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Japanese (NIKKEI) Chemicals Industry Analysis

UpdatedFeb 21, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies158
  • 7D-2.1%
  • 3M-6.5%
  • 1Y-10.5%
  • YTD-4.9%

Over the last 7 days, the Chemicals industry has dropped 2.1%, driven by a pullback from Shin-Etsu Chemical of 1.3%. On the other hand Nippon Paint Holdings is actually up 9.9%. Overall the industry is down 10% in 12 months. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 13% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Japanese Chemicals Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 21 Feb 2025JP¥34.7tJP¥42.5tJP¥2.0t11.4x17.4x0.8x
Sun, 19 Jan 2025JP¥35.5tJP¥42.1tJP¥1.9t11.9x19.1x0.8x
Tue, 17 Dec 2024JP¥36.5tJP¥41.0tJP¥1.8t11.9x20.1x0.9x
Thu, 14 Nov 2024JP¥37.7tJP¥42.0tJP¥1.9t12x20.3x0.9x
Sat, 12 Oct 2024JP¥39.2tJP¥41.6tJP¥1.9t12.1x20.5x0.9x
Mon, 09 Sep 2024JP¥36.8tJP¥41.6tJP¥1.9t12.3x19.2x0.9x
Wed, 07 Aug 2024JP¥35.6tJP¥41.2tJP¥1.9t11.2x19.1x0.9x
Fri, 05 Jul 2024JP¥40.2tJP¥40.8tJP¥1.7t13.4x23.1x1x
Sun, 02 Jun 2024JP¥39.2tJP¥41.2tJP¥1.7t13x22.6x1x
Tue, 30 Apr 2024JP¥39.3tJP¥40.9tJP¥1.7t13.7x23.2x1x
Thu, 28 Mar 2024JP¥42.2tJP¥41.0tJP¥1.7t14.5x25.1x1x
Sat, 24 Feb 2024JP¥40.1tJP¥41.0tJP¥1.7t14.1x23.8x1x
Mon, 22 Jan 2024JP¥37.7tJP¥41.4tJP¥1.7t14.3x22.8x0.9x
Wed, 20 Dec 2023JP¥36.3tJP¥41.4tJP¥1.7t14.1x22x0.9x
Fri, 17 Nov 2023JP¥36.2tJP¥41.3tJP¥1.7t13.7x21.8x0.9x
Sun, 15 Oct 2023JP¥34.2tJP¥42.0tJP¥1.8t13.7x18.7x0.8x
Tue, 12 Sep 2023JP¥35.1tJP¥42.0tJP¥1.8t13.5x19.2x0.8x
Thu, 10 Aug 2023JP¥34.7tJP¥42.0tJP¥1.8t12.7x18.9x0.8x
Sat, 08 Jul 2023JP¥34.4tJP¥42.5tJP¥2.1t12.8x16.4x0.8x
Mon, 05 Jun 2023JP¥32.8tJP¥42.4tJP¥2.1t12.1x15.7x0.8x
Wed, 03 May 2023JP¥31.9tJP¥42.0tJP¥2.4t11.2x13.2x0.8x
Fri, 31 Mar 2023JP¥31.5tJP¥42.0tJP¥2.5t10.8x12.7x0.8x
Sun, 26 Feb 2023JP¥30.9tJP¥42.0tJP¥2.5t10.7x12.4x0.7x
Tue, 24 Jan 2023JP¥28.9tJP¥40.8tJP¥2.7t9.7x10.5x0.7x
Thu, 22 Dec 2022JP¥28.2tJP¥40.8tJP¥2.7t9.4x10.3x0.7x
Sat, 19 Nov 2022JP¥29.5tJP¥40.8tJP¥2.7t9.7x10.8x0.7x
Mon, 17 Oct 2022JP¥28.0tJP¥39.1tJP¥2.7t9.4x10.2x0.7x
Wed, 14 Sep 2022JP¥30.7tJP¥39.1tJP¥2.7t9.9x11.2x0.8x
Fri, 12 Aug 2022JP¥30.1tJP¥38.8tJP¥2.7t9.8x11x0.8x
Sun, 10 Jul 2022JP¥29.2tJP¥37.5tJP¥2.6t9.4x11.4x0.8x
Tue, 07 Jun 2022JP¥31.1tJP¥37.5tJP¥2.6t9.8x12.2x0.8x
Thu, 05 May 2022JP¥30.0tJP¥36.4tJP¥2.5t9.5x12x0.8x
Sat, 02 Apr 2022JP¥31.0tJP¥36.2tJP¥2.4t9.7x13.1x0.9x
Mon, 28 Feb 2022JP¥30.1tJP¥36.2tJP¥2.4t9.6x12.8x0.8x
Price to Earnings Ratio

12.8x


Total Market Cap: JP¥30.1tTotal Earnings: JP¥2.4tTotal Revenue: JP¥36.2tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Chemicals Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 16.9x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Japanese Chemicals industry at the moment, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates to remain steady.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 16.9x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.84x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Chemicals industry have declined 5.5% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 5.4% 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 Japanese Materials industry?

JP Market-1.26%
Materials-1.72%
Chemicals-2.14%
Specialty Chemicals-1.61%
Commodity Chemicals-1.79%
Industrial Gases-2.77%
Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals-2.85%
Diversified Chemicals-4.21%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Diversified Chemicals industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 25.8x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 20.6%, which is higher than its past year's earnings growth of 14.2% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average of 9.7x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Diversified Chemicals industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 21% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 14% per year.
  • In contrast, the Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 2.2% 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
4612 Nippon Paint HoldingsJP¥1.04k9.9%
+JP¥220.8b		-7.7%PE19.2x
6988 Nitto DenkoJP¥2.97k2.9%
+JP¥59.7b		6.2%PE16.1x
4183 Mitsui ChemicalsJP¥3.40k2.9%
+JP¥17.8b		-17.4%PE12.6x
4005 Sumitomo Chemical CompanyJP¥347.703.0%
+JP¥16.7b		11.1%PS0.2x
4091 Nippon Sanso HoldingsJP¥4.46k0.8%
+JP¥14.7b		5.5%PE17.5x
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