Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.

NYSE:SQM Stock Report

Market Cap: US$20.7b

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile Valuation

Is SQM undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of SQM when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: SQM ($69.88) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value ($99.47)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: SQM is trading below future cash flow value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for SQM?

Key metric: As SQM is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for SQM. This is calculated by dividing SQM's market cap by their current earnings.
What is SQM's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio14.4x
EarningsUS$1.39b
Market CapUS$20.71b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does SQM's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for SQM vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average24.6x
PPG PPG Industries
15x7.23%US$23.4b
RPM RPM International
19.4x13.01%US$12.7b
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials
46.5x22.04%US$9.8b
EMN Eastman Chemical
17.6x15.15%US$7.8b
SQM Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
14.4x10.05%US$20.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: SQM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.4x) compared to the peer average (24.6x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does SQM's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Chemicals Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FFHL Fuwei Films (Holdings)
2.8xn/aUS$27.11m
No more companies available in this PE range
SQM 14.4xIndustry Avg. 24.2xNo. of Companies6PE01632486480+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: SQM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.4x) compared to the US Chemicals industry average (24.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is SQM's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

SQM PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio14.4x
Fair PE Ratio21.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: SQM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (21.9x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst SQM forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$69.88
US$85.11
+21.80%
18.58%US$110.00US$44.35n/a18
Sep ’27US$80.51
US$85.11
+5.72%
18.58%US$110.00US$44.35n/a18
Aug ’27US$67.06
US$84.78
+26.42%
18.87%US$110.00US$44.35n/a18
Jul ’27US$74.22
US$82.61
+11.30%
24.76%US$110.00US$40.00n/a18
Jun ’27US$83.42
US$81.28
-2.57%
25.57%US$110.00US$40.00n/a18
May ’27US$92.68
US$76.78
-17.16%
23.73%US$100.00US$40.00n/a18
Apr ’27US$81.82
US$75.00
-8.34%
23.48%US$100.00US$40.00n/a18
Mar ’27US$76.30
US$73.26
-3.99%
24.43%US$100.00US$40.00n/a17
Feb ’27US$76.84
US$72.26
-5.97%
25.19%US$100.00US$40.00n/a17
Jan ’27US$68.80
US$65.37
-4.98%
21.87%US$80.00US$37.00n/a17
Dec ’26US$63.93
US$58.44
-8.59%
24.02%US$80.00US$37.00n/a16
Nov ’26US$48.99
US$52.03
+6.21%
20.74%US$78.00US$37.00n/a16
Oct ’26US$43.51
US$51.12
+17.48%
22.21%US$78.00US$37.00n/a16
Sep ’26US$45.51
US$50.72
+11.46%
23.11%US$78.00US$37.00US$80.5115
Aug ’26US$35.80
US$48.61
+35.78%
24.40%US$78.00US$35.00US$67.0616
Jul ’26US$35.21
US$48.86
+38.77%
24.09%US$78.00US$36.50US$74.2216
Jun ’26US$30.43
US$49.17
+61.59%
23.53%US$78.00US$36.50US$83.4216
May ’26US$33.96
US$52.65
+55.04%
25.00%US$80.00US$35.00US$92.6817
Apr ’26US$40.05
US$52.89
+32.05%
25.29%US$80.00US$35.00US$81.8217
Mar ’26US$38.37
US$53.57
+39.61%
26.50%US$85.00US$35.00US$76.3017
Feb ’26US$39.54
US$54.22
+37.13%
26.61%US$85.00US$29.00US$76.8417
Jan ’26US$36.36
US$54.21
+49.11%
26.30%US$85.00US$31.00US$68.8017
Dec ’25US$38.46
US$55.28
+43.73%
27.96%US$85.00US$31.00US$63.9317
Nov ’25US$39.17
US$56.04
+43.08%
27.56%US$85.00US$32.00US$48.9917
Oct ’25US$41.42
US$56.69
+36.87%
26.73%US$85.00US$32.00US$43.5117
Sep ’25US$38.80
US$56.86
+46.55%
26.18%US$85.00US$35.00US$45.5117
US$85.11
Fair Value
17.9% undervalued intrinsic discount
18
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/09/11 21:53
End of Day Share Price 2026/09/11 00:00
Earnings2026/06/30
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. is covered by 29 analysts. 18 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Andres Castanos-MollorBerenberg
Joel JacksonBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Isabella SimonatoBofA Global Research