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Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. (SQM) vs Sasol Ltd. (SSL)

Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. and Sasol Ltd. are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Sasol Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $9.6B against $8.1B — 1.2× the size. Sasol Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 3.2× against 10.7×. Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 90.2% against 26.6%. Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. has the higher net margin (17.8% vs 8.89%) and the higher return on invested capital (16.9% vs 0.00%). Only Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. pays a dividend (1.78%). Across the 18 metrics below, Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. leads on 12 and Sasol Ltd. on 6.

Valuation

Metric SQM SSL Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 10.75 3.19 26.45
P/S 1.92 n/m 1.64
P/B 2.96 n/m 1.84
Price to free cash flow 100.02 n/m 21.25
EV/EBITDA 17.01 0.37 12.93
EV/Sales 2.14 0.11 1.90
Earnings yield 9.30% 31.39% 2.47%
Free cash flow yield 1.00% 0.00% 2.20%

Profitability

Metric SQM SSL Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 37.50% 33.45% 27.84%
Operating margin 33.28% 0.00% 5.64%
Net margin 17.80% 8.89% 4.26%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 0.00% 4.75%
Return on equity 0.00% 0.00% 3.73%
Return on assets 10.78% 0.00% 1.16%
Return on invested capital 16.86% 0.00% 3.21%

Growth

Metric SQM SSL Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 90.22% 26.64% 7.03%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (14.95%) 91.38% (8.48%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 20.29% 4.12% 6.27%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 29.02% 4.08% 0.00%

Health

Metric SQM SSL Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.60 0.65 0.59
Current ratio 2.61 1.79 2.16
Net debt to EBITDA 2.32 1.56 2.03

Dividend

Metric SQM SSL Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 1.78% 0.00% 1.84%
Payout ratio 0.19 — 0.40

Size

Metric SQM SSL Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 8.05b 9.63b 1.95b

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