Valuation
26% of the score
56median 56
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. is valued at 23x its operating profit, including debt: a rich multiple.
60x
50x
35x
25x
18x
12x
8x
23x
Full points at 8x or less, none from 60xfull points
SQMSociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.
$65.20+45% 1Y
$65.20
$40.3152 weeks$94.63
RyuScore
Seven criteria, each scored 0 to 100 on a published scale, weighted into one number.
RyuScore 76 out of 100, Strong
Today's price. Only valuation depends on it.
Strong. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. scores higher than 86% of the 1,794 companies Ryufin scores.
Carried by return on capital and return on new capital, held back by the balance sheet.
Basic Materials median 59 · all companies 57
Return on capital
18% of the score
100median 34
Over 7 years the business earned 30% a year after tax on the capital it uses.
2%
8%
15%
25%
30%
None at 2% or less, full points from 25%full points
7 years agolatest 12%
Return on new capital
16% of the score
100median 49
For every dollar of operating profit earned over 6 years, yearly profit grew by 14 cents. New capital earned 32%, and 43% of profit went back into the business.
-5%
12%
14%
None at minus 5 cents, full points from 12 centsfull points
Capital allocation
14% of the score
61median 67
How management spends the money: shares bought back or issued, and whether assets grow faster than the business they serve.
Share countUp 0.9% a year over 9 years: new shares
515%
-3%
0.9%
0 pointsfull points
Assets against salesAssets grew 20% a year, sales 18%
7712%
-2%
1.2%
0 pointsfull points
Cycle position
12% of the score
92median 62
Today's operating margin of 24% is 0.77x 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 24%
Balance sheet
8% of the score
43median 50
What the debt weighs against the profit that has to carry it.
Net debt to EBITDA2.6x a year of EBITDA
484.5x
0.5x
2.6x
0 pointsfull points
Interest coverOperating profit covers interest 5x
371.5x
12x
5.4x
0 pointsfull points
Earnings quality
6% of the score
67median 90
Whether the reported profit arrives as cash, and whether the accounts show the usual signs of stretching.
Cash against profitOperating cash flow was 0.94x profit over 3 years
470.7x
1x
1.3x
0.9x
0 pointsfull points
AccrualsCash ran ahead of profit by 5.3% of assets
878%
0%
-8%
-5.3%
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 2024-12-31, latest annual report FY2024.