Australian (ASX) Commodity Chemicals Industry Analysis

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Australian Commodity Chemicals Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

Date	Market Cap	Revenue	Earnings	PE	Absolute PE	PS
Thu, 25 Apr 2024	AU$10.4b	AU$8.1b	AU$225.7m	30.1x	46x	1.3x
Sat, 23 Mar 2024	AU$9.7b	AU$8.1b	AU$225.7m	28.5x	42.8x	1.2x
Mon, 19 Feb 2024	AU$9.0b	AU$8.1b	AU$235.9m	25.8x	38.4x	1.1x
Wed, 17 Jan 2024	AU$8.8b	AU$8.1b	AU$230.9m	24.4x	38.1x	1.1x
Fri, 15 Dec 2023	AU$8.9b	AU$8.1b	AU$230.9m	25.2x	38.5x	1.1x
Sun, 12 Nov 2023	AU$8.6b	AU$8.1b	AU$230.9m	23.8x	37.2x	1.1x
Tue, 10 Oct 2023	AU$8.2b	AU$8.2b	AU$202.5m	26.2x	40.7x	1x
Thu, 07 Sep 2023	AU$8.9b	AU$8.2b	AU$202.5m	26.2x	44.2x	1.1x
Sat, 05 Aug 2023	AU$9.3b	AU$8.2b	AU$217.7m	37.5x	42.5x	1.1x
Mon, 03 Jul 2023	AU$8.7b	AU$8.2b	AU$217.7m	39x	40.1x	1.1x
Wed, 31 May 2023	AU$8.9b	AU$8.2b	AU$217.7m	39.5x	41.1x	1.1x
Fri, 28 Apr 2023	AU$9.2b	AU$7.3b	AU$95.1m	49.2x	96.8x	1.3x
Sun, 26 Mar 2023	AU$8.4b	AU$7.3b	AU$95.1m	50.3x	88.2x	1.2x
Tue, 21 Feb 2023	AU$9.0b	AU$7.3b	AU$104.3m	50.1x	86.4x	1.2x
Thu, 19 Jan 2023	AU$8.6b	AU$7.3b	AU$106.1m	47.2x	80.8x	1.2x
Sat, 17 Dec 2022	AU$8.7b	AU$7.3b	AU$105.8m	48.2x	82x	1.2x
Mon, 14 Nov 2022	AU$8.4b	AU$7.3b	AU$105.8m	47.3x	79.5x	1.2x
Wed, 12 Oct 2022	AU$7.5b	AU$6.0b	-AU$301,313,328.00	n/a	-25x	1.3x
Fri, 09 Sep 2022	AU$8.6b	AU$6.0b	-AU$300,951,362.00	n/a	-28.4x	1.4x
Sun, 07 Aug 2022	AU$8.8b	AU$6.0b	-AU$296,176,935.00	78.3x	-29.8x	1.5x
Tue, 05 Jul 2022	AU$7.9b	AU$6.0b	-AU$298,906,995.00	45.9x	-26.5x	1.3x
Thu, 02 Jun 2022	AU$8.6b	AU$6.0b	-AU$298,664,885.00	55.4x	-28.9x	1.4x
Sat, 30 Apr 2022	AU$8.9b	AU$5.4b	-AU$225,010,145.00	65.2x	-39.7x	1.7x
Mon, 28 Mar 2022	AU$8.6b	AU$5.4b	-AU$224,769,895.00	85.9x	-38.1x	1.6x
Wed, 23 Feb 2022	AU$7.8b	AU$5.4b	-AU$219,354,136.00	n/a	-35.5x	1.5x
Fri, 21 Jan 2022	AU$7.7b	AU$5.3b	-AU$216,623,493.00	46.8x	-35.4x	1.4x
Sun, 19 Dec 2021	AU$7.3b	AU$5.3b	-AU$216,655,299.00	46.4x	-33.8x	1.4x
Tue, 16 Nov 2021	AU$8.2b	AU$5.3b	-AU$216,573,732.00	47.1x	-37.8x	1.5x
Thu, 14 Oct 2021	AU$7.4b	AU$5.5b	AU$51.6m	60x	144.2x	1.4x
Sat, 11 Sep 2021	AU$6.1b	AU$5.5b	AU$68.0m	63.7x	90.1x	1.1x
Mon, 09 Aug 2021	AU$5.9b	AU$5.5b	AU$68.0m	63.1x	87.4x	1.1x
Sun, 02 May 2021	AU$6.2b	AU$5.5b	AU$66.1m	88.2x	94.2x	1.1x

Current Industry PE

Investors are optimistic on the Australian Commodity Chemicals industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.

The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 46.0x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 35.9x.

The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 1.2x.

Past Earnings Growth

The earnings for companies in the Commodity Chemicals industry have grown 51% per year over the last three years.
Revenues for these companies have grown 14% per year.
This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Comparison

How does Australian Commodity Chemicals compare with similar industries?


AU Market	0.91%
Materials	0.27%
Chemicals	2.37%
Commodity Chemicals	3.09%
Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals	2.38%
Diversified Chemicals	1.47%
Industrial Gases	0%
Specialty Chemicals	-1.45%

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?

Company	Last Price	7D	1Y	Valuation
ORI Orica	AU$18.31	3.1% +AU$267.4m	13.8%	PE30.1x
SDV SciDev	AU$0.38	40.7% +AU$20.9m	13.4%	PS0.8x
CXL Calix	AU$1.56	4.3% +AU$11.8m	-67.6%	PS12.8x
A4N Alpha HPA	AU$1.10	0.9% +AU$9.3m	7.8%	PS31305x
PPK PPK Group	AU$0.47	3.3% +AU$1.3m	-55.5%	PS1.8x