SOCIEDAD QUIMICA Y MINERA DE SQM
SPON ADR SER B · ADR · CUSIP 833635105 · ISIN US8336351056
Chilean mining and chemical enterprise
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($1.1m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $60.09. Options: 17 managers hold calls ($73.6m notional), 17 hold puts ($81.3m).
Trends to Q4 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 345 |
| Q4 2022 | 343 |
| Q1 2023 | 377 |
| Q2 2023 | 323 |
| Q3 2023 | 310 |
| Q4 2023 | 302 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 166 | 177 |
| Q1 2023 | 212 | 160 |
| Q2 2023 | 154 | 232 |
| Q3 2023 | 142 | 171 |
| Q4 2023 | 120 | 175 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | $84.6m | $103.6m | 1.22 |
| Q2 2023 | $97.6m | $65.2m | 0.67 |
| Q3 2023 | $48.8m | $48.2m | 0.99 |
| Q4 2023 | $73.6m | $81.3m | 1.10 |
Biggest buyers
| Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. | Added | +1.1m |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | Added | +878.9k |
| PRUDENTIAL PLC | New | +507.7k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +448.7k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Added | +378.1k |
| Mondrian Investment Partners LTD | Added | +299.3k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | New | +276.9k |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC | Added | +276.2k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | +198.3k |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. | Added | +172.9k |
Biggest sellers
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -868.1k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -684.2k |
| OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP | Sold out | -621.6k |
| Covalis Capital LLP | Sold out | -513.6k |
| CI INVESTMENTS INC. | Reduced | -425.3k |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP | Reduced | -405.2k |
| Electron Capital Partners, LLC | Reduced | -357.1k |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC | Sold out | -335.5k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | Reduced | -325.5k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -314.4k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $21.2m351.4k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $15.4m254.9k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $6.6m110.4k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | New | $5.6m93.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $4.6m76.5k shares |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | New | $4.5m75.0k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Added | $4.3m71.1k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $3.6m59.0k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $2.6m42.7k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.4m23.2k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $20.4m339.5k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $10.1m167.2k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $9.9m165.0k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Reduced | $7.3m120.5k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $6.7m110.5k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | New | $6.1m100.7k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $5.0m83.6k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $4.2m70.2k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $4.0m66.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $1.7m29.0k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
No one currently above 5% in the filings since 19 Dec 2024.
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO (4.4%, 2026-02-09)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
None reported in Q4 2023.
Holders, Q4 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.33% of their portfolio | 2.5m $151.9m | Reduced -120.3k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.5m $150.5m | Reduced -868.1k |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.54% of their portfolio | 2.0m $121.9m | Added +276.2k |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. 0.24% of their portfolio | 2.0m $120.4m | Added +172.9k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 2.0m $119.2m | Reduced -314.4k |
| Mondrian Investment Partners LTD 1.30% of their portfolio | 1.4m $82.4m | Added +299.3k |
| Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. 2.26% of their portfolio | 1.2m $68.7m | Added +1.1m |
| Robeco Schweiz AG 1.15% of their portfolio | 1.1m $68.7m | Reduced -49.3k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.1m $66.7m | Reduced -370 |
| CI INVESTMENTS INC. 0.34% of their portfolio | 1.1m $66.1m | Reduced -425.3k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.0m $60.6m | Added +878.9k |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 0.28% of their portfolio | 932.6k $56.2m | Added +2.4k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 917.5k $55.3m | Added +378.1k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 909.5k $54.8m | Added +448.7k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 711.3k $42.8m | Reduced -24.0k |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.07% of their portfolio | 665.7k $40.1m | Reduced -405.2k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 570.1k $34.3m | Added +120.6k |
| Amundi 0.01% of their portfolio | 512.7k $28.4m | Reduced -106.7k |
| PRUDENTIAL PLC 0.33% of their portfolio | 507.7k $30.6m | New |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 505.1k $30.4m | Reduced -684.2k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 484.8k $29.2m | Reduced -36.0k |
| Electron Capital Partners, LLC 1.31% of their portfolio | 467.6k $28.2m | Reduced -357.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 460.9k $27.8m | Added +12.2k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.04% of their portfolio | 396.5k $23.9m | Added +91.3k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 382.5k $23.0m | Reduced -289.9k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 351.5k $21.2m | Reduced -49 |
| TODD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.46% of their portfolio | 348.3k $21.0m | Reduced -114.4k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 281.1k $16.9m | Added +198.3k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 276.9k $16.7m | New |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 274.1k $16.5m | Reduced -34.9k |
