Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile, known as SQM, is a Chilean company that produces minerals and chemicals from the salt flats of the Atacama Desert. It supplies lithium compounds for batteries, potassium and specialty plant nutrients for agriculture, and iodine and industrial chemicals for many industries. Its customers include fertilizer distributors, battery and electronics makers, and industrial buyers around the world, with operations and sales spanning the Americas, Europe and Asia.
On this site Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A appears as a stock on the Chilean Stock Exchange (Chile), code SQM-A, with prices in Chilean pesos (CLP). Our dividend records, which start in 2019, show payments in 7 different calendar years. The Market X-Ray on this page is price-based and compares it with other stocks on the same exchange; it does not measure how healthy the business is.
Market X-Ray · price-based
Weak price profile
Ranks #89 of 112 on the Chilean Stock Exchange · confidence High
What this score is, and is not
It describes how this stock has traded: trend, momentum, risk, liquidity and dividends, each ranked against the other stocks on its own exchange. It does not measure how healthy or cheap the business is. That fundamental X-Ray needs financial statements, which we do not have for Chile yet.
TrendWeak
26/100
Below its long-term averages and far from its highs.
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Above 200-day average-12.4%
From 52-week high-25.6%
MomentumWeak
42/100
Lagging most stocks on this exchange.
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3-month return-4.2%
6-month return-18.4%
12-month, skipping last month65.7%
Stability (higher is calmer)Weak
30/100
Volatile, with deep drawdowns.
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Volatility, 1 year (lower is calmer)31.0%
Worst drawdown, 1 year (smaller is calmer)-23.3%
LiquidityWeak
48/100
Thinly traded: prices can jump and exits can be hard.
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Avg daily value traded42.76M CLP
Zero-volume days0.0%
IncomeFair
52/100
Dividend is typical for this exchange.
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Dividend yield4.2%
Years with dividends5
Price-based X-Ray. The fundamental X-Ray (financial health, valuation, growth, fair value) is available for US stocks today. It will follow for Chile when fundamentals data for this market is added. All Chile stocks.
52-wk range 38,557.00 – 72,900.00Daily closes, split-adjusted
Signals
50-day average61,373.13
200-day average61,626.44
Golden/death cross (60d)Death, 37 days ago
New 52-week highNo
Bullish RSI divergenceNo
Average daily range (ATR)968.60
Technical summary
Daily
Bearish
4 bullish · 0 neutral · 12 bearish
Weekly
Bearish
3 bullish · 1 neutral · 8 bearish
Monthly
Bullish
5 bullish · 1 neutral · 2 bearish
Moving averages (daily)
SMA 10
57,516.0
Bearish
EMA 10
56,947.7
Bearish
SMA 20
58,520.5
Bearish
EMA 20
58,395.9
Bearish
SMA 50
61,373.1
Bearish
EMA 50
59,991.0
Bearish
SMA 100
60,729.9
Bearish
EMA 100
60,474.0
Bearish
SMA 200
61,626.4
Bearish
EMA 200
58,452.3
Bearish
Oscillators (daily)
RSI (14)
14.77
Bullish
MACD (12, 26)
-1,634.9
Bearish
Momentum (12)
-9.14
Bearish
Stochastic %K (14)
0.00
Bullish
Williams %R (14)
-100.0
Bullish
CCI (20)
-232.5
Bullish
Pivot points (classic, last session)
S3
53,753.3
S2
53,876.7
S1
53,938.3
Pivot
54,061.7
R1
54,123.3
R2
54,246.7
R3
54,308.3
Signals describe what the chart is doing, not what to do. Moving averages: price above the average is bullish. Oscillators use the usual thresholds (RSI 30/70, Stochastic 20/80, CCI ±100, Williams %R −80/−20; MACD and momentum above zero are bullish). Weekly and monthly views use closing prices only.
Dividends
Paid, last 12 months
2,256.73 CLP
Yield on today's price
4.18%
Frequency
Semi-annual
Next ex-dividend date
Not announced
Ex-dividend date
Amount per share
1,339.5388
917.1891
196.2654
437.0170
537.0642
640.6653
2,537.0754
2,653.9334
1,775.6182
2,267.0203
82.4559
1,202.3436
Ex-dividend dates and amounts from EODHD. Shown as declared, before tax.
Prices are end-of-day closes in CLP. Educational only, not financial advice.
