SQM (Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile) Risk Assessment

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SQM Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile SA SQM
88 GF Score
Price $69.09
GF Value $46.47
Valuation Significantly Overvalued
! 5 Warning Signs
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What is Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile is: Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile  (NYSE:SQM) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Risk Assessment Related Terms

SQM vs LIN, SHW, ECL: Risk Assessment Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment 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 Risk Assessment vs Chemicals Industry

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

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


SQM
88GF Score
Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile SA SQM
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Is Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile (SQM) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $69.09 is trading 48.7% above its estimated GF Value™ of $46.47. GuruFocus considers Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for SQM:

  • Risk Assessment:
  • GF Value™: $46.47 vs. price of $69.09 (48.7% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 88/100 with 5 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the SQM stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Business Description

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 also sells lithium concentrate from a joint venture hard rock lithium project in Australia and expanding its lithium refining assets in China.
88GF Score

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$69.09
Price
$46.47
GF Value