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Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile (XSGO:SQM-A) Moat Score : 8/10 (As of Jul. 17, 2025)


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What is Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Moat Score?

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile has the Moat Score of 8, which implies that the company might have Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile has Wide Moat: SQM has a robust wide moat due to its leading position in lithium production, benefiting from significant cost advantages and exclusive access to high-quality resources. The company has strong pricing power and benefits from regulatory barriers in Chile. Its scale and expertise in specialty chemicals further enhance its competitive position.

Moat Score is a ranking system developed by GuruFocus to assess a company's ability to sustain a competitive advantage, rated on a scale from 0 to 10. It takes into account key factors such as market leadership, cost advantages, network effects, customer switching costs, and more.

The company's Moat Score is based on these criteria:

1. Market leadership and sustainable market share
2. Network effects and significant customer switching costs
3. Valuable intellectual property and patents
4. Strong brand strength and deep customer loyalty
5. Durable cost advantages (e.g., economies of scale, proprietary technology)
6. Significant regulatory barriers and exclusive licenses
7. Superior distribution network
8. Strong and sustainable pricing power
9. Consistent and impactful innovation and R&D capabilities

Based on the research, GuruFocus believes Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile might have Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat.

Competitive Comparison of Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Moat Score

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

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

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


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Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile  (XSGO:SQM-A) Moat Score Explanation

The Moat Score ranges from 0 to 10, with 10 as the highest. GuruFocus divided Moat Score into following 8 categories:

Moat Score Moat Level
10Wide Moat - Exceptionally dominant and durable wide moat
8 - 9Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat
7Wide Moat - Entry-level wide moat, clearly possessing durable advantages
6Narrow Moat - Strong narrow moat, clearly distinguishable but not wide
5Narrow Moat - Solid narrow moat
4Narrow Moat - Discernible but modest moat
1 - 3No Moat - Very weak/transient advantages
0No Moat - No discernible moat

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Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Business Description

Industry
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Comparable Companies
XSGO:ENAEX LIN XPAR:AI SHW ECL APD ISX:TPIA XSWX:GIVN XSWX:SIKA OCSE:NSIS B DD XAMS:DSFIR BOM:500820 PPG SHSE:600309 ADX:BOROUGE IFF LYB TSE:4612 NSE:SOLARINDS
Traded in Other Exchanges
SQM:USA 0TDG:UK QYM:Germany QYM:Germany SQM-B:Chile
Address
El Trovador 4285, 6th Floor, Las Condes, Santiago, CHL
Website
https://www.sqm.com
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 also sells lithium concentrate from a joint venture hard rock lithium project in Australia and expanding its lithium refining assets in China.

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