Sociedad Quimica Y Minera Q1 EPS $0.48 Misses $0.61 Estimate, Sales $1.04B Beat $962.00M Estimate

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera (NYSE:SQM) reported quarterly earnings of $0.48 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $0.61 by 21.31 percent. This is a 40 percent decrease over earnings of $0.80 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.04 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $962.00 million by 7.69 percent. This is a 4.52 percent decrease over sales of $1.08 billion the same period last year.