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U.K. (FTSE) Specialty Chemicals Industry Analysis

UpdatedJul 11, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies13
  • 7D0.8%
  • 3M27.9%
  • 1Y-14.4%
  • YTDn/a

The Specialty Chemicals industry has been flat over the last week, but Victrex has lost 8.2%. As for the longer term, the industry has declined 14% in the last year. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 8.2% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sat, 12 Jul 2025UK£9.5bUK£16.3bUK£453.1m21.3x21.1x0.6x
Mon, 09 Jun 2025UK£9.1bUK£16.3bUK£451.1m22.9x20.2x0.6x
Wed, 07 May 2025UK£8.4bUK£16.6bUK£597.3m16.2x14x0.5x
Fri, 04 Apr 2025UK£8.0bUK£16.6bUK£595.3m15x13.4x0.5x
Sun, 02 Mar 2025UK£9.4bUK£16.6bUK£579.6m16.9x16.2x0.6x
Tue, 28 Jan 2025UK£9.2bUK£16.7bUK£583.7m17.3x15.8x0.6x
Thu, 26 Dec 2024UK£9.5bUK£16.6bUK£584.2m21.5x16.3x0.6x
Sat, 23 Nov 2024UK£9.8bUK£17.7bUK£170.6m23.8x57.2x0.6x
Mon, 21 Oct 2024UK£10.2bUK£17.7bUK£161.2m25.1x63.4x0.6x
Wed, 18 Sep 2024UK£11.1bUK£17.7bUK£164.3m26.3x67.3x0.6x
Fri, 16 Aug 2024UK£10.9bUK£17.7bUK£164.6m26.4x66.3x0.6x
Sun, 14 Jul 2024UK£11.5bUK£17.7bUK£199.0m30.5x57.9x0.7x
Tue, 11 Jun 2024UK£11.9bUK£17.7bUK£198.8m31.1x60x0.7x
Thu, 09 May 2024UK£13.1bUK£19.1bUK£295.1m23.1x44.3x0.7x
Sat, 06 Apr 2024UK£12.4bUK£19.1bUK£295.5m20.2x41.9x0.6x
Mon, 04 Mar 2024UK£12.3bUK£19.3bUK£164.4m18.3x74.6x0.6x
Wed, 31 Jan 2024UK£12.0bUK£19.5bUK£186.6m19.2x64.4x0.6x
Fri, 29 Dec 2023UK£13.0bUK£19.5bUK£186.7m21.6x69.6x0.7x
Sun, 26 Nov 2023UK£11.9bUK£19.5bUK£199.1m18.3x59.9x0.6x
Tue, 24 Oct 2023UK£10.9bUK£20.3bUK£312.9m20.5x34.9x0.5x
Thu, 21 Sep 2023UK£12.7bUK£20.3bUK£312.8m23.5x40.5x0.6x
Sat, 19 Aug 2023UK£12.7bUK£20.5bUK£445.1m24.8x28.6x0.6x
Mon, 17 Jul 2023UK£13.7bUK£20.7bUK£897.6m15.1x15.2x0.7x
Wed, 14 Jun 2023UK£13.8bUK£20.7bUK£900.9m12.3x15.4x0.7x
Fri, 12 May 2023UK£16.2bUK£20.7bUK£929.4m14.6x17.4x0.8x
Sun, 09 Apr 2023UK£15.7bUK£20.7bUK£936.4m14x16.8x0.8x
Tue, 07 Mar 2023UK£16.6bUK£20.9bUK£1.1b13.8x15x0.8x
Thu, 02 Feb 2023UK£17.5bUK£20.8bUK£1.2b14x15x0.8x
Sat, 31 Dec 2022UK£16.5bUK£20.9bUK£1.2b13.1x14.1x0.8x
Mon, 28 Nov 2022UK£17.1bUK£20.8bUK£1.2b13.3x14.6x0.8x
Wed, 26 Oct 2022UK£16.2bUK£22.0bUK£993.9m17x16.3x0.7x
Fri, 23 Sep 2022UK£15.8bUK£22.0bUK£998.1m16.4x15.8x0.7x
Sun, 21 Aug 2022UK£17.9bUK£22.0bUK£1.0b18x17.9x0.8x
Tue, 19 Jul 2022UK£17.2bUK£21.7bUK£731.3m29.1x23.5x0.8x
Price to Earnings Ratio

23.5x


Total Market Cap: UK£17.2bTotal Earnings: UK£731.3mTotal Revenue: UK£21.7bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Specialty Chemicals Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 33.6x202320242025
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 21.1x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 33.6x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.67x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Specialty Chemicals industry have declined 15% per year over the last three years,
  • Revenues have also declined 9.0% per year.
  • This means overall sales from these companies are declining and profits are subsequently falling as well.

Industry Comparison

How does U.K. Specialty Chemicals compare with similar industries?

GB Market1.47%
Materials1.57%
Chemicals0.65%
Specialty Chemicals0.84%
Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals-1.03%
Commodity Chemicals-2.42%
Industrial Gases-2.55%
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£18.651.9%
+UK£57.0m		10.2%PE8.4x
HAYD Haydale Graphene IndustriesUK£0.00938.5%
+UK£10.8m		210.3%PS10.8x
SYNT SynthomerUK£0.984.5%
+UK£6.9m		-64.3%PS0.08x
SNOX SulNOx GroupUK£0.634.2%
+UK£3.3m		101.6%PS95.9x
SVNS Solvonis TherapeuticsUK£0.003311.9%
+UK£2.1m		10.0%PB6.3x

Latest News

SVNS
UK£0.0033
Solvonis Therapeutics
7D
11.9%
1Y
10.0%
VCT
UK£7.21
Victrex
7D
-7.7%
1Y
-37.1%
SYM
UK£0.12
Symphony Environmental Technologies
7D
-2.0%
1Y
433.3%
ELM
UK£1.67
Elementis
7D
-1.1%
1Y
10.3%
SYNT
UK£0.98
Synthomer
7D
4.5%
1Y
-64.3%
JMAT
UK£18.65
Johnson Matthey
7D
1.9%
1Y
10.2%

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TET
UK£2.50
Treatt
7D
1.4%
1Y
-43.1%
CRDA
UK£29.78
Croda International
7D
-1.0%
1Y
-26.9%
CAR
UK£0.45
Carclo
7D
-4.5%
1Y
117.1%
DCTA
UK£0.13
Directa Plus
7D
2.0%
1Y
-33.3%
HAYD
UK£0.009
Haydale Graphene Industries
7D
38.5%
1Y
210.3%

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Jun 12
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IOF
UK£0.24
Iofina
7D
0.6%
1Y
13.5%
HDD
UK£0.08
Hardide
7D
-3.0%
1Y
3.2%
SNOX
UK£0.63
SulNOx Group
7D
4.2%
1Y
101.6%