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U.K. (FTSE) Specialty Chemicals Industry Analysis

UpdatedMay 01, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies18
  • 7D-3.4%
  • 3M0.2%
  • 1Y-37.1%
  • YTDn/a

Over the last 7 days, the Specialty Chemicals industry has dropped 2.7%, driven by a pullback from Croda International of 3.5%. The industry has fallen 38% in the last year. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 20% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Wed, 01 May 2024UK£12.4bUK£19.1bUK£295.7m22.6x42x0.7x
Fri, 29 Mar 2024UK£12.9bUK£19.1bUK£295.6m21.1x43.8x0.7x
Sun, 25 Feb 2024UK£12.3bUK£19.5bUK£187.4m18.1x65.7x0.6x
Tue, 23 Jan 2024UK£11.6bUK£19.5bUK£186.7m19.6x62.3x0.6x
Thu, 21 Dec 2023UK£13.0bUK£19.5bUK£186.3m21.3x69.7x0.7x
Sat, 18 Nov 2023UK£12.0bUK£20.3bUK£285.1m18.3x41.9x0.6x
Mon, 16 Oct 2023UK£11.2bUK£20.4bUK£312.6m21.3x35.8x0.5x
Wed, 13 Sep 2023UK£12.5bUK£20.3bUK£313.1m23.1x40x0.6x
Fri, 11 Aug 2023UK£13.8bUK£20.5bUK£445.0m27.3x31x0.7x
Sun, 09 Jul 2023UK£13.5bUK£20.7bUK£901.7m11.9x14.9x0.6x
Tue, 06 Jun 2023UK£15.0bUK£20.8bUK£901.4m13.3x16.7x0.7x
Thu, 04 May 2023UK£16.1bUK£20.7bUK£936.3m14.4x17.2x0.8x
Sat, 01 Apr 2023UK£15.8bUK£20.7bUK£936.1m13.9x16.9x0.8x
Mon, 27 Feb 2023UK£17.0bUK£20.9bUK£1.2b13.5x14.6x0.8x
Wed, 25 Jan 2023UK£17.2bUK£20.8bUK£1.2b13.6x14.8x0.8x
Fri, 23 Dec 2022UK£16.3bUK£20.9bUK£1.2b13x14x0.8x
Sun, 20 Nov 2022UK£16.8bUK£22.0bUK£992.6m17.5x16.9x0.8x
Tue, 18 Oct 2022UK£15.1bUK£22.1bUK£994.0m16x15.2x0.7x
Thu, 15 Sep 2022UK£16.5bUK£22.0bUK£998.0m17.1x16.6x0.8x
Sat, 13 Aug 2022UK£18.3bUK£22.0bUK£1.0b18.7x18.2x0.8x
Mon, 11 Jul 2022UK£17.2bUK£21.7bUK£731.1m29.2x23.5x0.8x
Wed, 08 Jun 2022UK£17.7bUK£21.6bUK£739.4m29.2x24x0.8x
Fri, 06 May 2022UK£19.3bUK£22.9bUK£772.4m27.3x24.9x0.8x
Sun, 03 Apr 2022UK£19.1bUK£22.8bUK£769.6m22.1x24.8x0.8x
Tue, 01 Mar 2022UK£18.7bUK£22.3bUK£711.2m23.4x26.3x0.8x
Thu, 27 Jan 2022UK£20.1bUK£22.3bUK£711.1m25x28.2x0.9x
Sat, 25 Dec 2021UK£23.6bUK£22.3bUK£711.1m27x33.2x1.1x
Mon, 22 Nov 2021UK£24.6bUK£20.7bUK£742.8m23.3x33.1x1.2x
Wed, 20 Oct 2021UK£23.3bUK£20.6bUK£736.4m25x31.6x1.1x
Fri, 17 Sep 2021UK£24.2bUK£20.6bUK£738.6m35x32.8x1.2x
Sun, 15 Aug 2021UK£25.1bUK£20.6bUK£737.6m35.9x34.1x1.2x
Thu, 10 Jun 2021UK£22.1bUK£20.2bUK£579.8m30.3x38.1x1.1x
Price to Earnings Ratio

37.9x


Total Market Cap: UK£22.0bTotal Earnings: UK£579.8mTotal Revenue: UK£20.2bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Specialty Chemicals Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 30.2x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the British Specialty Chemicals industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 42.2x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 30.4x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.84x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Specialty Chemicals industry have declined 20% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues have remained mostly flat.
  • This means that although sales have remained flat, either the cost of doing business or the level of investment back into businesses has increased, which has decreased profits.

Industry Comparison

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

GB Market1.24%
Materials3.81%
Chemicals-3.00%
Specialty Chemicals-3.35%
Commodity Chemicals3.17%
Diversified Chemicals0%
Industrial Gases-0.32%
Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals-2.20%
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
VCT VictrexUK£12.660.8%
+UK£8.7m		-22.9%PE17.8x
SYNT SynthomerUK£2.602.0%
+UK£8.2m		-88.6%PS0.2x
CAR CarcloUK£0.1373.3%
+UK£4.0m		12.1%PS0.07x
ZED Zenova GroupUK£0.02122.9%
+UK£560.9k		-59.0%PS14.5x
HDD HardideUK£0.0688.0%
+UK£392.3k		-46.0%PS1x
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UK£46.10

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7D

-5.7%

1Y

-33.6%

ELM

UK£1.41

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7D

-1.1%

1Y

15.2%

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SYNT

UK£2.60

Synthomer

7D

2.0%

1Y

-88.6%

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CAR

UK£0.13

Carclo

7D

73.3%

1Y

12.1%

IOF

UK£0.20

Iofina

7D

-1.2%

1Y

-41.3%

JMAT

UK£17.56

Johnson Matthey

7D

-1.6%

1Y

-8.2%

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HAYD

UK£0.0046

Haydale Graphene Industries

7D

4.6%

1Y

-71.1%

DCTA

UK£0.19

Directa Plus

7D

-2.6%

1Y

-75.2%

TET

UK£4.87

Treatt

7D

-0.7%

1Y

-27.5%

VRS

UK£0.0011

Versarien

7D

0.9%

1Y

-94.8%

HEIQ

UK£0.09

HeiQ

7D

2.6%

1Y

-55.2%

BYOT

UK£0.001

Byotrol

7D

-20.0%

1Y

-94.1%

ZED

UK£0.021

Zenova Group

7D

22.9%

1Y

-59.0%

VCT

UK£12.66

Victrex

7D

0.8%

1Y

-22.9%

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HDD

UK£0.068

Hardide

7D

8.0%

1Y

-46.0%

SNOX

UK£0.32

SulNOx Group

7D

-1.6%

1Y

293.8%