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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
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Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. (SQM) Return on invested capital
Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 16.9%, up 10.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.31%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.22% (fiscal 2020) to 66.6% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 3.21% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.96%.
Return on invested capital, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 6.31% | (1.45) |
| FY2024 | 7.76% | (14.73) |
| FY2023 | 22.5% | (44.07) |
| FY2022 | 66.6% | 53.21 |
| FY2021 | 13.4% | 8.13 |
| FY2020 | 5.22% | (2.93) |
| FY2019 | 8.15% | (6.04) |
| FY2018 | 14.2% | 0.73 |
| FY2017 | 13.5% | 4.31 |
| FY2016 | 9.15% | 2.69 |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. | 16.9% |
| SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. compare | 13.1% |
| NEU NewMarket Corporation compare | 13.0% |
| AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. compare | 7.99% |
| EMN Eastman Chemical Company compare | 5.41% |
| ESI Element Solutions Inc. compare | 5.38% |
| ALB Albemarle Corporation compare | 3.55% |
| SSL Sasol Ltd. compare | 0.00% |
| WLK Westlake Corporation compare | −2.22% |
| Specialty Chemicals industry median | 3.21% |
| Basic Materials sector median | 0.96% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on invested capital is
Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.
TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)
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