Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA (SQM-B) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

September 2018 | 55 pages | ID: S27AB1A0B6EEN
GlobalData

Abstracts

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA (SQM-B) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review provides you an in-depth strategic SWOT analysis of the company’s businesses and operations. The profile has been compiled by GlobalData to bring to you a clear and an unbiased view of the company’s key strengths and weaknesses and the potential opportunities and threats. The profile helps you formulate strategies that augment your business by enabling you to understand your partners, customers and competitors better.

The profile contains critical company information including:

• Business description – A detailed description of the company’s operations and business divisions.
• Corporate strategy – Analyst’s summarization of the company’s business strategy.
• SWOT Analysis – A detailed analysis of the company’s strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats.
• Company history – Progression of key events associated with the company.
• Major products and services – A list of major products, services and brands of the company.
• Key competitors – A list of key competitors to the company.
• Key employees – A list of the key executives of the company.
• Executive biographies – A brief summary of the executives’ employment history.
• Key operational heads – A list of personnel heading key departments/functions.
• Important locations and subsidiaries – A list and contact details of key locations and subsidiaries of the company.
• Detailed financial ratios for the past five years – The latest financial ratios derived from the annual financial statements published by the company with 5 years history.
• Interim ratios for the last five interim periods – The latest financial ratios derived from the quarterly/semi-annual financial statements published by the company for 5 interims history.

Highlights

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA (SQM) is a non-metallic mining company. It carries out the extraction of minerals, capable of integrated in the processing and commercialization of products for essential industries. The company mines and process caliche ore and brine deposits in northern Chile. Its product portfolio includes potassium nitrate, specialty plant nutrients, iodine and its derivatives, lithium and its derivatives, potassium chloride, potassium sulfate and certain industrial chemicals, including industrial nitrates and solar salts. SQM sells products worldwide through a network of representative offices and distribution affiliates. The company has operations in North America, Asia, Europe, and Central and South America. SQM is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA Key Recent Developments

Sep 05,2018: Mining deals: Exclusive league tables of financial and legal advisers revealed
Aug 27,2018: SQM tips lithium prices to fall on surging Australian exports
Aug 23,2018: Chilean authorities limit water permits amid severe drought
Aug 22,2018: SQM Reports Earnings for the Second Quarter of 2018
Aug 21,2018: Lake Resources announces operations update on Cauchari Lithium Brine Project

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Contents

SECTION 1 - ABOUT THE COMPANY

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA - Key Facts
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA - Key Employees
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA - Key Employee Biographies
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA - Major Products and Services
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA - History
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA - Company Statement
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA - Locations And Subsidiaries
Head Office
Other Locations & Subsidiaries

SECTION 2 – COMPANY ANALYSIS

Company Overview
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA - Business Description
Business Segment: Industrial Chemicals
Overview
Performance
Key Stats
Business Segment: Iodine and Derivatives
Overview
Performance
Key Stats
Business Segment: Lithium and Derivatives
Overview
Performance
Key Stats
Business Segment: Other Products and Services
Overview
Performance
Business Segment: Potassium
Overview
Performance
Key Stats
Business Segment: Specialty Plant Nutrients
Overview
Performance
Key Stats
Geographical Segment: Asia and Others
Performance
Geographical Segment: Chile
Performance
Geographical Segment: Europe
Performance
Geographical Segment: Latin America and the Caribbean
Performance
Geographical Segment: North America
Performance
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA - Corporate Strategy
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA - SWOT Analysis
SWOT Analysis - Overview
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA - Strengths
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA - Weaknesses
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA - Opportunities
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA - Threats
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA - Key Competitors

SECTION 3 – COMPANY FINANCIAL RATIOS

Financial Ratios - Capital Market Ratios
Financial Ratios - Annual Ratios
Performance Chart
Financial Performance
Financial Ratios - Interim Ratios
Financial Ratios - Ratio Charts
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, Recent Deals Summary

SECTION 4 – COMPANY’S RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Sep 05, 2018: Mining deals: Exclusive league tables of financial and legal advisers revealed
Aug 22, 2018: SQM Reports Earnings for the Second Quarter of 2018
Aug 16, 2018: SQM Potasio to sell entire stake in Minera Exar to Ganfeng for $87.5m
Aug 16, 2018: SQM Potasio to sell entire stake in Minera Exar to Ganfeng for $87.5m
Aug 16, 2018: SQM Potasio to sell entire stake in Minera Exar to Ganfeng for $87.5m
Jul 20, 2018: SQM seeks Chile Government approval for $450m lithium plant expansion
May 23, 2018: SQM Reports Earnings for the First Quarter of 2018
Apr 30, 2018: SQM Announces End of Controller Group Agreement
Feb 19, 2018: SQM announces Board Member nomination
Dec 05, 2017: Tesla Completes World's Largest Lithium Battery Ahead of Schedule

SECTION 5 – APPENDIX

Methodology
Ratio Definitions
About GlobalData
Contact Us
Disclaimer

List Of Tables

LIST OF TABLES

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, Key Facts
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, Key Employees
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, Key Employee Biographies
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, Major Products and Services
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, History
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, Subsidiaries
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, Key Competitors
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, Ratios based on current share price
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, Annual Ratios
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, Annual Ratios (Cont.1)
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, Annual Ratios (Cont.2)
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, Interim Ratios
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, Recent Deals Summary
Currency Codes
Capital Market Ratios
Equity Ratios
Profitability Ratios
Cost Ratios
Liquidity Ratios
Leverage Ratios
Efficiency Ratios

List Of Figures

LIST OF FIGURES

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, Performance Chart (2013 - 2017)
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, Ratio Charts

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