Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM)

• Market cap: $12.8B
• 1 day: 4.32%
• 5 days: 6.98%
• 1 month: 16.10%
• 3 months: 18.42%
• 6 months: 16.94%
• Year to date: 24.63%
• 1 year: -10.44%
• 5 years: 136.23%
• 10 years: 103.30%
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals, Except Fuels

About: Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile is a Chilean commodities producer with significant operations in lithium (primarily used in batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage systems), specialty and standard potassium fertilizers, iodine (primarily used in X-ray contrast media), and solar salts. The company extracts these materials through its high-quality salt brine deposits and caliche ore. SQM is developing a hard rock lithium project in Australia and expanding its lithium refining assets in China.

Employees: 8,344

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

72% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 50 | Existing positions closed: 29

33% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q3] → 4 (+1) [Q4]

9% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $1.18B [Q3] → $1.28B (+$102M) [Q4]

6% more funds holding

Funds holding: 222 [Q3] → 235 (+13) [Q4]

4.71% more ownership

Funds ownership: 19.86% [Q3] → 24.57% (+4.71%) [Q4]

11% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 66 | Existing positions reduced: 74

24% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $20.9M | Put options by funds: $27.5M