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U.K. (FTSE) Specialty Chemicals Industry Analysis

UpdatedJun 07, 2023
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies17
  • 7D2.4%
  • 3M-8.6%
  • 1Y-15.5%
  • YTD-9.0%

Over the last 7 days, the Specialty Chemicals industry has remained flat, although notably Iofina declined by 6.9%. Unfortunately though, the industry is down 17% over the past 12 months. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 1.6% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Wed, 07 Jun 2023UK£15.0bUK£20.8bUK£901.4m13.3x16.7x0.7x
Fri, 05 May 2023UK£16.2bUK£20.7bUK£936.5m14.5x17.3x0.8x
Sun, 02 Apr 2023UK£15.8bUK£20.7bUK£936.1m13.9x16.9x0.8x
Tue, 28 Feb 2023UK£17.1bUK£20.9bUK£1.2b13.6x14.7x0.8x
Thu, 26 Jan 2023UK£17.0bUK£20.8bUK£1.2b13.4x14.6x0.8x
Sat, 24 Dec 2022UK£16.4bUK£20.9bUK£1.2b13.1x14.1x0.8x
Mon, 21 Nov 2022UK£16.8bUK£22.0bUK£992.6m17.5x16.9x0.8x
Wed, 19 Oct 2022UK£15.7bUK£22.0bUK£993.9m16.6x15.8x0.7x
Fri, 16 Sep 2022UK£16.3bUK£22.0bUK£998.0m16.9x16.4x0.7x
Sun, 14 Aug 2022UK£18.3bUK£22.0bUK£1.0b18.7x18.2x0.8x
Tue, 12 Jul 2022UK£16.9bUK£21.7bUK£731.2m29.3x23.2x0.8x
Thu, 09 Jun 2022UK£17.7bUK£21.6bUK£739.4m29.2x24x0.8x
Sat, 07 May 2022UK£18.6bUK£22.9bUK£772.1m27.5x24.1x0.8x
Mon, 04 Apr 2022UK£19.1bUK£22.8bUK£769.6m22.1x24.8x0.8x
Wed, 02 Mar 2022UK£18.1bUK£22.3bUK£710.7m22.6x25.5x0.8x
Fri, 28 Jan 2022UK£20.0bUK£22.3bUK£711.2m24.1x28.1x0.9x
Sun, 26 Dec 2021UK£23.6bUK£22.3bUK£711.1m27x33.2x1.1x
Tue, 23 Nov 2021UK£24.6bUK£20.7bUK£742.8m22.8x33.1x1.2x
Thu, 21 Oct 2021UK£23.3bUK£20.6bUK£736.4m25.3x31.6x1.1x
Sat, 18 Sep 2021UK£23.9bUK£20.6bUK£738.1m34.2x32.3x1.2x
Mon, 16 Aug 2021UK£25.0bUK£20.6bUK£737.6m35.8x33.9x1.2x
Mon, 31 May 2021UK£22.1bUK£20.2bUK£579.8m30.3x38.1x1.1x
Thu, 04 Mar 2021UK£20.0bUK£19.4bUK£366.3m38.2x54.7x1x
Sun, 06 Dec 2020UK£17.5bUK£18.7bUK£329.1m37x53x0.9x
Wed, 09 Sep 2020UK£16.2bUK£18.5bUK£442.8m33.5x36.6x0.9x
Price to Earnings Ratio

32.9x


Total Market Cap: UK£14.6bTotal Earnings: UK£442.8mTotal Revenue: UK£18.5bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Specialty Chemicals Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 30.6x202120222023
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the British Specialty 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 16.7x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 30.6x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.93x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Specialty Chemicals industry have grown 27% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 3.8% 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 U.K. Specialty Chemicals compare with similar industries?

GB Market1.45%
Materials3.99%
Chemicals2.21%
Specialty Chemicals2.39%
Industrial Gases3.97%
Diversified Chemicals0%
Commodity Chemicals-1.08%
Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals-2.27%
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?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
JMAT Johnson MattheyUK£17.973.9%
+UK£122.4m		-15.5%PE12.4x
SYNT SynthomerUK£0.966.6%
+UK£27.8m		-67.5%PS0.2x
CRDA Croda InternationalUK£61.180.3%
+UK£24.9m		-7.8%PE13.1x
ELM ElementisUK£1.113.9%
+UK£24.6m		-4.7%PS1.1x
VCT VictrexUK£15.630.9%
+UK£12.2m		-10.1%PE18.8x
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7D

3.9%

1Y

-15.5%

SYM

UK£0.069

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7D

-3.5%

1Y

-57.7%

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7D

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1Y

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BYOT

UK£0.019

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7D

-5.0%

1Y

-33.3%

DCTA

UK£0.70

Directa Plus

7D

-0.7%

1Y

-30.2%

VRS

UK£0.051

Versarien

7D

118.9%

1Y

-76.6%

CRDA

UK£61.18

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7D

0.3%

1Y

-7.8%

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TET

UK£6.98

Treatt

7D

0.4%

1Y

-20.2%

IOF

UK£0.34

Iofina

7D

-2.3%

1Y

44.0%

GPL

UK£0.041

Graft Polymer (UK)

7D

-1.2%

1Y

-74.5%

ELM

UK£1.11

Elementis

7D

3.9%

1Y

-4.7%

CAR

UK£0.14

Carclo

7D

2.9%

1Y

-41.2%