Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. (SQM) vs Westlake Corporation (WLK)

Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. and Westlake Corporation are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. is the larger, with a market value of $9.7B against $8.5B — 1.1× the size. Westlake Corporation has negative trailing earnings, so its P/E is not meaningful; Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. trades at 12.1×. Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 90.2% against −3.95%. Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. has the higher net margin (17.8% vs −10.9%) and the higher return on invested capital (16.9% vs −6.26%). Both pay a dividend; Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. yields more (14.7% vs 1.14%). Across the 21 metrics below, Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. leads on 16 and Westlake Corporation on 5.