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) Gross margin

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Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 37.5%, up 7.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (29.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 26.6% (fiscal 2020) to 53.6% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 27.8% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 25.0%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 29.6% 0.26
FY2024 29.3% (11.88)
FY2023 41.2% (12.38)
FY2022 53.6% 15.48
FY2021 38.1% 11.51
FY2020 26.6% (2.24)
FY2019 28.8% (5.62)
FY2018 34.4% (0.91)
FY2017 35.3% 3.83
FY2016 31.5% 0.11

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 51.1% 6.81
Mar 2026 44.2% 16.44
Sep 2025 27.8% 3.48
Jun 2025 24.3% (5.07)
41 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 26.6% High 53.6%
Ten-year median 31.5%
Current reading's percentile 80

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. 37.5%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 36.6%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 33.6%
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 33.5%
NEU NewMarket Corporation compare 31.7%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 30.9%
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 25.8%
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 20.6%
WLK Westlake Corporation compare 10.8%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 27.8%
Basic Materials sector median 25.0%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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