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

• Albemarle Corporation ALB 98.44 ▲ +3.65%
• Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. SQM 56.45 ▼ −1.93%

Albemarle Corporation and Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Albemarle Corporation is the larger, with a market value of $11.6B against $8.1B — 1.4× the size. Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. trades at the lower P/E: 10.6× against 22.6×. Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 90.2% against 24.4%. Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. has the higher net margin (17.8% vs 8.37%) and the higher return on invested capital (16.9% vs 3.55%). Both pay a dividend; Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. yields more (1.80% vs 1.65%). Across the 22 metrics below, Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. leads on 13 and Albemarle Corporation on 9.