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Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile (Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : 15.30% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Return-on-Tangible-Equity?

Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated as Net Income divided by its average total shareholder tangible equity. Total shareholder tangible equity equals to Total Stockholders Equity minus Intangible Assets. Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $813 Mil. Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $5,311 Mil. Therefore, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 15.30%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Return-on-Tangible-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

SQM' s Return-on-Tangible-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.06   Med: 16.93   Max: 98.73
Current: 38.39

During the past 13 years, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's highest Return-on-Tangible-Equity was 98.73%. The lowest was 8.06%. And the median was 16.93%.

SQM's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is ranked better than
94.95% of 1526 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 5.975 vs SQM: 38.39

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Return-on-Tangible-Equity 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 Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 13.84 8.15 22.85 98.69 39.17

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
Return-on-Tangible-Equity 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 98.21 58.91 45.51 38.31 15.30

Competitive Comparison of Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Return-on-Tangible-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Return-on-Tangible-Equity 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 Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Return-on-Tangible-Equity falls into.



Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Dec. 2023 )  (A: Dec. 2022 )(A: Dec. 2023 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Dec. 2023 )  (A: Dec. 2022 )(A: Dec. 2023 )
=2012.667/( (4826.179+5451.309 )/ 2 )
=2012.667/5138.744
=39.17 %

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Dec. 2023 )  (Q: Sep. 2023 )(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Dec. 2023 )  (Q: Sep. 2023 )(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=812.708/( (5169.829+5451.309)/ 2 )
=812.708/5310.569
=15.30 %

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Return-on-Tangible-Equity, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total shareholder tangible equity over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data, the net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile  (NYSE:SQM) Return-on-Tangible-Equity Explanation

Return-on-Tangible-Equity measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholder's tangible equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders' tangible equity (shareholders equity minus intangibles). Return-on-Tangible-Equity shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate earnings growth. Return-on-Tangible-Equitys between 15% and 20% are considered desirable.


Be Aware

Net Income is used.

Because a company can increase its Return-on-Tangible-Equity by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high Return-on-Tangible-Equity companies. Like Return-on-Tangible-Asset, Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated with only 12 months data. Fluctuations in company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective.

Asset light businesses require very few assets to generate very high earnings. Their Return-on-Tangible-Equitys can be extremely high.


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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