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Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile (Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile) Dividend Yield %

: 11.11% (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-19), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile is 11.11%.

Warning Sign:

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile SA stock dividend yield is close to 1-year low.

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

SQM' s Dividend Yield % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.28   Med: 3.18   Max: 14.02
Current: 11.11

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile was 14.02%. The lowest was 0.28%. And the median was 3.18%.

SQM's Dividend Yield % is ranked better than
98% of 1051 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 2.03 vs SQM: 11.11

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.37.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile SA is 0.72, which seems too high.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile was 1.15. The lowest was 0.18. And the median was 0.80.

As of today (2024-04-19), the Forward Dividend Yield % of Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile is 11.11%.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.11.

During the past 12 months, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -33.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 145.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 51.90% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 31.00% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile was 145.10% per year. The lowest was -43.80% per year. And the median was 20.90% per year.

The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

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Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Dividend Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Dividend Yield % 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.

* Premium members only.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Dividend Yield %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.66 1.42 3.90 9.78 8.35

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
Dividend Yield % 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 9.78 9.51 14.92 14.66 8.35

Competitive Comparison

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

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

* The bar in red indicates where Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Dividend Yield % falls into.



Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Dividend Yield % Calculation

Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.4962023-12-062023-12-072024-01-05Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.6092023-11-022023-11-030000-00-00Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.7722023-07-132023-07-142023-07-31Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000
USD 3.1452023-05-112023-05-122023-05-31Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:USD 1.000000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Trailing Annual Dividend Yield=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=5.022/45.24
=11.10 %

Current Share Price is $45.24.
Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $5.022.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Forward Annual Dividend Yield=Forward Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.984/45.24
=4.39 %

Current Share Price is $45.24.
Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.496 * 4 = $1.984.

* 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) Dividend Yield % Explanation

Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.

Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.

In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.

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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