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Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B (SQM) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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SQM produces specialty plant nutrients, iodine and its derivatives, and lithium chemicals such as lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide, drawn from Chilean brine and mineral deposits. It sells potassium nitrate and blended fertilisers worldwide, and supplies iodine for medical, industrial and nutrition uses.

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for SQM, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 47/100 · S&P 500 fund at 48, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-06
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 60th percentile of the window, -22.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-06
  • Sector × region Materials in US: −1.5% week · +5.4% month · −1.9% quarter · +0.3% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLB.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-11-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.91 · down 2.45 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-11-06
How it trades on rate days beta 0.21 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How SQM has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.21 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B moved 0.21% on average · correlation 0.04 · higher than 15% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.12 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.45% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −2.84% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Specialty Chemicals · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Specialty Chemicals · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against SQM on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B

SQM in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
SQM produces specialty plant nutrients, iodine and its derivatives, and lithium chemicals such as lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide, drawn from Chilean brine and mineral deposits. It sells potassium nitrate and blended fertilisers worldwide, and supplies iodine for medical, industrial and nutrition uses. Its lithium output feeds battery-grade material used in electric-vehicle and energy-storage cells. The company is based in Santiago, Chile.
Where it sits in the stack
SQM carries no Closelooknet index seat; it sits in the Basic Materials sector of our universe, grouped with other US-listed, sector-scored names rather than in Rubin or Halo.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group pulls other scored Basic Materials names from the US, which here means mostly gold and silver miners such as Barrick Mining, Agnico Eagle and Pan American Silver. The market also names Albemarle as a comparable lithium producer.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
SQM carries a Closelooknet score, with valuation the strongest of its modules and momentum the weakest. It holds no index seat, and the diary has not yet quoted it.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether momentum stabilises after the recent run of down sessions, and whether lithium demand feeds through to the modules that currently lag valuation.

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B (SQM) trades on US exchanges, classified under Basic Materials.

The Closelooknet company score reads 61/100 composite (momentum 17, quality 69, valuation 80) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Deutsche Bank, 2026-08-20

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for SQM from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Deutsche Bank — target 94 from 98 Target cut to $94 from $98 (+21.5% to spot) 2026-08-20

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.79%, semi-annual · last 0.94 USD on 2026-09-08

Dividends and capital return

What SQM pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.60 USD per share · a 2.79% yield on the 2026-11-06 close 2 distributions, paid twice a year 2026-11-06
  • Last distribution 0.94 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-08
  • By calendar year 2026: 1.60 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2026-05-08
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 4 m USD 37% of earnings
  • Share count +0.3% in FY2025
  • Capital returned 4 m USD · 1% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-07

Quick answers

What is Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B (SQM)?

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B trades as SQM on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Basic Materials in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-07.

Is SQM in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-07.

What is Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B's Closelooknet composite score?

61 out of 100, with momentum 17, quality 69 and valuation 80 sub-scores, as of 2026-11-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does SQM trade against its moving averages?

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B trades 12.1% below its 50-day and 23.1% below its 200-day moving average (1.4% below its 20-day). As of 2026-11-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Specialty Chemicals · US), Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B (SQM) sits 40.9% below its 52-week high, 12.1% below its 50-day average; Sasol Ltd (SSL) is 18.5% below, Ecolab Inc (ECL) is 4.1% below, Albemarle Corp (ALB) is 55.5% below, as of 2026-11-06. Put any of them next to SQM in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B had a beta of 0.21 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 15% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.45% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-11-06; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B do?

SQM produces specialty plant nutrients, iodine and its derivatives, and lithium chemicals such as lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide, drawn from Chilean brine and mineral deposits. It sells potassium nitrate and blended fertilisers worldwide, and supplies iodine for medical, industrial and nutrition uses. Its lithium output feeds battery-grade material used in electric-vehicle and energy-storage cells. Closelooknet's peer group pulls other scored Basic Materials names from the US, which here means mostly gold and silver miners such as Barrick Mining, Agnico Eagle and Pan American Silver. The market also names Albemarle as a comparable lithium producer. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B sit in the AI build-out?

SQM carries no Closelooknet index seat; it sits in the Basic Materials sector of our universe, grouped with other US-listed, sector-scored names rather than in Rubin or Halo. SQM carries a Closelooknet score, with valuation the strongest of its modules and momentum the weakest. It holds no index seat, and the diary has not yet quoted it. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B pay a dividend?

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B has paid 1.60 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid twice a year, a trailing yield of 2.79% on the 2026-11-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.94 USD on 2026-09-08. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 4 m USD in dividends, 1% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 0.3% over the fiscal year. As of 2026-11-06; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B recently?

The most recent analyst action on Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR B on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Deutsche Bank on 2026-08-20 (target 94 from 98). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

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