Italian (Borsa Italiana) Basic Materials Industry Analysis

UpdatedNov 23, 2025

DataAggregated Company Financials

Companies4

7D-1.9%
3M14.2%
1Y24.2%
YTD38.6%

Over the last 7 days, the Basic Materials industry has remained flat. As for the the longer term, the industry is up 26% over the past 12 months. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 3.2% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Italian Basic Materials Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

Date	Market Cap	Revenue	Earnings	PE	Absolute PE	PS
Sun, 23 Nov 2025	€12.7b	€8.4b	€1.2b	12.4x	10.5x	1.5x
Tue, 21 Oct 2025	€12.6b	€8.4b	€1.2b	11.8x	10.3x	1.5x
Thu, 18 Sep 2025	€11.9b	€8.3b	€1.2b	10.9x	9.7x	1.4x
Sat, 16 Aug 2025	€11.0b	€8.3b	€1.2b	10.2x	9x	1.3x
Mon, 14 Jul 2025	€12.8b	€8.2b	€1.3b	12x	10.2x	1.6x
Wed, 11 Jun 2025	€11.5b	€8.2b	€1.3b	10.7x	9.2x	1.4x
Fri, 09 May 2025	€12.0b	€8.1b	€1.3b	10.4x	9.3x	1.5x
Sun, 06 Apr 2025	€10.4b	€8.1b	€1.3b	8.8x	8x	1.3x
Tue, 04 Mar 2025	€11.2b	€8.0b	€1.4b	7.8x	8x	1.4x
Thu, 30 Jan 2025	€9.8b	€7.9b	€1.3b	8.9x	7.7x	1.2x
Sat, 28 Dec 2024	€9.1b	€7.9b	€1.3b	8.3x	7.1x	1.2x
Mon, 25 Nov 2024	€10.2b	€7.9b	€1.3b	9x	8x	1.3x
Wed, 23 Oct 2024	€8.7b	€7.9b	€1.3b	6.9x	6.6x	1.1x
Fri, 20 Sep 2024	€9.0b	€7.9b	€1.3b	7.2x	6.8x	1.1x
Sun, 18 Aug 2024	€8.7b	€7.9b	€1.3b	6.9x	6.6x	1.1x
Tue, 16 Jul 2024	€9.4b	€8.0b	€1.3b	7.6x	7.2x	1.2x
Thu, 13 Jun 2024	€9.5b	€8.0b	€1.3b	7.7x	7.2x	1.2x
Sat, 11 May 2024	€9.6b	€8.0b	€1.3b	7.8x	7.3x	1.2x
Mon, 08 Apr 2024	€8.9b	€8.1b	€1.3b	7.3x	6.8x	1.1x
Wed, 06 Mar 2024	€7.9b	€8.0b	€1.2b	6x	6.4x	1x
Fri, 02 Feb 2024	€8.0b	€8.0b	€1.2b	6.7x	6.8x	1x
Sun, 31 Dec 2023	€7.3b	€8.0b	€1.2b	6.2x	6.2x	0.9x
Tue, 28 Nov 2023	€7.1b	€8.0b	€1.2b	6x	6x	0.9x
Thu, 26 Oct 2023	€6.4b	€8.0b	€1.1b	6.1x	5.7x	0.8x
Sat, 23 Sep 2023	€6.6b	€8.0b	€1.1b	6.1x	5.9x	0.8x
Mon, 21 Aug 2023	€7.2b	€8.0b	€1.1b	6.7x	6.4x	0.9x
Wed, 19 Jul 2023	€6.2b	€7.8b	€771.1m	7.9x	8.1x	0.8x
Fri, 16 Jun 2023	€6.0b	€7.8b	€771.1m	7.6x	7.8x	0.8x
Sun, 14 May 2023	€6.1b	€7.8b	€771.1m	7.9x	8x	0.8x
Tue, 11 Apr 2023	€6.0b	€7.7b	€749.6m	8.1x	8x	0.8x
Thu, 09 Mar 2023	€6.1b	€7.2b	€770.3m	7.5x	8x	0.8x
Sat, 04 Feb 2023	€5.8b	€7.2b	€688.9m	8.2x	8.4x	0.8x
Mon, 02 Jan 2023	€5.0b	€7.2b	€688.9m	7x	7.2x	0.7x
Wed, 30 Nov 2022	€5.1b	€7.2b	€688.9m	7.1x	7.3x	0.7x

Price to Earnings Ratio

7.3x

Wed, 30 Nov 2022

Current Industry PE

Investors are optimistic on the Italian Basic Materials industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.

The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 10.7x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 7.7x.

The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.1x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.5x.

Past Earnings Growth

The earnings for companies in the Basic Materials industry have grown 21% per year over the last three years.
Revenues for these companies have grown 5.6% per year.
This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.