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Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile (Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile) Interest Coverage : 7.04 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income by its Interest Expense. Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $328 Mil. Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-47 Mil. Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.04. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

SQM' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.44   Med: 9.92   Max: 61.96
Current: 22.72


SQM's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
66.83% of 1191 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 9.75 vs SQM: 22.72

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Interest Coverage 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.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Interest Coverage Chart

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.92 3.44 11.35 61.96 23.38

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
Interest Coverage 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 66.37 43.85 36.57 22.42 7.04

Competitive Comparison of Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Interest Coverage

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage 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 Interest Coverage Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Interest Coverage falls into.



Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and Operating Income is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Interest Expense was $-125 Mil. Its Operating Income was $2,931 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,262 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*2931.169/-125.394
=23.38

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Dec. 2023, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Interest Expense was $-47 Mil. Its Operating Income was $328 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $3,262 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* Operating Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*328.226/-46.593
=7.04

* 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.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile  (NYSE:SQM) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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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