Valuation
26% of the score
68median 53
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. is valued at 18.8x its operating profit, including debt: an ordinary multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
18.8x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
SQMSociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.
$57.12+30% 1Y
$57.12
$41.9152 weeks$94.63
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 70 out of 100, Above average
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Above average. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. scores higher than 77% of the 2,231 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by return on capital and valuation, held back by the balance sheet.
Basic Materials median 57 · all companies 55
Return on capital
18% of the score
100median 24
Over 7 years the business earned 25% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
25%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 8.4%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
52median 33
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 4 cents. New capital earned 6.3%, and 61% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
3.8%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
47median 63
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 1.7% a year over 5 years: new shares
425%
-3%
1.7%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 25% a year, sales 20%
5512%
-2%
4.4%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
93median 63
Today's operating margin of 23% is 0.76x its normal 31%: below its usual level, with room to recover. Normal is half the 10 year median, half the last four years, so a margin that has held is not taken for a peak.
2x
1.5x
1x
0.7x
0.8x
A trough earns points, a peak costs themfull points
10 years agonow 23%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
45median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA2.5x a year of EBITDA
514.5x
0.5x
2.5x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 6x
381.5x
12x
5.5x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
80median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 1.09x profit over 3 years
720.7x
1x
1.3x
1.1x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 5.6% of assets
888%
0%
-8%
-5.6%
0 pointsfull points
How the RyuScore works
Each criterion earns 0 to 100 points on the scale drawn under it, and the RyuScore is their average weighted 26, 18, 16, 14, 12, 8 and 6. Scales bend in the company's favour between their ends, so an ordinary figure is never already near zero. Where a criterion cannot be measured from the filings it is taken out and the remaining weights scale up; a company needs 60% of the weight covered, and always a price, to get a score.
Built from the company's annual and quarterly filings with the SEC and today's share price. Banks, insurers and property trusts are not scored: their debt is their raw material, so these yardsticks mean something else there. Figures as of 2025-12-31, latest annual report FY2025.