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Selling, general, & admin. expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's selling, general, & admin. expense for the
three
months ended in Jun. 2026 was COP180,426 Mil.
Its selling, general, & admin. expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2026 was COP764,456 Mil.
Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile (BOG:SQMBCO) Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Explanation
An efficient operation keeps SGA costs low and thus has higher profit margin. The percentage of SGA relative to total revenue is an indication of how efficiently the company operates. Compare this percentage among the companies in the same industry is a good way of finding more efficient operations. A comparison of the SGA cost relative to the revenue with the historical value can also be an indication of how efficient the company has become.
Warren Buffett likes companies with consistent SGA as the percentage of gross profit.
Companies with no durable competitive advantage show wild variation in SG&A as % of Gross Profit.
If SGA is less than 30% of Gross Profit, it is fantastic. If SGA is nearing 100%, it is is in highly competitive industry.
Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Related Terms
Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Historical Data
* 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 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Chart
BOG:SQMBCO vs LIN, SHW, ECL: Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Comparison
For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense, along with its competitors' market caps and Selling, General, & Admin. Expense 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 Selling, General, & Admin. Expense vs Chemicals Industry
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense falls into.
Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Selling, General, & Admin. Expense Calculation
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense (SGA) includes the direct and indirect costs and all general and administrative expenses of a company. For instance, personnel cost, advertising, rent, communication costs are all part of SGA.
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2026 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was COP764,456 Mil.
* 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.
What does a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of COP764,456 Mil mean?
Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile (BOG:SQMBCO) has a Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of COP764,456 Mil as of Jun. 2026. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile and its competitors.
Is Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense too high?
Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is COP764,456 Mil. Overall, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile has a GF Score™ of 96/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense compare to LIN and SHW?
Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of COP764,456 Mil can be compared against companies in the Chemicals industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense for a Chemicals company?
A good Selling, General, & Admin. Expense depends on the Chemicals industry context. However, Selling, General, & Admin. Expense should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense mean?
A high Selling, General, & Admin. Expense can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Selling, general and admin expense is the total cost for direct, indirect, general and administrative activities. View historical data on Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile and its competitors. Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is COP764,456 Mil. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile stock overvalued right now?
Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile (BOG:SQMBCO) has a current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense of COP764,456 Mil. The stock's GF Value™ is COP213,764.48, compared to a current price of COP309,640.00 — trading 44.9% above its estimated fair value. The current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is COP764,456 Mil. Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile's overall GF Score™ is 96/100 with 3 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Selling, General, & Admin. Expense calculated?
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile (BOG:SQMBCO), the current Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is COP764,456 Mil as of Jun. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
Is Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile (BOG:SQMBCO) Overvalued in 2026?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile stock appears to be overvalued.
The current stock price of COP309,640.00 is trading 44.9% above its estimated GF Value™ of COP213,764.48.
Key valuation signals for BOG:SQMBCO:
Selling, General, & Admin. Expense: COP764,456 Mil
GF Value™: COP213,764.48 vs. price of COP309,640.00 (44.9% above fair value)
No single metric tells the full story. See the BOG:SQMBCO stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.
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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