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Sociedad Quimica Y Minera de Chile S.A. ADR (NYSE: SQM) closed the day trading at $34.23 down -0.98% from the previous closing price of $34.57. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.98 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.57 million shares were traded. SQM stock price reached its highest trading level at $34.87 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $34.13.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of SQM, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 1.99 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 16.14. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.75 and its Current Ratio is at 2.51. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.94 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.71.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, JP Morgan on October 11, 2024, Downgraded its rating to Neutral and sets its target price to $44 from $55 previously.
On July 31, 2024, Berenberg started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $35.Berenberg initiated its Hold rating on July 31, 2024, with a $35 target price.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, SQM now has a Market Capitalization of 9581867008 and an Enterprise Value of 12223379456. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.08 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.95. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.699 whereas that against EBITDA is 8.76.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for SQM is 1.11, which has changed by -0.2795201 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11936104 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, SQM has reached a high of $50.73, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $31.27. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -8.61%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -10.76%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, SQM traded about 1.18M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, SQM traded about 743770 shares per day. A total of 142.82M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 141.91M. Insiders hold about 0.64% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 29.51% stake in the company. Shares short for SQM as of 1745971200 were 7704346 with a Short Ratio of 7.23, compared to 1743379200 on 7037311.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 5.34.
