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Japanese (NIKKEI) Chemicals Industry Analysis

UpdatedJul 15, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies158
  • 7D1.2%
  • 3M16.2%
  • 1Y-8.9%
  • YTD0.5%

Over the last 7 days, the Chemicals industry has remained flat, although notably Nippon Paint Holdings gained 4.0%. Unfortunately though, the industry is down 8.8% over the past 12 months. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 10% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 15 Jul 2025JP¥35.8tJP¥42.7tJP¥2.2t11.3x16.6x0.8x
Thu, 12 Jun 2025JP¥34.7tJP¥42.7tJP¥2.2t10.9x16.1x0.8x
Sat, 10 May 2025JP¥33.7tJP¥42.6tJP¥2.0t11x16.7x0.8x
Mon, 07 Apr 2025JP¥31.3tJP¥42.5tJP¥2.0t10x15.6x0.7x
Wed, 05 Mar 2025JP¥34.5tJP¥42.5tJP¥2.0t11.3x17.3x0.8x
Fri, 31 Jan 2025JP¥35.7tJP¥42.1tJP¥1.9t12.3x19x0.8x
Sun, 29 Dec 2024JP¥37.2tJP¥42.1tJP¥1.9t12.1x20.1x0.9x
Tue, 26 Nov 2024JP¥37.6tJP¥42.1tJP¥1.9t12.2x20.3x0.9x
Thu, 24 Oct 2024JP¥37.6tJP¥41.6tJP¥1.9t11.6x19.6x0.9x
Sat, 21 Sep 2024JP¥37.9tJP¥41.6tJP¥1.9t12.2x19.8x0.9x
Mon, 19 Aug 2024JP¥38.3tJP¥41.5tJP¥1.9t12.1x20.2x0.9x
Wed, 17 Jul 2024JP¥40.8tJP¥40.8tJP¥1.7t13.3x23.4x1x
Fri, 14 Jun 2024JP¥39.6tJP¥41.2tJP¥1.7t12.8x22.9x1x
Sun, 12 May 2024JP¥39.5tJP¥41.0tJP¥1.8t14.2x21.5x1x
Tue, 09 Apr 2024JP¥40.2tJP¥41.0tJP¥1.7t14.3x23.9x1x
Thu, 07 Mar 2024JP¥41.1tJP¥41.0tJP¥1.7t14x24.4x1x
Sat, 03 Feb 2024JP¥38.7tJP¥41.2tJP¥1.6t14.1x24.4x0.9x
Mon, 01 Jan 2024JP¥37.8tJP¥41.4tJP¥1.7t14.1x22.8x0.9x
Wed, 29 Nov 2023JP¥36.7tJP¥41.4tJP¥1.7t14x22.1x0.9x
Fri, 27 Oct 2023JP¥32.7tJP¥42.0tJP¥1.8t13.2x17.9x0.8x
Sun, 24 Sep 2023JP¥35.0tJP¥42.0tJP¥1.8t13.6x19.2x0.8x
Tue, 22 Aug 2023JP¥33.8tJP¥42.0tJP¥1.8t13x18.5x0.8x
Thu, 20 Jul 2023JP¥34.7tJP¥42.5tJP¥2.1t13x16.6x0.8x
Sat, 17 Jun 2023JP¥35.2tJP¥42.5tJP¥2.1t12.8x16.8x0.8x
Mon, 15 May 2023JP¥32.0tJP¥42.3tJP¥2.2t12x14.4x0.8x
Wed, 12 Apr 2023JP¥31.1tJP¥42.0tJP¥2.5t10.7x12.5x0.7x
Fri, 10 Mar 2023JP¥32.3tJP¥42.0tJP¥2.5t11.4x13x0.8x
Sun, 05 Feb 2023JP¥29.9tJP¥41.3tJP¥2.7t9.8x11.1x0.7x
Tue, 03 Jan 2023JP¥27.8tJP¥40.8tJP¥2.7t9.5x10.1x0.7x
Thu, 01 Dec 2022JP¥30.0tJP¥40.8tJP¥2.7t9.9x10.9x0.7x
Sat, 29 Oct 2022JP¥27.9tJP¥39.4tJP¥2.8t9.4x9.8x0.7x
Mon, 26 Sep 2022JP¥29.1tJP¥39.1tJP¥2.7t9.6x10.6x0.7x
Wed, 24 Aug 2022JP¥30.3tJP¥39.1tJP¥2.7t9.8x11.1x0.8x
Fri, 22 Jul 2022JP¥29.9tJP¥37.5tJP¥2.6t9.9x11.7x0.8x
Price to Earnings Ratio

11.7x


Total Market Cap: JP¥29.9tTotal Earnings: JP¥2.6tTotal Revenue: JP¥37.5tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Chemicals Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 17.4x202320242025
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 17.4x.
  • 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 5.6% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 4.4% 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 Market0.38%
Materials1.71%
Chemicals1.17%
Diversified Chemicals5.30%
Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals3.34%
Commodity Chemicals2.11%
Specialty Chemicals-0.031%
Industrial Gases-1.18%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Commodity Chemicals industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 19.5x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 16.8%, which is higher than its past year's earnings growth of 0.6% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals industry, although it looks like investor sentiment has improved given that it's trading above its 3-year average of 9.5x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Commodity Chemicals industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 17% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 0.6% per year.
  • In contrast, the Specialty Chemicals industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 7.1% 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
6988 Nitto DenkoJP¥2.84k5.0%
+JP¥86.0b		4.9%PE14.1x
4612 Nippon Paint HoldingsJP¥1.22k2.9%
+JP¥82.2b		22.0%PE21.4x
4182 Mitsubishi Gas Chemical CompanyJP¥2.53k8.4%
+JP¥38.3b		-18.3%PE10.8x
4004 Resonac HoldingsJP¥3.60k5.5%
+JP¥34.0b		-5.8%PE18.3x
4021 Nissan ChemicalJP¥4.50k5.7%
+JP¥32.7b		-10.0%PE14.2x

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