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In 2022, battery electric vehicles represented nearly 10% of global auto sales, up from a little less than 6% in 2021. Much of the growth occurred in China, which has been a leader in EV sales over the past decade. However, with national EV subsidies in China expiring in 2022 and far lower sales in the U.S. and Europe, the market questions if EV sales can continue to grow without subsides.
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile is a Chilean commodities producer with significant operations in lithium (primarily used in batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage systems), specialty and standard potassium fertilizers, iodine (primarily used in X-ray contrast media), and solar salts. The company extracts these materials through its high-quality caliche ore and salt brine deposits. SQM is also developing a hard rock lithium project in Australia.
Morningstar analysts hand-select direct competitors or comparable companies to provide context on the strength and durability of SQM’s competitive advantage.
Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile SA ADR
XNYS: SQM
| Albemarle Corp
XNYS: ALB
| Lithium Americas Corp
XTSE: LAC
| The Mosaic Co
XNYS: MOS
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Price
| 56.78 | 168.21 | 24.04 | 35.80 |
Currency
| USD | USD | CAD | USD |
Change
| −$0.73 (1.27%) | −$0.73 (0.43%) | −$0.13 (0.54%) | −$1.31 (3.53%) |
Market Cap
| 16.22 Bil | 19.74 Bil | 3.84 Bil | 11.90 Bil |
Industry
| Specialty Chemicals | Specialty Chemicals | Other Industrial Metals & Mining | Agricultural Inputs |
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Basic Materials
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Basic Materials
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Basic Materials
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Basic Materials
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Yes. SQM has a forward dividend yield of 15.21%.
See
SQM’s full dividends and stock split history
on the Dividend tab.
Dividend yield allows investors, particularly those interested in dividend-paying stocks,
to compare the relationship between a stock’s price and how it rewards stockholders through dividends.
The formula for calculating dividend yield is to divide the annual dividend paid per share by the stock price.
Learn more about dividend yield.
SQM’s market cap is 16.22 Bil.
Market capitalization is calculated by taking a company’s share price and multiplying it by the total number of shares.
It’s often used to measure a company’s size. In the Morningstar Style Box, large-cap names account for the
largest 70% of U.S. stocks, mid-cap names account for the largest 70–90%, and small-cap names are the remaining 10% of companies.
Learn more about market capitalization.
SQM’s stock style is Large Value.
Style is an investment factor that has a meaningful impact on investment risk and returns.
Style is calculated by combining value and growth scores, which are first individually calculated.
High-growth stocks tend to represent the technology, healthcare, and communications sectors. They rarely distribute dividends to shareholders, opting for reinvestment in their businesses. More value-oriented stocks tend to represent financial services, utilities, and energy stocks. These are established companies that reliably pay dividends.
Learn more about style.
SQM’s price/sales is 1.58.
Price/sales represents the amount an investor is willing to pay for a dollar generated from
a particular company’s sales or revenues.
SQM’s price/forward earnings is 4.59.
Forward P/E gives some indication of how cheap or expensive a stock is compared with consensus earnings estimates.
The lower the Forward P/E, the cheaper the stock.
SQM’s price/book is 3.34.
Price/book ratio can tell investors approximately how much they’re paying for a company’s assets,
based on historical, rather than current, valuations. Historical valuations generally do not reflect
a company’s current market value. Value investors frequently look for companies that have low price/book ratios.
See SQM’s valuation ratios compared to the Market Index.
SQM’s beta can be found in Trading Information at the top of this page.
A stock’s beta measures how closely tied its price movements have been to the performance of the overall market.
Compare SQM’s historical performance against its industry peers and the overall market.
