1.67 (-2.53%)
Past month
$62.78 $76.78
from $75.66 now $64.41
-$11.25 (-14.87%)
This year
$62.78 $98.00
from $68.80 now $64.41
-$4.39 (-6.38%)

Price & Performance

-12.35 (-15.73%) / 6M

$61.62$73.68$85.75$97.81Apr 7Jul 8Oct 6

Signals & Sentiment

Momentum, market sentiment, and recent alerts

Not So Good
  • The stock is 44.4% away from all-time highs of $115.76
  • SQM is down 6% since the beginning of the year
  • SQM is up 48% over the past 12 months
  • SQM is down 15% over the past 1 month
  • 2% of all SQM investors are betting against SQM
  • Number of investors short SQM has gone up 3% versus last month

SQM reads not so good: price sits below both the 20- and 200-day averages, short interest is rising month over month, the 12-month move is +52.5%.

Financial Strength

Earnings, valuation, and balance sheet

Earnings

Profitable Yes
EPS $2.31
Earnings momentum -13.8% Quarterly EPS growth
Quarterly change -13.8%

Valuation

P/E ratio 13.56
Enterprise value $22.2B
Beta 0.97

Balance sheet & scale

Income$1.4M
Revenue$6.7B
Cash$4.3B
Debt$5.3M
Income / Debt 0.26×

Company & Peers

Company profile and competitor comparison

Company profile

ExchangeNYSE
Sector Manufacturing
Sub Sector Chemical Manufacturing
Market cap $9.2B

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA engages in the production and distribution of fertilizers, potassium nitrate, iodine, and lithium chemicals. It operates through the following segments: Specialty Plant Nutrients, Iodine and Derivatives, Lithium and Derivatives, Industrial Chemicals, Potassium, and Other Products and Services. The Specialty Plant Nutrients segment produces potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate, sodium potassium nitrate, and specialty blends. The Iodine and Derivatives segment manufactures iodine and iodine derivatives, which are used in a wide range of medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, and industrial applications. The Lithium and Derivatives segment covers lithium carbonate for electrochemical materials for batteries, frits for the ceramic and enamel industries, heat-resistant glass, air conditioning chemicals, continuous casting powder for steel extrusion, primary aluminum smelting process, pharmaceuticals, and lithium derivatives. The Industrial Chemicals segment comprises industrial chemicals including sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, and boric acid. The Potassium segment produces potassium chloride and potassium sulfate. The Other Products and Services segment deals with other fertilizers and blends. The company was founded on June 17, 1968 and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.

Competitor comparison

TickerCompany PriceChange
ALB Albemarle Corporation $106.35 +1.90%
MTLHY Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corporation Unsponsored ADR $37.17 -2.54%
SOMMY Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. Unsponsored ADR $19.05 +3.08%
WKCMF Wacker Chemie AG $99.41 N/A
CBT Cabot Corporation $77.11 -0.35%

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