Belgian (BEL20) Metals and Mining Industry Analysis

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Belgian Metals and Mining Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

Date	Market Cap	Revenue	Earnings	PE	Absolute PE	PS
Wed, 25 Dec 2024	€5.3b	€12.9b	€551.4m	11x	9.6x	0.4x
Fri, 22 Nov 2024	€5.2b	€12.9b	€551.4m	9.6x	9.5x	0.4x
Sun, 20 Oct 2024	€5.9b	€12.7b	€546.2m	10.4x	10.9x	0.5x
Tue, 17 Sep 2024	€5.9b	€12.7b	€534.8m	10.4x	11.1x	0.5x
Thu, 15 Aug 2024	€6.0b	€12.7b	€466.7m	12.4x	12.9x	0.5x
Sat, 13 Jul 2024	€6.4b	€12.9b	€466.7m	12.6x	13.7x	0.5x
Mon, 10 Jun 2024	€6.6b	€12.9b	€466.7m	13x	14.1x	0.5x
Wed, 08 May 2024	€7.0b	€13.1b	€471.8m	14x	14.8x	0.5x
Fri, 05 Apr 2024	€6.7b	€13.1b	€470.5m	13.9x	14.3x	0.5x
Sun, 03 Mar 2024	€7.1b	€14.5b	€501.8m	12.5x	14.1x	0.5x
Tue, 30 Jan 2024	€6.9b	€14.5b	€501.8m	12.2x	13.7x	0.5x
Thu, 28 Dec 2023	€6.8b	€14.5b	€503.1m	11.5x	13.4x	0.5x
Sat, 25 Nov 2023	€6.0b	€14.5b	€503.1m	11x	12x	0.4x
Mon, 23 Oct 2023	€5.5b	€14.6b	€461.6m	11.8x	12x	0.4x
Wed, 20 Sep 2023	€6.1b	€14.9b	€585.2m	9.5x	10.4x	0.4x
Fri, 18 Aug 2023	€6.2b	€14.8b	€564.7m	9.7x	11x	0.4x
Sun, 16 Jul 2023	€6.0b	€15.0b	€634.8m	7.8x	9.4x	0.4x
Tue, 13 Jun 2023	€5.9b	€15.0b	€634.8m	7.8x	9.3x	0.4x
Thu, 11 May 2023	€5.6b	€14.9b	€681.3m	7.1x	8.2x	0.4x
Sat, 08 Apr 2023	€5.5b	€14.9b	€681.3m	6.8x	8.1x	0.4x
Mon, 06 Mar 2023	€5.8b	€13.8b	€596.0m	7.5x	9.8x	0.4x
Wed, 01 Feb 2023	€5.5b	€13.5b	€763.5m	5.4x	7.1x	0.4x
Fri, 30 Dec 2022	€5.2b	€13.5b	€763.5m	4.5x	6.8x	0.4x
Sun, 27 Nov 2022	€5.0b	€13.5b	€763.5m	4.4x	6.6x	0.4x
Tue, 25 Oct 2022	€4.7b	€13.8b	€835.3m	3.8x	5.7x	0.3x
Thu, 22 Sep 2022	€4.6b	€13.0b	€751.8m	4.2x	6.2x	0.4x
Sat, 20 Aug 2022	€5.0b	€12.9b	€750.3m	4.9x	6.7x	0.4x
Mon, 18 Jul 2022	€4.9b	€12.4b	€720.9m	4.4x	6.8x	0.4x
Wed, 15 Jun 2022	€5.1b	€12.4b	€720.9m	4.9x	7.1x	0.4x
Fri, 13 May 2022	€5.4b	€12.1b	€690.4m	5.2x	7.8x	0.4x
Sun, 10 Apr 2022	€5.5b	€12.1b	€690.4m	5.5x	8x	0.5x
Tue, 08 Mar 2022	€5.2b	€11.0b	€611.6m	6.8x	8.5x	0.5x
Thu, 03 Feb 2022	€6.2b	€10.5b	€509.8m	9.7x	12.1x	0.6x
Sat, 01 Jan 2022	€5.8b	€10.5b	€509.8m	8.9x	11.4x	0.6x

Current Industry PE

Investors are relatively neutral on the Belgian Metals and Mining 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 PE ratio of 10.1x.

The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.44x.

Past Earnings Growth

The earnings for companies in the Metals and Mining industry have grown 2.6% per year over the last three years.
Revenues for these companies have grown 7.1% per year.
This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

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


BE Market	-0.37%
Materials	-1.75%
Metals and Mining	1.87%
Diversified Metals and Mining	1.98%
Steel	1.66%
Copper	0%
Aluminum	0%
Gold	0%
Precious Metals and Minerals	0%
Silver	0%

Industry PE

Investors are most optimistic about the Diversified Metals and Mining industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 13.1x.

It looks like they are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.

Investors are most pessimistic about the Steel industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 7.7x.

Forecasted Growth

Analysts are most optimistic on the Steel industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 5.6% over the next 5 years.
However this is lower than its past earnings growth rate of 52% per year.