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) Operating margin

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Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 33.3%, up 10.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (23.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 16.7% (fiscal 2020) to 51.6% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 5.64% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 2.88%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 23.2% (0.31)
FY2024 23.5% (14.55)
FY2023 38.1% (13.55)
FY2022 51.6% 19.24
FY2021 32.4% 15.75
FY2020 16.7% (5.66)
FY2019 22.3% (7.11)
FY2018 29.4% 0.77
FY2017 28.7% 5.51
FY2016 23.1% 1.81

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 48.6% 7.16
Mar 2026 41.5% 19.92
Sep 2025 21.5% 1.78
Jun 2025 19.8% (3.87)
41 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 16.7% High 51.6%
Ten-year median 23.5%
Current reading's percentile 83

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. 33.3%
NEU NewMarket Corporation compare 20.2%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 14.7%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 12.4%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 11.7%
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 10.0%
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 9.59%
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 0.00%
WLK Westlake Corporation compare −3.81%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 5.64%
Basic Materials sector median 2.88%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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