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Australian (ASX) Chemicals Industry Analysis

UpdatedMay 14, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies30
  • 7D9.4%
  • 3M-0.1%
  • 1Y-6.0%
  • YTD1.3%

The Chemicals industry is up 9.4% in the last week, with Orica up 9.8%. During this same period, the Hazer Group underperformed, falling 7.9%. In contrast, the industry has lost 6.0% in the last 12 months. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 44% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Wed, 14 May 2025AU$17.6bAU$17.4b-AU$463,696,716.0127x-37.9x1x
Fri, 11 Apr 2025AU$15.4bAU$17.2b-AU$151,289,051.1219.8x-101.8x0.9x
Sun, 09 Mar 2025AU$17.0bAU$17.1b-AU$144,447,023.1422x-117.4x1x
Tue, 04 Feb 2025AU$17.9bAU$17.1b-AU$147,366,098.5316.2x-121.4x1x
Thu, 02 Jan 2025AU$17.2bAU$17.1b-AU$144,497,617.3515.4x-119.2x1x
Sat, 30 Nov 2024AU$18.9bAU$17.1b-AU$145,319,685.1234.6x-129.8x1.1x
Mon, 28 Oct 2024AU$18.3bAU$16.9bAU$193.7m33.6x94.4x1.1x
Wed, 25 Sep 2024AU$18.4bAU$16.9bAU$194.8m28.4x94.4x1.1x
Fri, 23 Aug 2024AU$18.1bAU$16.8bAU$186.9m28.1x96.8x1.1x
Sun, 21 Jul 2024AU$18.0bAU$16.8bAU$188.3m29.9x95.4x1.1x
Tue, 18 Jun 2024AU$18.2bAU$16.8bAU$188.1m30x96.5x1.1x
Thu, 16 May 2024AU$18.6bAU$17.3bAU$711.5m19.6x26.2x1.1x
Sat, 13 Apr 2024AU$18.4bAU$17.6bAU$496.5m24.6x37.1x1x
Mon, 11 Mar 2024AU$17.9bAU$17.6bAU$518.5m21.9x34.6x1x
Wed, 07 Feb 2024AU$16.9bAU$17.6bAU$555.9m21.4x30.5x1x
Fri, 05 Jan 2024AU$17.7bAU$17.6bAU$416.8m21.5x42.4x1x
Sun, 03 Dec 2023AU$17.4bAU$17.6bAU$429.5m21.8x40.4x1x
Tue, 31 Oct 2023AU$16.1bAU$19.2bAU$1.0b17.2x15.6x0.8x
Thu, 28 Sep 2023AU$17.4bAU$19.3bAU$1.0b19.5x17.2x0.9x
Sat, 26 Aug 2023AU$17.6bAU$19.2bAU$1.0b19.7x17.1x0.9x
Mon, 24 Jul 2023AU$18.1bAU$19.2bAU$1.0b22.3x17.6x0.9x
Wed, 21 Jun 2023AU$17.6bAU$19.2bAU$1.0b23.1x17.4x0.9x
Fri, 19 May 2023AU$19.0bAU$19.3bAU$1.0b23.2x18.7x1x
Sun, 16 Apr 2023AU$19.5bAU$18.1bAU$1.0b23.1x19.5x1.1x
Tue, 14 Mar 2023AU$19.1bAU$18.1bAU$1.1b30.1x17.5x1.1x
Thu, 09 Feb 2023AU$19.6bAU$18.0bAU$1.1b27.5x17.9x1.1x
Sat, 07 Jan 2023AU$19.6bAU$18.0bAU$1.1b26x17.9x1.1x
Mon, 05 Dec 2022AU$20.2bAU$18.0bAU$1.1b25.5x18.5x1.1x
Wed, 02 Nov 2022AU$19.3bAU$15.4bAU$163.5m22.8x118x1.2x
Fri, 30 Sep 2022AU$18.4bAU$15.4bAU$164.8m20.4x111.5x1.2x
Sun, 28 Aug 2022AU$21.1bAU$15.3bAU$223.7m32.2x94.1x1.4x
Tue, 26 Jul 2022AU$18.7bAU$15.3bAU$258.2m33.3x72.4x1.2x
Thu, 23 Jun 2022AU$18.2bAU$15.3bAU$263.0m32.6x69.2x1.2x
Sat, 21 May 2022AU$20.3bAU$14.5b-AU$84,656,349.0045.3x-239.6x1.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

-239.6x


Total Market Cap: AU$20.3bTotal Earnings: -AU$84,656,349.00Total Revenue: AU$14.5bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Australian Chemicals Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 20.5x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Australian Chemicals industry at the moment, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates to remain steady.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 1.1x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Chemicals industry have deteriorated over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 6.4% 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 caused losses to expand.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Australian Materials industry?

AU Market1.60%
Materials1.85%
Chemicals9.36%
Diversified Chemicals12.82%
Commodity Chemicals9.66%
Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals4.17%
Specialty Chemicals-2.18%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Commodity Chemicals industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 36.7x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 37.5%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 80.8% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Specialty Chemicals industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 66% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 42% per year.
  • In contrast, the Commodity Chemicals industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 38% per year over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

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

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
ORI OricaAU$18.5410.6%
+AU$862.6m		-0.4%PE92.1x
DNL Dyno NobelAU$2.669.5%
+AU$428.7m		-5.7%PS0.9x
A4N Alpha HPAAU$1.0210.3%
+AU$108.0m		6.3%PS12835.3x
NUF NufarmAU$4.046.0%
+AU$88.1m		-20.5%PS0.5x
HFR Highfield ResourcesAU$0.1645.5%
+AU$23.7m		-50.0%PB0.5x
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DNL

AU$2.66

Dyno Nobel

7D

9.5%

1Y

-5.7%

ORI

AU$18.54

Orica

7D

10.6%

1Y

-0.4%

PPK

AU$0.36

PPK Group

7D

18.0%

1Y

-13.3%

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A4N

AU$1.02

Alpha HPA

7D

10.3%

1Y

6.3%

SDV

AU$0.36

SciDev

7D

-6.4%

1Y

7.4%

DNK

AU$0.056

Danakali

7D

-20.0%

1Y

n/a

BGT

AU$0.022

Bio-Gene Technology

7D

-26.7%

1Y

-63.9%

HFR

AU$0.16

Highfield Resources

7D

45.5%

1Y

-50.0%

NUF

AU$4.04

Nufarm

7D

6.0%

1Y

-20.5%

TTT

AU$0.28

Titomic

7D

1.9%

1Y

205.6%

DGL

AU$0.43

DGL Group

7D

3.6%

1Y

-27.1%

FGH

AU$0.008

Foresta Group Holding

7D

-27.3%

1Y

-27.3%

CP8

AU$0.025

Canadian Phosphate

7D

-16.7%

1Y

19.0%

TMG

AU$0.04

Trigg Minerals

7D

-9.1%

1Y

471.4%

HZR

AU$0.42

Hazer Group

7D

-5.6%

1Y

-11.5%

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Mar 05Hydrogen Revenue: 100,000 tonnes = 100 million kg × USD$1/kg = USD$100 million.

FGR

AU$0.035

First Graphene

7D

-12.5%

1Y

-39.7%