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Hong Kong (HSI) Chemicals Industry Analysis

UpdatedJul 26, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies40
  • 7D-4.0%
  • 3M-4.2%
  • 1Y-9.8%
  • YTD2.6%

Over the last 7 days, the Chemicals industry has dropped 4.0%, driven by declines in Dongyue Group and China BlueChemical of 10% and 13%, respectively. On the other hand Migao Group Holdings is actually up 17%. However, the industry is down 9.8% over the past year. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 44% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Hong Kong Chemicals Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 26 Jul 2024HK$120.8bHK$323.5bHK$10.0b9.9x12.1x0.4x
Sun, 23 Jun 2024HK$127.9bHK$322.2bHK$9.9b9.7x12.9x0.4x
Tue, 21 May 2024HK$136.1bHK$321.4bHK$10.1b10.6x13.5x0.4x
Thu, 18 Apr 2024HK$119.0bHK$323.3bHK$10.1b8.4x11.8x0.4x
Sat, 16 Mar 2024HK$115.3bHK$315.4bHK$11.2b5.2x10.3x0.4x
Mon, 12 Feb 2024HK$110.5bHK$317.0bHK$10.9b5.8x10.1x0.3x
Wed, 10 Jan 2024HK$117.2bHK$321.1bHK$11.4b5.8x10.3x0.4x
Fri, 08 Dec 2023HK$114.8bHK$318.4bHK$11.3b5.1x10.2x0.4x
Sun, 05 Nov 2023HK$116.6bHK$312.0bHK$11.0b5.3x10.6x0.4x
Tue, 03 Oct 2023HK$120.7bHK$298.5bHK$9.0b5.7x13.4x0.4x
Thu, 31 Aug 2023HK$124.1bHK$302.9bHK$10.4b5.7x12x0.4x
Sat, 29 Jul 2023HK$132.8bHK$311.9bHK$13.1b5.1x10.2x0.4x
Mon, 26 Jun 2023HK$119.5bHK$312.3bHK$13.1b4.8x9.1x0.4x
Wed, 24 May 2023HK$138.4bHK$317.3bHK$13.3b5.1x10.4x0.4x
Fri, 21 Apr 2023HK$146.8bHK$329.7bHK$14.0b5.1x10.5x0.4x
Sun, 19 Mar 2023HK$146.7bHK$342.8bHK$15.2b5.3x9.6x0.4x
Tue, 14 Feb 2023HK$157.3bHK$346.2bHK$15.9b5.4x9.9x0.5x
Thu, 12 Jan 2023HK$148.3bHK$347.3bHK$15.9b5x9.3x0.4x
Sat, 10 Dec 2022HK$148.4bHK$337.2bHK$15.4b5.3x9.6x0.4x
Mon, 07 Nov 2022HK$134.4bHK$330.6bHK$15.1b5.1x8.9x0.4x
Wed, 05 Oct 2022HK$133.9bHK$347.4bHK$17.7b5x7.6x0.4x
Fri, 02 Sep 2022HK$146.4bHK$356.2bHK$18.3b5.4x8x0.4x
Sun, 31 Jul 2022HK$149.9bHK$335.0bHK$16.8b5.8x8.9x0.4x
Tue, 28 Jun 2022HK$162.3bHK$337.4bHK$16.9b6x9.6x0.5x
Thu, 26 May 2022HK$157.9bHK$339.0bHK$17.0b7x9.3x0.5x
Sat, 23 Apr 2022HK$161.1bHK$341.7bHK$18.7b6.3x8.6x0.5x
Mon, 21 Mar 2022HK$162.5bHK$297.9bHK$18.7b7.1x8.7x0.5x
Wed, 16 Feb 2022HK$168.4bHK$296.1bHK$18.3b7.3x9.2x0.6x
Fri, 14 Jan 2022HK$212.7bHK$295.8bHK$18.3b7.5x11.6x0.7x
Sun, 12 Dec 2021HK$223.1bHK$295.5bHK$18.3b7.3x12.2x0.8x
Tue, 09 Nov 2021HK$203.5bHK$293.7bHK$18.2b7.2x11.2x0.7x
Thu, 07 Oct 2021HK$239.4bHK$285.2bHK$18.5b7.9x12.9x0.8x
Sat, 04 Sep 2021HK$254.5bHK$284.8bHK$18.5b9x13.8x0.9x
Mon, 02 Aug 2021HK$225.1bHK$284.8bHK$18.5b8.6x12.2x0.8x
Price to Earnings Ratio

12.2x


Total Market Cap: HK$225.1bTotal Earnings: HK$18.5bTotal Revenue: HK$284.8bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Hong Kong Chemicals Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 10.5x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Hong Kong Chemicals industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 12.1x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 10.5x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.48x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Chemicals industry have declined 19% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 4.3% 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 Hong Kong Materials industry?

HK Market-3.89%
Materials-10.54%
Chemicals-4.03%
Industrial Gases2.06%
Diversified Chemicals-1.25%
Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals-3.30%
Commodity Chemicals-4.31%
Specialty Chemicals-5.54%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Commodity Chemicals industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 61.7%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 53.6% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Diversified Chemicals industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 4.6x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Commodity Chemicals industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 62% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 54% per year.
  • In contrast, the Diversified Chemicals industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 5.4% 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
9879 Migao Group HoldingsHK$8.1517.1%
+HK$1.1b
n/aPE27.3x
6616 Global New Material International HoldingsHK$4.643.3%
+HK$185.8m
-2.5%PE29.4x
9933 GHW InternationalHK$1.8610.1%
+HK$161.3m
244.4%PE602.2x
1084 Green Future Food Hydrocolloid Marine ScienceHK$0.805.3%
+HK$33.4m
-14.9%PS0.5x
1940 China Gas Industry Investment HoldingsHK$0.503.1%
+HK$18.0m
28.2%PE4.4x
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1907

HK$2.96

China Risun Group

7D

-2.0%

1Y

-17.1%

9879

HK$8.15

Migao Group Holdings

7D

17.1%

1Y

n/a

3983

HK$1.94

China BlueChemical

7D

-12.6%

1Y

2.6%

546

HK$4.52

Fufeng Group

7D

-2.8%

1Y

9.2%

297

HK$0.96

Sinofert Holdings

7D

-7.7%

1Y

-6.8%

338

HK$1.04

Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical

7D

-6.3%

1Y

-11.1%

1084

HK$0.80

Green Future Food Hydrocolloid Marine Science

7D

5.3%

1Y

-14.9%

189

HK$6.68

Dongyue Group

7D

-10.1%

1Y

-11.3%