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) Return on assets

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Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 10.8%, up 6.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.52%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.46% (fiscal 2020) to 43.4% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 0.45% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 4.52% (1.63)
FY2024 6.15% (2.40)
FY2023 8.55% (34.86)
FY2022 43.4% 33.65
FY2021 9.76% 6.30
FY2020 3.46% (2.75)
FY2019 6.21% (4.06)
FY2018 10.3% 0.22
FY2017 10.1% 3.77
FY2016 6.28% 1.54

Against its own ten years

Low 3.46% High 43.4%
Ten-year median 6.28%
Current reading's percentile 18

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
NEU NewMarket Corporation compare 13.2%
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. 10.8%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare 5.74%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare 4.31%
EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare 4.11%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare 3.76%
ALB Albemarle Corporation compare 3.10%
SSL Sasol Ltd. compare 0.00%
WLK Westlake Corporation compare −2.27%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 0.45%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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