| COMPASS GROUP LLC 6.26% of their portfolio | 262.2k $15.8m | Added +63.7k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 252.2k $15.3m | Added +45.6k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 246.9k $14.9m | Added +31.3k |
| Moneda S.A. Administradora General de Fondos 6.64% of their portfolio | 245.3k $14.8m | Added +107.9k |
| CAPITAL ADVISORS INC/OK 0.32% of their portfolio | 240.4k $14.5m | Reduced -11.7k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 220.7k $13.3m | Reduced -75.1k |
| Boston Common Asset Management, LLC 0.30% of their portfolio | 218.9k $13.2m | Reduced -17.9k |
| TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY 0.12% of their portfolio | 213.7k $12.9m | Reduced -65.3k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 206.3k $12.4m | Added +29.5k |
| STRS OHIO 0.05% of their portfolio | 184.9k $11.1m | Unchanged |
| NS Partners Ltd 0.51% of their portfolio | 173.8k $10.5m | Reduced -29.2k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 171.4k $10.4m | Reduced -6.7k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.03% of their portfolio | 167.4k $10.1m | New |
| Bronte Capital Management Pty Ltd. 0.94% of their portfolio | 166.6k $10.0m | Added +13.5k |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 0.04% of their portfolio | 165.9k $10.0m | Added +14.5k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 161.0k $9.7m | Added +22.2k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 158.5k $9.5m | Reduced -273.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 155.9k $9.4m | Reduced -4.5k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 155.8k $9.4m | Reduced -8.3k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.02% of their portfolio | 154.1k $9.3m | Reduced -7.7k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 137.2k $8.3m | Reduced -5.2k |
| Liontrust Investment Partners LLP 0.12% of their portfolio | 134.8k $8.1m | Reduced -13.0k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 134.1k $8.1m | New |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 125.3k $7.5m | Reduced -58.3k |
| BTG Pactual Global Asset Management Ltd 4.34% of their portfolio | 120.9k $7.3m | Added +18.3k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 117.2k $7.1m | Reduced -10.0k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 115.3k $6.9m | Reduced -325.5k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 102.1k $6.1m | Reduced -111.1k |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) 0.02% of their portfolio | 95.8k $5.8m | Added +4.8k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.01% of their portfolio | 92.2k $5.5m | Added +2.8k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 89.3k $5.4m | Reduced -3.0k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.01% of their portfolio | 87.5k $5.3m | Added +82.0k |
| DECADE RENEWABLE PARTNERS LP 2.72% of their portfolio | 78.7k $4.7m | New |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.8k $4.6m | Reduced -13.9k |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D 0.01% of their portfolio | 72.3k $4.4m | Reduced -1.5k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 70.8k $4.3m | Added +7.4k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 67.2k $4.0m | Added +10.2k |
| Insight Folios Inc 1.69% of their portfolio | 64.9k $3.9m | Added +9.4k |
| Clear Sky Carbon Solutions Investment Management, LLC 1.70% of their portfolio | 60.3k $3.6m | Added +4.8k |
| BW Gestao de Investimentos Ltda. 0.41% of their portfolio | 60.0k $3.6m | New |
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. 0.09% of their portfolio | 58.1k $3.5m | New |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 57.2k $3.4m | Reduced -7.7k |
| Tidal Investments LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 56.9k $3.4m | Reduced -7.2k |
| Perpetual Ltd 0.03% of their portfolio | 53.3k $3.2m | New |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.1k $3.1m | Reduced -34.3k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 43.5k $2.6m | Added +24.6k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 42.8k $2.6m | Added +1.3k |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 40.1k $2.4m | Reduced -5.9k |
| Wealth High Governance Capital Ltda 1.04% of their portfolio | 40.0k $2.4m | New |
| Tejara Capital Ltd 0.98% of their portfolio | 39.0k $2.3m | Added +24.0k |
| SHARIAPORTFOLIO, INC. 1.59% of their portfolio | 38.9k $2.3m | Added +20.8k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 38.2k $2.3m | Reduced -34.6k |
| Crestline Management, L.P. 0.21% of their portfolio | 37.1k $2.2m | Reduced -165.2k |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 37.0k $2.2m | Added +35.6k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.9k $2.2m | Reduced -130 |
| SATURNA CAPITAL CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 36.5k $2.2m | Unchanged |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.6k $2.1m | Reduced -5.7k |
| Private Advisory Group LLC 0.37% of their portfolio | 35.0k $2.1m | New |
| SCOTIA CAPITAL INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 34.5k $2.1m | Reduced -6.4k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.00% of their portfolio | 33.5k $1.8m | Added +3.9k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 33.2k $2.0m | Reduced -11.6k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.6k $2.0m | Reduced -304 |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main 0.00% of their portfolio | 31.2k $1.9m | Added +16.8k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 30.2k $1.8m | Reduced -63.7k |
| Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 29.6k $1.8m | Added +13.1k |
| MIRABELLA FINANCIAL SERVICES LLP 0.25% of their portfolio | 29.5k $1.8m | New |
| Rathbones Group PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 29.3k $1.8m | Added +65 |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 29.0k $1.7m | Reduced -14.3k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.8k $1.6m | Reduced -20.7k |
| Henry James International Management Inc. 0.60% of their portfolio | 26.7k $1.6m | Reduced -4.3k |