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Chinese (SSE) Chemicals Industry Analysis

UpdatedMar 13, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies491
  • 7D1.7%
  • 3M-2.7%
  • 1Y7.1%
  • YTD8.5%

Over the last 7 days, the Chemicals industry has risen 1.7%, driven by gains from Zangge Mining of 13%. During this same period, the Kingfa Sci. & Tech underperformed, falling 8.9%. This means that the industry has gained 7.1% over the past year. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 38% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 14 Mar 2025CN¥4.8tCN¥3.5tCN¥117.3b37.7x40.7x1.4x
Sun, 09 Feb 2025CN¥4.5tCN¥3.5tCN¥117.5b34.5x38.6x1.3x
Tue, 07 Jan 2025CN¥4.3tCN¥3.5tCN¥117.5b33.2x36.8x1.2x
Thu, 05 Dec 2024CN¥4.7tCN¥3.5tCN¥117.3b36.3x40.3x1.3x
Sat, 02 Nov 2024CN¥4.6tCN¥3.6tCN¥119.4b33.4x38.2x1.3x
Mon, 30 Sep 2024CN¥4.2tCN¥3.6tCN¥134.7b29.9x31.3x1.2x
Wed, 28 Aug 2024CN¥3.7tCN¥3.6tCN¥148.2b25.9x24.9x1x
Fri, 26 Jul 2024CN¥3.8tCN¥3.6tCN¥144.0b26.8x26.5x1.1x
Sun, 23 Jun 2024CN¥4.2tCN¥3.6tCN¥143.0b29.5x29.3x1.2x
Tue, 21 May 2024CN¥4.6tCN¥3.5tCN¥136.4b33.9x33.7x1.3x
Thu, 18 Apr 2024CN¥4.3tCN¥3.5tCN¥159.4b27.8x27.3x1.2x
Sat, 16 Mar 2024CN¥4.4tCN¥3.5tCN¥175.3b29.6x25x1.2x
Mon, 12 Feb 2024CN¥4.0tCN¥3.5tCN¥174.5b25x23x1.1x
Wed, 10 Jan 2024CN¥4.5tCN¥3.5tCN¥170.7b35.3x26.2x1.3x
Fri, 08 Dec 2023CN¥4.6tCN¥3.5tCN¥170.4b35.6x27.2x1.3x
Sun, 05 Nov 2023CN¥4.8tCN¥3.5tCN¥170.5b35.9x28.1x1.4x
Tue, 03 Oct 2023CN¥4.9tCN¥3.5tCN¥192.3b34.8x25.3x1.4x
Thu, 31 Aug 2023CN¥5.0tCN¥3.5tCN¥212.5b32.8x23.4x1.4x
Sat, 29 Jul 2023CN¥5.2tCN¥3.5tCN¥254.1b28.8x20.6x1.5x
Mon, 26 Jun 2023CN¥5.0tCN¥3.5tCN¥253.9b28.7x19.6x1.4x
Wed, 24 May 2023CN¥5.3tCN¥3.5tCN¥255.1b29.9x20.6x1.5x
Fri, 21 Apr 2023CN¥5.6tCN¥3.5tCN¥321.8b27.4x17.3x1.6x
Sun, 19 Mar 2023CN¥5.7tCN¥3.5tCN¥331.3b29x17.1x1.6x
Tue, 14 Feb 2023CN¥6.1tCN¥3.5tCN¥327.2b29.8x18.8x1.8x
Thu, 12 Jan 2023CN¥5.5tCN¥3.4tCN¥309.1b27.6x17.9x1.6x
Sat, 10 Dec 2022CN¥5.8tCN¥3.4tCN¥309.0b28.7x18.8x1.7x
Mon, 07 Nov 2022CN¥5.7tCN¥3.4tCN¥308.5b28.4x18.4x1.7x
Wed, 05 Oct 2022CN¥5.5tCN¥3.3tCN¥332.7b25.1x16.7x1.7x
Fri, 02 Sep 2022CN¥6.0tCN¥3.3tCN¥330.5b27.7x18.1x1.8x
Sun, 31 Jul 2022CN¥6.2tCN¥3.1tCN¥315.8b29.3x19.6x2x
Tue, 28 Jun 2022CN¥6.5tCN¥3.1tCN¥313.7b28.5x20.6x2.1x
Thu, 26 May 2022CN¥5.6tCN¥3.1tCN¥312.9b24.9x17.9x1.8x
Sat, 23 Apr 2022CN¥5.2tCN¥2.9tCN¥282.5b25.8x18.6x1.8x
Mon, 21 Mar 2022CN¥5.9tCN¥2.8tCN¥270.1b29.5x21.8x2.1x
Price to Earnings Ratio

21.8x


Total Market Cap: CN¥5.9tTotal Earnings: CN¥270.1bTotal Revenue: CN¥2.8tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Chinese Chemicals Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 24.8x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Chinese Chemicals industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 40.7x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 24.8x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 1.5x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Chemicals industry have declined 24% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 8.7% 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 Chinese Materials industry?

CN Market1.64%
Materials2.48%
Chemicals1.69%
Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals3.72%
Commodity Chemicals1.62%
Specialty Chemicals1.19%
Diversified Chemicals0.84%
Industrial Gases0.15%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Specialty Chemicals industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 27.2x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 37.7%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 8.7% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Diversified Chemicals industry, although it looks like investor sentiment has improved given that it's trading above its 3-year average of 19.3x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Commodity Chemicals industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 43% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 4.3% per year.
  • In contrast, the Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 25% 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
000408 Zangge MiningCN¥37.2012.8%
+CN¥6.7b
25.5%PE25.3x
600989 Ningxia Baofeng Energy GroupCN¥17.494.0%
+CN¥4.9b
15.1%PE20.2x
600160 Zhejiang JuhuaCN¥25.804.5%
+CN¥3.0b
34.3%PE47.9x
600096 Yunnan YuntianhuaCN¥22.156.0%
+CN¥2.3b
15.4%PE7.7x
600426 Shandong Hualu-Hengsheng ChemicalCN¥21.654.9%
+CN¥2.1b
-17.3%PE12.4x
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