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U.K. (FTSE) Commodity Chemicals Industry Analysis

UpdatedMay 28, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies4
  • 7D-6.7%
  • 3M15.2%
  • 1Y2.0%
  • YTDn/a

Over the last 7 days, the Commodity Chemicals industry has dropped 5.8%, driven by Essentra declining 9.9%. On the other hand Itaconix is actually up 18%. As for the longer term, the industry's performance has been flat for the past year. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 32% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.K. Commodity Chemicals Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Wed, 29 May 2024UK£756.5mUK£456.4mUK£12.3m54.9x61.6x1.7x
Fri, 26 Apr 2024UK£703.5mUK£456.9mUK£12.7m52.6x55.3x1.5x
Sun, 24 Mar 2024UK£724.1mUK£455.8mUK£12.3m53.6x58.7x1.6x
Tue, 20 Feb 2024UK£680.1mUK£473.8m-UK£9,087,990.9715.4x-74.8x1.4x
Thu, 18 Jan 2024UK£641.6mUK£473.9m-UK£12,333,828.0015.4x-52x1.4x
Sat, 16 Dec 2023UK£661.1mUK£473.9m-UK£12,335,173.0015.8x-53.6x1.4x
Mon, 13 Nov 2023UK£610.5mUK£474.1m-UK£12,394,042.0012.4x-49.3x1.3x
Wed, 11 Oct 2023UK£658.8mUK£474.1m-UK£12,386,138.0013.3x-53.2x1.4x
Fri, 08 Sep 2023UK£625.3mUK£472.1m-UK£12,273,937.0015.4x-50.9x1.3x
Sun, 06 Aug 2023UK£689.1mUK£476.0m-UK£31,154,938.0019.3x-22.1x1.4x
Tue, 04 Jul 2023UK£680.2mUK£476.0m-UK£31,162,376.0016.3x-21.8x1.4x
Thu, 01 Jun 2023UK£742.1mUK£475.0m-UK£30,348,377.0017x-24.5x1.6x
Sat, 29 Apr 2023UK£842.6mUK£475.0m-UK£30,337,639.0018.4x-27.8x1.8x
Mon, 27 Mar 2023UK£748.1mUK£1.1bUK£14.9m34.6x50.1x0.7x
Wed, 22 Feb 2023UK£878.1mUK£1.1bUK£10.7m47.5x82.1x0.8x
Fri, 20 Jan 2023UK£841.9mUK£1.1bUK£10.7m45.5x78.5x0.7x
Sun, 18 Dec 2022UK£864.4mUK£1.1bUK£10.7m46.3x80.8x0.8x
Tue, 15 Nov 2022UK£894.3mUK£1.1bUK£10.7m47.8x83.9x0.8x
Thu, 13 Oct 2022UK£60.4bUK£1.1bUK£10.6m38.7x5699.9x53.2x
Sat, 10 Sep 2022UK£779.3mUK£1.1bUK£11.4m40.3x68.4x0.7x
Mon, 08 Aug 2022UK£902.5mUK£1.1bUK£26.5m27.4x34.1x0.8x
Wed, 06 Jul 2022UK£910.8mUK£1.1bUK£26.5m28.3x34.4x0.9x
Fri, 03 Jun 2022UK£1.1bUK£1.1bUK£26.1m35.1x44x1.1x
Sun, 01 May 2022UK£1.2bUK£1.1bUK£26.1m36.4x44.2x1.1x
Tue, 29 Mar 2022UK£1.2bUK£1.1bUK£26.2m36.1x44.2x1.1x
Thu, 24 Feb 2022UK£1.2bUK£1.0bUK£21.1m36.6x54.9x1.1x
Sat, 22 Jan 2022UK£1.3bUK£1.0bUK£21.1m39.2x60.5x1.2x
Mon, 20 Dec 2021UK£1.2bUK£1.0bUK£21.1m39.6x58.6x1.2x
Wed, 17 Nov 2021UK£1.2bUK£1.0bUK£21.1m38.3x56.7x1.2x
Fri, 15 Oct 2021UK£1.0bUK£1.0bUK£21.1m32x48.1x1x
Sun, 12 Sep 2021UK£1.1bUK£1.0bUK£22.2m35.4x48.3x1x
Tue, 10 Aug 2021UK£1.1bUK£1.0bUK£22.1m37x50.6x1.1x
Price to Earnings Ratio

81.6x


Total Market Cap: UK£1.2bTotal Earnings: UK£14.7mTotal Revenue: UK£1.0bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Commodity Chemicals Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 39.2x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the British Commodity Chemicals industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 61.6x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 39.1x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.3x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.7x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Commodity Chemicals industry have declined 5.8% per year over the last three years,
  • Revenues have also declined 23% per year.
  • This means overall sales from these companies are declining and profits are subsequently falling as well.

Industry Comparison

How does U.K. Commodity Chemicals compare with similar industries?

GB Market-1.25%
Materials-2.91%
Chemicals-2.60%
Commodity Chemicals-6.67%
Industrial Gases4.97%
Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals0.90%
Diversified Chemicals0%
Specialty Chemicals-2.42%
Industry PEThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.
Forecasted GrowthThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
ZTF ZotefoamsUK£5.465.0%
+UK£12.6m		49.6%PE28.7x
BIOM Biome TechnologiesUK£0.8517.2%
+UK£472.8k		-22.7%PS0.5x
ITX ItaconixUK£1.651.5%
+UK£337.2k		-28.6%PS3.6x
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Latest News

ESNT

UK£1.68

Essentra

7D

-7.7%

1Y

-8.8%

ZTF

UK£5.46

Zotefoams

7D

5.0%

1Y

49.6%

BIOM

UK£0.85

Biome Technologies

7D

17.2%

1Y

-22.7%

Biome Technologies plc's (LON:BIOM) CEO Will Probably Find It Hard To See A Huge Raise This Year

May 22
Biome Technologies plc's (LON:BIOM) CEO Will Probably Find It Hard To See A Huge Raise This Year

ITX

UK£1.65

Itaconix

7D

1.5%

1Y

-28.6%