Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A.

SQM Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $4.6 billion, up 1.05% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+138.1%
EPS
+381.3%
Free cash flow
−63.8%
Total debt
+11.8%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

56.45 1.11 −1.93%
Market cap
$8.1B
P/E
10.6×
Fwd P/E
7.4×
Dividend yield
1.80%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.11
Beneish M
−2.14
Dividend safety
62/100

Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. (SQM) Free cash flow margin

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Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 0.00%, down 9.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (9.57%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −17.3% (fiscal 2023) to 29.7% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 3.49% and in line with the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 9.57% 2.59
FY2024 6.98% 24.32
FY2023 −17.3% (46.99)
FY2022 29.7% 16.61
FY2021 13.0% 20.23
FY2020 −7.19% (13.97)
FY2019 6.78% (2.92)
FY2018 9.70% (18.87)
FY2017 28.6% 2.37
FY2016 26.2% 7.63

Against its own ten years

Low −17.3% High 29.7%
Ten-year median 9.70%
Current reading's percentile 45

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 20.1%
NEU NewMarket Corporation compare 13.9%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 9.61%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 5.26%
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 5.18%
WLK Westlake Corporation compare 0.10%
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 0.00%
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 0.00%
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. 0.00%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 3.49%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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