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Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile (Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile) Cash Flow from Investing : $-1,481 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Cash Flow from Investing?

Cash Flow from Investing covers the cash a company gains or spends from investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries. It also includes the cash the company used for property, plant and equipment (PPE).

For the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile spent $302 Mil on purchasing property, plant, equipment. It gained $0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment. It spent $-52 Mil on purchasing business. It gained $0 Mil from selling business. It spent $0 Mil on purchasing investments. It gained $-6 Mil from selling investments. It received $2 Mil from net Intangibles purchase and sale. And it received $213 Mil from other investing activities. In all, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile spent $40 Mil on investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries for the three months ended in Dec. 2023.


Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Cash Flow from Investing Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Cash Flow from Investing can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Cash Flow from Investing Chart

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cash Flow from Investing
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -485.47 -167.09 -1,006.94 -909.40 -1,481.49

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cash Flow from Investing Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -933.24 -32.26 -90.76 -1,318.22 -40.26

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Cash Flow from Investing Calculation

Cash Flow from Investing covers the cash a company gains or spends from investment activities in financial market and operating subsidiaries. It also includes the cash the company used for property, plant and equipment (PPE).

If a company spends cash on property, plant and equipment (PPE), this will reduce their cash position. This is called Capital Expenditures (CPEX).

Likewise, if a company buys another company for cash, this will reduce their cash position.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Cash Flow from Investing for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Cash Flow from Investing for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:


Cash Flow from Investing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1,481 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile  (NYSE:SQM) Cash Flow from Investing Explanation

Cash flow from investing contains nine items:

1. Purchase Of Property, Plant, Equipment:
Purchase of PPE indicates the amount used to purchase property, plant, and equipment.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's purchase of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-302 Mil. It means Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile spent $302 Mil on purchasing property, plant, equipment.

In the capital spending for property, plant and equipment (PPE), some part of spending may be from the expansion of business. The business needs more property, plant and equipment (PPE) as it grows. Another part may be from replacement of the property, plant and equipment (PPE) of existing business. For some companies, the cash spent on replacing of the property, plant and equipment (PPE) of the existing business will be close to the depreciation of property, plant and equipment (PPE) reported in the income statement.

In Warren Buffett's definition of Owner's Earnings, he deducts the estimate of the cost of replacing the property, plant and equipment (PPE) of the existing business from cash flow from operations. The cash spent on the new property, plant, and equipment is not deducted. The reason is because these are not costs of the existing business. In his 1986 letter to shareholders, Warren Buffett wrote this about owner earnings:

"These represent (a) reported earnings plus (b) depreciation, depletion, amortization, and certain other non-cash charges...less (c) the average annual amount of capitalized expenditures for plant and equipment, etc. that the business requires to fully maintain its long-term competitive position and its unit volume....Our owner-earnings equation does not yield the deceptively precise figures provided by GAAP, since (c) must be a guess - and one sometimes very difficult to make. Despite this problem, we consider the owner earnings figure, not the GAAP figure, to be the relevant item for valuation purposes...All of this points up the absurdity of the 'cash flow' numbers that are often set forth in Wall Street reports. These numbers routinely include (a) plus (b) - but do not subtract (c)."

2. Sale Of Property, Plant, Equipment:
Sale of PPE indicates the amount gained from selling property, plant, and equipment.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's sale of property, plant, equipment for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. It means Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile gained $0 Mil from selling property, plant, and equipment.

3.Purchase Of Business:
Purchase of business indicates the amount used to purchase business.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's purchase of business for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $52 Mil. It means Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile spent $-52 Mil on purchasing business.

4. Sale Of Business:
Sale of business indicates the amount gained from selling business.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's sale of business for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. It means Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile gained $0 Mil from selling business.

5. Purchase Of Investment:
Purchase of Investments represents cash outflow on the purchase of investments in securities.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's purchase of investment for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. It means Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile spent {stock_data.stock.currency_symbol}}0 Mil on purchasing investments.

6. Sale Of Investment:
Sale of Investments represents cash inflow on the sale of investments in securities.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's sale of investment for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-6 Mil. It means Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile gained $-6 Mil from selling investments.

7. Net Intangibles Purchase And Sale:
Net Intangibles purchase and sale means the net cash inflow received by a company that comes from the purchase and sale of intangibles. It equals the cash received from sale of intangibles minus the cash spent on purchasing intangibles.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's net Intangibles purchase and sale for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2 Mil. It means Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile received $2 Mil from net Intangibles purchase and sale.

8. Cash From Discontinued Investing Activities:
Cash from discontinued investing activities means the cash received by a company that comes from the discontinued investing activities.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's cash from discontinued investing activities for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0 Mil. It means Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile paid $0 Mil for discontinued investing activities.

9. Cash From Other Investing Activities:
Cash from other investing activities means the cash received by a company that comes from other investing activities.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's cash from other investing activities for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $213 Mil. It means Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile received $213 Mil from other investing activities.


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Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile (Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile) Business Description

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Address
El Trovador 4285, 6th Floor, Las Condes, Santiago, CHL
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 salt brine deposits and caliche ore. SQM is also developing a hard rock lithium project in Australia and is growing its lithium refining assets in China.
Executives
Sailingstone Capital Partners Llc 10 percent owner 100 WAUGH DRIVE, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77007
Sailingstone Holdings Llc 10 percent owner 1 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 3050, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Mackenzie B Davis 10 percent owner 1 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 3050, SAN FRANCISCO CA 941111
Settles Kenneth L Jr 10 percent owner 1 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 3050, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111

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