Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B (SQM)

Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals
$66.17 +0.52% on the day Market cap $16.4B 52-week range $40.58 to $98.00 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
18% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $16.4B, Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B's free cash flow of $303M (fiscal 2024) would need to grow about 18% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is faster than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price18.0% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years-0.5% a year
Revenue, same period11.3% a year
Price to free cash flow54.0x

Fundamental grade

D

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from SQM's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation6
Profitability6
Growth0
Financial health5
Cash efficiency4

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)27.6x
P/E (forward)11.2x
Price / free cash flow37.4x
EV / EBITDA12.3x
Price / sales3.61x
Price / book2.98x
Revenue growth-39.4%
Operating margin23.5%
Net margin15.1%
Return on equity13.3%
Dividend yield1.8%
Debt / equity1.22x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20202021202220232024
Revenue$1.8B$2.9B$10.7B$7.5B$4.5B
Net income$165M$585M$3.9B$923M$685M
Free cash flow-$141M$358M$3.2B-$1.3B$303M
EPS (diluted)$0.63$2.10$13.68$3.23$2.40
Operating margin16.6%32.4%51.6%38.1%23.5%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by products, fiscal 2025.

Lithium and its derivatives$2.3B50%
Iodine and its derivatives$1.0B23%
Specialty plant nutrients$982M21%
Potassium$156M3%
Industrial chemicals$75M2%
Other products and services$32M1%

Superinvestors who own SQM

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 2 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Ron Baron
Baron Capital (BAMCO)
Trimmed $19M0.03%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $3M0.00%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of SQM in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B's stock price imply?

At a market value of $16.4B, Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B would need its free cash flow to grow about 18% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew -0% a year.

Are Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of SQM in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B?

2 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold SQM in their latest 13F, including Ron Baron, Cliff Asness.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.