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Argentinian (MERVAL) Materials Sector Analysis

UpdatedNov 07, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies5
  • 7D6.3%
  • 3M24.4%
  • 1Y3.5%
  • YTD-7.2%

In the last week, the Materials industry is up 9.4%, with all of the companies up. This means that the industry has gained 4.3% over the past year.

Sector Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 07 Nov 2025AR$7.2tAR$4.4tAR$40.0b138.6x179.1x1.6x
Sun, 05 Oct 2025AR$5.6tAR$4.3tAR$110.8b41.3x50.6x1.3x
Tue, 02 Sep 2025AR$5.2tAR$4.0tAR$125.9b29.9x41.1x1.3x
Thu, 31 Jul 2025AR$5.8tAR$4.0t-AR$61,181,876,036.0041.8x-94.6x1.4x
Sat, 28 Jun 2025AR$5.5tAR$4.0t-AR$66,310,441,264.0013.2x-82.2x1.4x
Mon, 26 May 2025AR$6.1tAR$4.1tAR$72.5b14.6x84.7x1.5x
Wed, 23 Apr 2025AR$5.3tAR$4.0tAR$252.8b13.3x20.9x1.3x
Fri, 21 Mar 2025AR$7.0tAR$4.0tAR$254.5b16.1x27.4x1.7x
Sun, 16 Feb 2025AR$7.0tAR$3.7tAR$153.7b98.6x45.4x1.9x
Tue, 14 Jan 2025AR$7.8tAR$3.5tAR$131.6b111.5x59.6x2.2x
Thu, 12 Dec 2024AR$7.6tAR$3.5tAR$131.6b106.2x58x2.2x
Sat, 09 Nov 2024AR$6.9tAR$3.3tAR$157.1b49.3x43.8x2.1x
Mon, 07 Oct 2024AR$7.3tAR$2.4tAR$147.0b85.1x49.6x3x
Wed, 04 Sep 2024AR$7.2tAR$2.4tAR$147.0b78.3x49.2x3x
Fri, 02 Aug 2024AR$7.9tAR$3.3t-AR$1,092,295,604,437.4026.3x-7.2x2.4x
Sun, 30 Jun 2024AR$8.1tAR$2.0tAR$367.8b23.8x22.1x4.1x
Tue, 28 May 2024AR$8.3tAR$2.0tAR$299.4b19.6x27.7x4.2x
Thu, 25 Apr 2024AR$6.8tAR$1.7tAR$135.6b13.4x49.8x3.9x
Sat, 23 Mar 2024AR$7.2tAR$1.6tAR$110.4b70.2x65.2x4.5x
Mon, 19 Feb 2024AR$7.2tAR$1.2tAR$164.1b32.9x43.8x5.9x
Wed, 17 Jan 2024AR$7.4tAR$1.2tAR$193.9b24.2x38.4x6.4x
Fri, 15 Dec 2023AR$7.7tAR$1.2tAR$194.0b21.6x39.9x6.6x
Sun, 12 Nov 2023AR$7.3tAR$1.2tAR$209.9b14.7x34.6x6.1x
Tue, 10 Oct 2023AR$6.4tAR$1.2tAR$219.1b18.3x29.2x5.4x
Thu, 07 Sep 2023AR$4.4tAR$1.0tAR$159.2b18.6x27.9x4.4x
Sat, 05 Aug 2023AR$3.4tAR$885.0bAR$134.6b17.2x25.3x3.8x
Mon, 03 Jul 2023AR$3.1tAR$885.0bAR$134.6b16x22.9x3.5x
Wed, 31 May 2023AR$3.1tAR$943.3bAR$141.8b18x21.8x3.3x
Fri, 28 Apr 2023AR$2.7tAR$808.8bAR$119.0b18.3x22.6x3.3x
Sun, 26 Mar 2023AR$1.8tAR$804.9bAR$117.9b14.6x15.5x2.3x
Tue, 21 Feb 2023AR$2.0tAR$281.5bAR$32.0b26.3x60.9x6.9x
Thu, 19 Jan 2023AR$2.0tAR$719.2bAR$171.0b13.5x11.5x2.7x
Sat, 17 Dec 2022AR$1.5tAR$726.1bAR$173.4b11x8.5x2x
Mon, 14 Nov 2022AR$1.4tAR$713.9bAR$171.1b12.5x8.1x1.9x
Price to Earnings Ratio

8.1x


Total Market Cap: AR$1.4tTotal Earnings: AR$171.1bTotal Revenue: AR$713.9bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Argentinian Materials Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 29.6x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Argentinean Materials industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 181x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 29.5x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 3.2x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.6x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Materials industry have declined 38% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 84% 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 Market6.23%
Materials6.27%
Packaging11.27%
Basic Materials7.04%
Metals and Mining6.12%
Paper and Forestry Products4.72%
Chemicals0%0
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Metals and Mining industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 29.6x.
    • 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
TXAR Ternium ArgentinaAR$782.508.3%
+AR$271.0b		0.2%PE214.9x
ALUA Aluar Aluminio ArgentinoI.CAR$966.003.4%
+AR$88.2b		14.7%PE360x
HARG Holcim (Argentina)AR$1.83k7.0%
+AR$43.9b		-9.7%PE40.2x
RIGO RigolleauAR$612.0011.3%
+AR$9.0b		-28.0%PE62.3x
FIPL FiplastoAR$255.004.7%
+AR$1.5b		-13.4%PS1x

Latest News

TXAR
AR$782.50
Ternium Argentina
7D
8.3%
1Y
0.2%
RIGO
AR$612.00
Rigolleau
7D
11.3%
1Y
-28.0%
HARG
AR$1,825.00
Holcim (Argentina)
7D
7.0%
1Y
-9.7%
CELU
AR$3.12
Celulosa Argentina
7D
1.5%
1Y
-65.2%
ALUA
AR$966.00
Aluar Aluminio ArgentinoI.C
7D
3.4%
1Y
14.7%
FIPL
AR$255.00
Fiplasto
7D
4.7%
1Y
-13.4%