Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.

DB:QYM Stock Report

Market Cap: €10.1b

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile Valuation

Is QYM undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of QYM when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: QYM (€34.9) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€129.79)

Significantly Below Fair Value: QYM is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for QYM?

Key metric: As QYM is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for QYM. This is calculated by dividing QYM's market cap by their current revenue.
What is QYM's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio2.2x
SalesUS$4.77b
Market CapUS$10.39b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does QYM's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for QYM vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.2x
SY1 Symrise
2.9x5.7%€14.3b
1COV Covestro
0.7x4.1%€10.5b
EVK Evonik Industries
0.5x2.4%€7.8b
WCH Wacker Chemie
0.6x4.7%€3.5b
QYM Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
2.2x10.6%€10.4b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: QYM is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.2x) compared to the peer average (1.2x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does QYM's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Chemicals Industry?

27 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
QYM 2.2xIndustry Avg. 1.1xNo. of Companies29PS01.22.43.64.86+
27 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Sales vs Industry: QYM is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.2x) compared to the European Chemicals industry average (1x).

Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is QYM's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

QYM PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio2.2x
Fair PS Ratio0.9x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: QYM is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (2.2x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.9x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst QYM forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€34.90
€51.96
+48.9%
26.3%€81.46€29.71n/a17
Dec ’25€36.50
€52.32
+43.3%
28.0%€80.45€29.34n/a17
Nov ’25€35.50
€51.25
+44.4%
27.6%€77.73€29.26n/a17
Oct ’25€37.10
€51.42
+38.6%
26.7%€77.10€29.02n/a17
Sep ’25€34.90
€51.34
+47.1%
26.2%€76.75€31.60n/a17
Aug ’25€34.20
€56.31
+64.7%
26.7%€87.73€32.32n/a18
Jul ’25€37.70
€61.43
+62.9%
21.1%€88.76€42.04n/a16
Jun ’25€43.00
€61.86
+43.9%
21.9%€87.96€41.67n/a16
May ’25€43.80
€62.69
+43.1%
22.1%€88.75€39.24n/a17
Apr ’25€45.70
€62.96
+37.8%
21.5%€87.26€42.25n/a18
Mar ’25€47.10
€63.55
+34.9%
23.4%€87.89€42.56n/a17
Feb ’25€39.60
€66.60
+68.2%
20.7%€87.62€42.43n/a18
Jan ’25€56.40
€68.18
+20.9%
17.4%€86.05€47.10€35.7017
Dec ’24€46.50
€73.82
+58.7%
24.2%€124.96€47.78€36.5017
Nov ’24€45.10
€77.88
+72.7%
22.2%€128.82€54.94€35.5017
Oct ’24€56.60
€81.18
+43.4%
18.9%€126.75€58.53€37.1017
Sep ’24€57.20
€80.64
+41.0%
19.4%€125.72€58.05€34.9016
Aug ’24€65.60
€81.95
+24.9%
17.3%€122.94€61.38€34.2016
Jul ’24€66.00
€86.28
+30.7%
21.1%€126.37€56.31€37.7016
Jun ’24€60.60
€89.18
+47.2%
21.1%€126.29€56.27€43.0017
May ’24€61.40
€91.55
+49.1%
19.7%€123.96€66.54€43.8016
Apr ’24€75.40
€104.29
+38.3%
16.5%€133.75€73.79€45.7016
Mar ’24€83.00
€105.03
+26.5%
17.1%€135.07€74.52€47.1016
Feb ’24€88.20
€105.03
+19.1%
17.1%€135.07€74.52€39.6016
Jan ’24€73.40
€108.58
+47.9%
15.7%€136.46€75.29€56.4016

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/02 10:22
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/02 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. is covered by 40 analysts. 17 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Andres Castanos-MollorBerenberg
Joel JacksonBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Isabella SimonatoBofA Global Research