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Hong Kong (HSI) Chemicals Industry Analysis

UpdatedJun 21, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies40
  • 7D-2.2%
  • 3M4.5%
  • 1Y7.8%
  • YTD8.3%

Over the last 7 days, the Chemicals industry has dropped 2.2%, driven by pullbacks in Migao Group Holdings and Huabao International Holdings of 14% and 6.8%, respectively. Over the past 12 months, the industry was up 7.8%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 37% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 22 Jun 2025HK$140.0bHK$328.0bHK$8.8b9.1x16x0.4x
Tue, 20 May 2025HK$131.9bHK$324.7bHK$8.6b9.3x15.3x0.4x
Thu, 17 Apr 2025HK$126.6bHK$320.2bHK$8.6b8.9x14.6x0.4x
Sat, 15 Mar 2025HK$135.6bHK$329.9bHK$8.5b9.3x15.9x0.4x
Mon, 10 Feb 2025HK$126.1bHK$328.3bHK$8.5b10x14.8x0.4x
Wed, 08 Jan 2025HK$125.6bHK$326.1bHK$8.5b9.1x14.8x0.4x
Fri, 06 Dec 2024HK$127.3bHK$328.8bHK$8.5b9.2x14.9x0.4x
Sun, 03 Nov 2024HK$127.2bHK$334.5bHK$8.4b9.4x15.2x0.4x
Tue, 01 Oct 2024HK$135.1bHK$341.8bHK$8.8b8.5x15.4x0.4x
Thu, 29 Aug 2024HK$117.6bHK$332.5bHK$9.4b9.8x12.6x0.4x
Sat, 27 Jul 2024HK$120.8bHK$322.6bHK$10.0b9.9x12.1x0.4x
Mon, 24 Jun 2024HK$127.9bHK$322.2bHK$9.9b9.7x12.9x0.4x
Wed, 22 May 2024HK$135.2bHK$321.4bHK$10.1b10.6x13.5x0.4x
Fri, 19 Apr 2024HK$122.6bHK$323.3bHK$10.1b9.2x12.1x0.4x
Sun, 17 Mar 2024HK$115.3bHK$320.5bHK$11.2b5.2x10.3x0.4x
Tue, 13 Feb 2024HK$110.5bHK$315.4bHK$10.9b5.8x10.2x0.4x
Thu, 11 Jan 2024HK$116.3bHK$319.8bHK$11.3b5.8x10.3x0.4x
Sat, 09 Dec 2023HK$114.9bHK$317.5bHK$11.2b5x10.2x0.4x
Mon, 06 Nov 2023HK$116.6bHK$312.0bHK$11.0b5.3x10.6x0.4x
Wed, 04 Oct 2023HK$120.7bHK$298.5bHK$9.0b5.7x13.4x0.4x
Fri, 01 Sep 2023HK$123.7bHK$303.3bHK$10.3b5.6x12x0.4x
Sun, 30 Jul 2023HK$132.8bHK$312.1bHK$13.1b5.1x10.2x0.4x
Tue, 27 Jun 2023HK$120.4bHK$310.2bHK$13.0b4.9x9.3x0.4x
Thu, 25 May 2023HK$136.9bHK$317.3bHK$13.3b5.1x10.3x0.4x
Sat, 22 Apr 2023HK$145.7bHK$329.3bHK$14.0b5.1x10.4x0.4x
Mon, 20 Mar 2023HK$146.7bHK$342.8bHK$15.2b5.3x9.6x0.4x
Wed, 15 Feb 2023HK$155.8bHK$346.7bHK$15.9b5.4x9.8x0.4x
Fri, 13 Jan 2023HK$150.1bHK$348.1bHK$16.0b5x9.4x0.4x
Sun, 11 Dec 2022HK$148.5bHK$337.7bHK$15.5b5.3x9.6x0.4x
Tue, 08 Nov 2022HK$137.6bHK$330.6bHK$15.1b5x9.1x0.4x
Thu, 06 Oct 2022HK$138.0bHK$347.4bHK$17.7b5.2x7.8x0.4x
Sat, 03 Sep 2022HK$145.7bHK$355.5bHK$18.2b5.3x8x0.4x
Mon, 01 Aug 2022HK$149.9bHK$335.0bHK$16.8b5.8x8.9x0.4x
Wed, 29 Jun 2022HK$163.1bHK$337.2bHK$16.9b6x9.7x0.5x
Price to Earnings Ratio

9.7x


Total Market Cap: HK$163.1bTotal Earnings: HK$16.9bTotal Revenue: HK$337.2bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Hong Kong Chemicals Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 11.7x202320242025
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 16.0x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 11.7x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.40x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Chemicals industry have declined 20% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues have remained mostly flat.
  • This means that although sales have remained flat, 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-1.75%
Materials-3.13%
Chemicals-2.18%
Industrial Gases0%0
Diversified Chemicals-0.71%
Commodity Chemicals-1.84%
Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals-1.87%
Specialty Chemicals-3.56%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Specialty Chemicals industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 19.5x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 32.5%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 40.1% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Industrial Gases industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 5.1x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Commodity Chemicals industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 60% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 20% per year.
  • In contrast, the Diversified Chemicals industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 10% 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
3983 China BlueChemicalHK$2.013.6%
+HK$322.7m
-9.5%PE7.9x
1866 China XLX FertiliserHK$5.722.5%
+HK$204.2m
52.1%PE5.2x
746 Lee & Man ChemicalHK$3.702.2%
+HK$66.0m
-5.6%PE6.3x
1986 Tsaker New Energy TechHK$0.826.5%
+HK$48.5m
-21.9%PS0.3x
9933 GHW InternationalHK$1.512.7%
+HK$37.8m
-15.6%PE102.2x

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