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Argentinian (MERVAL) Materials Sector Analysis

UpdatedJun 06, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies6
  • 7D-11.1%
  • 3M-13.2%
  • 1Y-24.6%
  • YTD-25.4%

Over the last 7 days, the Materials industry has dropped 12%, driven by pullbacks in Aluar Aluminio ArgentinoI.C and Ternium Argentina of 15% and 11%, respectively. However, the industry is down 28% over the past year.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the Argentinian Materials Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 06 Jun 2025AR$5.6tAR$4.0t-AR$66,310,441,264.0014.9x-84.9x1.4x
Sun, 04 May 2025AR$5.3tAR$4.0tAR$252.8b13.4x21.1x1.3x
Tue, 01 Apr 2025AR$6.9tAR$4.0tAR$254.5b16.4x27.3x1.7x
Thu, 27 Feb 2025AR$6.6tAR$3.8tAR$264.1b23x25x1.7x
Sat, 25 Jan 2025AR$7.2tAR$3.5tAR$131.6b108.8x55.1x2x
Mon, 23 Dec 2024AR$7.8tAR$3.5tAR$131.6b111.4x59.1x2.2x
Wed, 20 Nov 2024AR$7.2tAR$3.5tAR$130.8b66.6x55.3x2x
Fri, 18 Oct 2024AR$6.9tAR$3.3tAR$157.0b46.9x43.9x2.1x
Sun, 15 Sep 2024AR$7.4tAR$2.4tAR$147.0b84.7x50.3x3.1x
Tue, 13 Aug 2024AR$7.7tAR$2.2tAR$167.5b25.5x45.9x3.4x
Thu, 11 Jul 2024AR$8.7tAR$2.0tAR$367.8b26.1x23.7x4.4x
Sat, 08 Jun 2024AR$7.6tAR$2.0tAR$306.8b18.6x24.7x3.8x
Mon, 06 May 2024AR$7.6tAR$2.0tAR$301.9b16x25x3.8x
Wed, 03 Apr 2024AR$7.2tAR$1.6tAR$110.4b69.9x65.6x4.6x
Fri, 01 Mar 2024AR$6.1tAR$1.6tAR$108.1b53.3x56.5x3.9x
Sun, 28 Jan 2024AR$8.4tAR$1.2tAR$193.9b27.2x43.5x7.2x
Tue, 26 Dec 2023AR$7.2tAR$1.2tAR$194.0b21.3x36.9x6.1x
Thu, 23 Nov 2023AR$7.3tAR$1.2tAR$194.0b23.6x37.4x6.2x
Sat, 21 Oct 2023AR$8.8tAR$1.2tAR$209.9b17.4x41.8x7.4x
Mon, 18 Sep 2023AR$4.9tAR$1.0tAR$159.2b17.9x30.7x4.8x
Wed, 16 Aug 2023AR$4.0tAR$980.4bAR$153.8b17.6x25.9x4.1x
Fri, 14 Jul 2023AR$3.5tAR$885.0bAR$134.6b17.4x25.9x3.9x
Sun, 11 Jun 2023AR$3.2tAR$886.4bAR$134.8b16.6x23.9x3.6x
Tue, 09 May 2023AR$2.6tAR$808.8bAR$119.0b18x21.8x3.2x
Thu, 06 Apr 2023AR$2.1tAR$804.9bAR$117.9b15.9x17.7x2.6x
Sat, 04 Mar 2023AR$1.9tAR$281.5bAR$32.0b25.5x58.2x6.6x
Mon, 30 Jan 2023AR$2.1tAR$712.2bAR$170.7b14.1x12.2x2.9x
Wed, 28 Dec 2022AR$1.7tAR$711.0bAR$171.2b13x9.9x2.4x
Fri, 25 Nov 2022AR$1.4tAR$713.9bAR$171.1b12.3x8.1x2x
Sun, 23 Oct 2022AR$1.2tAR$670.4bAR$190.6b10.1x6.1x1.7x
Tue, 20 Sep 2022AR$1.2tAR$605.1bAR$180.8b11.2x6.8x2x
Thu, 18 Aug 2022AR$1.2tAR$563.3bAR$168.3b11.7x7x2.1x
Sat, 16 Jul 2022AR$1.1tAR$549.4bAR$169.4b9.3x6.2x1.9x
Mon, 13 Jun 2022AR$856.5bAR$532.7bAR$165.9b7.6x5.2x1.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

5.2x


Total Market Cap: AR$856.5bTotal Earnings: AR$165.9bTotal Revenue: AR$532.7bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Argentinian Materials Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 29.7x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Argentinean Materials industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 3.3x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.4x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • Total earnings for the Materials industry have declined over the last three years, with the industry now making a loss overall.
  • Meanwhile revenues have grown 96% per year.
  • This means that although more sales are being generated, either the cost of doing business or the level of investment back into businesses has increased, which has decreased profits.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Argentinian Materials sector?

AR Market-7.23%
Materials-11.12%
Paper and Forestry Products85.70%
Chemicals0%0
Packaging-2.47%
Basic Materials-6.25%
Metals and Mining-12.48%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Basic Materials industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 33.3x.
    • It looks like they are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.
Forecasted GrowthThere is insufficient data on the sub-industries of this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

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

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
CELU Celulosa ArgentinaAR$296.5010,340.1%
+AR$3.0t		3,254.1%PS13.1x
FIPL FiplastoAR$283.503.5%
+AR$1.2b		-1.9%PE10.5x
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ALUA

AR$708.00

Aluar Aluminio ArgentinoI.C

7D

-15.2%

1Y

-23.1%

TXAR

AR$639.00

Ternium Argentina

7D

-10.5%

1Y

-30.8%

RIGO

AR$751.00

Rigolleau

7D

-2.5%

1Y

-22.9%

FIPL

AR$283.50

Fiplasto

7D

3.5%

1Y

-1.9%

HARG

AR$1,650.00

Holcim (Argentina)

7D

-6.3%

1Y

7.8%

CELU

AR$296.50

Celulosa Argentina

7D

10,340.1%

1Y

3,254.1%