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Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile (Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile) PS Ratio

: 1.75 (As of Today)
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The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. As of today, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's share price is $45.81. Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $26.14. Hence, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's PS Ratio for today is 1.75.

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

SQM' s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.55   Med: 4   Max: 8.46
Current: 2.02

During the past 13 years, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's highest PS Ratio was 8.46. The lowest was 1.55. And the median was 4.00.

SQM's PS Ratio is ranked worse than
63.83% of 1526 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.4 vs SQM: 2.02

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Revenue per Sharefor the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $4.59. Its Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $26.14.

Warning Sign:

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile SA revenue per share is in decline over the past 12 months.

During the past 12 months, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate of Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile was -29.80% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 65.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 43.40% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 17.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 81.30% per year. The lowest was 0.10% per year. And the median was 9.30% per year.

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Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's PS Ratio 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 Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PS Ratio
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.63 6.77 5.01 2.11 2.31

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
PS Ratio 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.11 1.87 1.85 1.93 2.31

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PS Ratio 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 PS Ratio Distribution

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

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



Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile PS Ratio Calculation

The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks and it was first used by Ken Fisher.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's PS Ratio for today is calculated as

PS Ratio=Share Price/Revenue per Share (TTM)
=45.81/26.143
=1.75

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Share Price of today is $45.81.
Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Revenue per Share 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 $26.14.

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

PS Ratio=Market Cap/Revenue

The Revenue here is for the trailing 12 months.


Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile  (NYSE:SQM) PS Ratio Explanation

The PS Ratio is an excellent valuation indicator if you want to compare a stock with its historical valuation or with the stocks in the same industry. The PS Ratio works especially well when you want to compare the stock's current valuation with its historical valuation. The PS Ratio is a great valuation tool for evaluating cyclical businesses where the PE Ratio works poorly. It works the best when comparing the current valuation with the historical valuation because over time, a company's profit margin tends to revert to the mean.

When the PS Ratio is applied to the whole stock market, it can be used to evaluate the current market valuation and projected returns. In this case, the price is the total market cap of all stocks that are traded, and sales are the GDP of the country. This is how Warren Buffett estimates the broad market valuation and project future returns.

Similar to the PE Ratio or Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow , the PS Ratio measures the valuation based on the earning power of the company. This is where it is different from the PB Ratio , which measures the valuation based on the company's balance sheet.


Be Aware

The PS Ratio does not tell you how cheap or expensive the stock is. It cannot be used to compare companies in different industries. It works better for companies within the same industry because these companies tend to have similar capital structures and profit margins. It works the best when comparing a company with itself in the past.


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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

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