Albemarle Corporation (ALB) vs Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. (SQM)

Albemarle Corporation and Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Albemarle Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $12.9B against $9.7B — 1.3× the size. Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. trades at the lower P/E: 12.1× against 229×. Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 90.2% against 18.3%. Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. has the higher net margin (17.8% vs 0.97%) and the higher return on invested capital (16.9% vs 1.46%). Both pay a dividend; Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. yields more (14.7% vs 1.41%). Across the 23 metrics below, Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. leads on 13 and Albemarle Corporation on 10.