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Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile (Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 27.90 (As of May. 16, 2024)


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What is Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-05-16), Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's current share price is $47.98. Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.72. Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 27.90.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

SQM' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 18.82   Med: 39.9   Max: 88.83
Current: 28.93

During the past years, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 88.83. The lowest was 18.82. And the median was 39.90.

SQM's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
55.9% of 576 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 25.375 vs SQM: 28.93

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-3.113. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $1.72 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 27.03 54.32 56.60 34.10 34.97

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
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 34.10 36.78 32.59 29.18 34.97

Competitive Comparison of Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=47.98/1.72
=27.90

* 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's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=-3.113/146.1089*146.1089
=-3.113

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 146.1089.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 0.344 94.584 0.531
201406 0.897 95.543 1.372
201409 0.242 96.883 0.365
201412 0.323 97.515 0.484
201503 0.350 98.539 0.519
201506 0.553 99.770 0.810
201509 0.277 101.383 0.399
201512 0.012 101.775 0.017
201603 0.245 102.930 0.348
201606 0.489 103.965 0.687
201609 0.671 104.521 0.938
201612 0.482 104.532 0.674
201703 0.360 105.752 0.497
201706 0.584 105.730 0.807
201709 0.628 106.035 0.865
201712 0.751 106.907 1.026
201803 0.343 107.670 0.465
201806 0.324 108.421 0.437
201809 0.282 109.369 0.377
201812 -0.172 109.653 -0.229
201903 0.042 110.339 0.056
201906 0.196 111.352 0.257
201909 0.115 111.821 0.150
201912 0.036 112.943 0.047
202003 -0.228 114.468 -0.291
202006 0.113 114.283 0.144
202009 -0.061 115.275 -0.077
202012 -0.355 116.299 -0.446
202103 -0.124 117.770 -0.154
202106 0.341 118.630 0.420
202109 0.243 121.431 0.292
202112 0.783 124.634 0.918
202203 3.029 128.850 3.435
202206 0.692 133.448 0.758
202209 4.394 138.101 4.649
202212 2.999 140.574 3.117
202303 -3.029 143.145 -3.092
202306 1.168 143.538 1.189
202309 0.486 145.172 0.489
202312 -3.113 146.109 -3.113

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile  (NYSE:SQM) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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

Traded in Other Exchanges
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