SQMSociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: nothing decisive, though in a downtrend (−16% vs 200-day).
In a downtrend, below its 50- and 200-day averages. Oversold (RSI 28). Price is −16% vs its 200-day average.
Lightly shorted, settled Sep 15, 2026, a few days of normal trading to cover. Up 2.7% since the previous count, up from 1.3% of shares outstanding three months ago.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How SQM is trading
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. is +49% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +18%: 30 points ahead of the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +18%
- vs 200-day average
- −16%
vs 200-day average · a clear downtrend
- RSI (14)
- 28
RSI (14) · oversold, sold harder than it has been bought
- Below its 52-week high
- 32%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-09
- $63.92
- 1 monthS&P 500 +2.7%
- −12%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +18%
- +49%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +88%
- +42%
- vs 50-day average$71.68
- −11%
- 52-week high
- $94.63
- 52-week low
- $40.31
- Annualised volatility
- 47%
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | −6.0% |
| 2025 | +89% |
| 2024 | −39% |
| 2023 | −18% |
| 2022 | +72% |
| 2021 | +6.8% |
| 2020 | +89% |
| 2019 | −27% |
| 2018 | −33% |
| 2017 | +114% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 8 of 10 | +4.8% |
| Feb | 10 | 3 of 10 | +1.3% |
| Mar | 10 | 4 of 10 | +1.1% |
| Apr | 10 | 4 of 10 | −2.8% |
| May | 10 | 4 of 10 | +0.29% |
| Jun | 10 | 5 of 10 | −1.1% |
| Jul | 11 | 8 of 11 | +4.3% |
| Aug | 11 | 8 of 11 | +2.9% |
| Sep | 11 | 7 of 11 | +2.4% |
| Oct | 11 | 6 of 11 | +1.5% |
| Nov | 10 | 7 of 10 | +6.0% |
| Dec | 10 | 6 of 10 | +0.72% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.