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U.K. (FTSE) Chemicals Industry Analysis

UpdatedJan 17, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies24
  • 7D-1.2%
  • 3M-10.0%
  • 1Y-19.6%
  • YTD-2.6%

Over the last 7 days, the Chemicals industry has dropped 1.2%, driven by a pullback from Croda International of 3.6%. Overall the industry is down 20% in 12 months. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 16% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.K. Chemicals Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 17 Jan 2025UK£9.8bUK£17.1bUK£576.4m18.8x17x0.6x
Sun, 15 Dec 2024UK£10.3bUK£17.1bUK£583.6m17.8x17.7x0.6x
Tue, 12 Nov 2024UK£11.0bUK£18.2bUK£164.7m24.2x66.8x0.6x
Thu, 10 Oct 2024UK£11.7bUK£18.1bUK£165.5m23.8x70.7x0.6x
Sat, 07 Sep 2024UK£11.6bUK£18.1bUK£155.0m25.7x74.7x0.6x
Mon, 05 Aug 2024UK£12.0bUK£18.2bUK£130.6m26.6x91.9x0.7x
Wed, 03 Jul 2024UK£11.9bUK£18.2bUK£189.7m29.6x62.6x0.7x
Fri, 31 May 2024UK£13.5bUK£18.2bUK£186.0m32.7x72.4x0.7x
Sun, 28 Apr 2024UK£13.3bUK£19.6bUK£286.4m23.5x46.4x0.7x
Tue, 26 Mar 2024UK£13.8bUK£19.5bUK£265.7m22.2x51.8x0.7x
Thu, 22 Feb 2024UK£13.2bUK£20.0bUK£144.4m17.6x91.1x0.7x
Sat, 20 Jan 2024UK£12.3bUK£20.0bUK£140.7m17.7x87.6x0.6x
Mon, 18 Dec 2023UK£13.5bUK£20.0bUK£140.4m19.3x96.3x0.7x
Wed, 15 Nov 2023UK£13.0bUK£20.8bUK£230.9m16.1x56.1x0.6x
Fri, 13 Oct 2023UK£12.2bUK£20.9bUK£257.3m16.9x47.4x0.6x
Sun, 10 Sep 2023UK£13.8bUK£20.8bUK£221.0m23.5x62.2x0.7x
Tue, 08 Aug 2023UK£14.7bUK£21.0bUK£337.5m27.1x43.5x0.7x
Thu, 06 Jul 2023UK£14.2bUK£21.2bUK£803.1m16x17.7x0.7x
Sat, 03 Jun 2023UK£16.0bUK£21.2bUK£801.8m15.2x19.9x0.8x
Mon, 01 May 2023UK£17.7bUK£21.1bUK£836.7m16.6x21.1x0.8x
Wed, 29 Mar 2023UK£16.5bUK£21.9bUK£999.5m16.1x16.5x0.8x
Fri, 24 Feb 2023UK£18.2bUK£22.0bUK£1.1b17x16.5x0.8x
Sun, 22 Jan 2023UK£18.3bUK£22.0bUK£1.1b16.9x16.5x0.8x
Tue, 20 Dec 2022UK£17.5bUK£22.0bUK£1.1b15.7x15.9x0.8x
Thu, 17 Nov 2022UK£17.7bUK£23.1bUK£938.4m22.5x18.9x0.8x
Sat, 15 Oct 2022UK£29.0bUK£23.2bUK£936.1m21.3x31x1.2x
Mon, 12 Sep 2022UK£17.9bUK£23.2bUK£983.6m22.4x18.2x0.8x
Wed, 10 Aug 2022UK£18.8bUK£23.1bUK£1.0b25.3x18.8x0.8x
Fri, 08 Jul 2022UK£18.2bUK£22.8bUK£731.0m29.3x24.9x0.8x
Sun, 05 Jun 2022UK£19.2bUK£22.7bUK£756.4m31.1x25.4x0.8x
Tue, 03 May 2022UK£21.1bUK£23.9bUK£794.9m30.1x26.5x0.9x
Thu, 31 Mar 2022UK£20.7bUK£23.9bUK£791.4m25.2x26.2x0.9x
Sat, 26 Feb 2022UK£19.0bUK£23.4bUK£727.5m21x26.2x0.8x
Mon, 24 Jan 2022UK£22.2bUK£23.4bUK£731.2m24.5x30.3x1x
Price to Earnings Ratio

30.3x


Total Market Cap: UK£22.2bTotal Earnings: UK£731.2mTotal Revenue: UK£23.4bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Chemicals Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 41.8x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the British Chemicals industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 17.0x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 41.8x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.75x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Chemicals industry have declined 7.6% per year over the last three years,
  • Revenues have also declined 9.8% per year.
  • This means overall sales from these companies are declining and profits are subsequently falling as well.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the U.K. Materials industry?

GB Market0.96%
Materials1.60%
Chemicals-1.15%
Commodity Chemicals1.74%
Diversified Chemicals0%
Specialty Chemicals-1.26%
Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals-3.72%
Industrial Gases-5.27%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Commodity Chemicals industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 42.2x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 12.2%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 9.9% per year.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Specialty Chemicals industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 16% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 16% per year.
  • In contrast, the Industrial Gases industry is expected to see its earnings decline by 42% 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
CRDA Croda InternationalUK£33.073.3%
+UK£148.0m		-24.9%PE28.4x
JMAT Johnson MattheyUK£13.754.8%
+UK£105.4m		-12.8%PE4.3x
ELM ElementisUK£1.476.1%
+UK£49.5m		17.4%PS1.4x
VCT VictrexUK£10.625.4%
+UK£47.0m		-21.7%PE53.7x
ESNT EssentraUK£1.232.3%
+UK£8.0m		-24.0%PE589.5x
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VCT

UK£10.62

Victrex

7D

5.4%

1Y

-21.7%

CRDA

UK£33.07

Croda International

7D

3.3%

1Y

-24.9%

JMAT

UK£13.75

Johnson Matthey

7D

4.8%

1Y

-12.8%

ATOM

UK£0.44

Atome

7D

-3.3%

1Y

-37.1%

GEX

UK£0.052

Georgina Energy

7D

-22.2%

1Y

n/a

ELM

UK£1.47

Elementis

7D

6.1%

1Y

17.4%

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SYNT

UK£1.38

Synthomer

7D

-0.7%

1Y

8.7%

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ESNT

UK£1.23

Essentra

7D

2.3%

1Y

-24.0%

SNOX

UK£0.95

SulNOx Group

7D

2.7%

1Y

160.3%

KRPZ

UK£0.013

Kropz

7D

-3.8%

1Y

-16.7%

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Jan 03
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TET

UK£4.50

Treatt

7D

2.6%

1Y

-8.7%

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HEX

UK£0.16

Helix Exploration

7D

-3.0%

1Y

n/a

EDEN

UK£0.038

Eden Research

7D

-6.2%

1Y

-32.4%

CAR

UK£0.26

Carclo

7D

11.4%

1Y

197.0%

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IOF

UK£0.19

Iofina

7D

-1.3%

1Y

-22.4%

ZTF

UK£3.03

Zotefoams

7D

-1.6%

1Y

-15.8%