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Japanese (NIKKEI) Commodity Chemicals Industry Analysis

UpdatedMay 30, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies67
  • 7D3.3%
  • 3M0.1%
  • 1Y-1.3%
  • YTDn/a

Over the last 7 days, the Commodity Chemicals industry has risen 1.8%, driven by gains in Toray Industries and Asahi Kasei of 3.3% and 3.4%, respectively. Overall in the last year, the industry is flat. Earnings are forecast to grow by 18% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 30 May 2025JP¥8.2tJP¥16.4tJP¥408.3b10.6x20.1x0.5x
Sun, 27 Apr 2025JP¥7.8tJP¥16.4tJP¥433.1b10.4x18x0.5x
Tue, 25 Mar 2025JP¥8.7tJP¥16.4tJP¥436.6b11.2x19.9x0.5x
Thu, 20 Feb 2025JP¥8.3tJP¥16.4tJP¥436.5b11x19.1x0.5x
Sat, 18 Jan 2025JP¥8.4tJP¥16.3tJP¥486.3b11.7x17.3x0.5x
Mon, 16 Dec 2024JP¥8.6tJP¥16.3tJP¥486.8b12.1x17.6x0.5x
Wed, 13 Nov 2024JP¥8.6tJP¥16.2tJP¥491.6b11.7x17.5x0.5x
Fri, 11 Oct 2024JP¥8.5tJP¥16.2tJP¥550.8b12x15.5x0.5x
Sun, 08 Sep 2024JP¥8.1tJP¥16.2tJP¥550.5b11.7x14.7x0.5x
Tue, 06 Aug 2024JP¥7.0tJP¥15.9tJP¥519.8b9.3x13.4x0.4x
Thu, 04 Jul 2024JP¥8.6tJP¥15.8tJP¥487.2b11.8x17.6x0.5x
Sat, 01 Jun 2024JP¥8.7tJP¥15.8tJP¥487.1b11.3x17.8x0.6x
Mon, 29 Apr 2024JP¥8.5tJP¥15.6tJP¥297.9b11.1x28.6x0.5x
Wed, 27 Mar 2024JP¥8.6tJP¥15.6tJP¥278.6b12.1x30.9x0.6x
Fri, 23 Feb 2024JP¥8.1tJP¥15.6tJP¥278.5b12x29.2x0.5x
Sun, 21 Jan 2024JP¥8.2tJP¥15.7tJP¥227.3b12.7x36.1x0.5x
Tue, 19 Dec 2023JP¥7.8tJP¥15.7tJP¥226.7b12.9x34.6x0.5x
Thu, 16 Nov 2023JP¥8.1tJP¥15.7tJP¥227.5b13.3x35.8x0.5x
Sat, 14 Oct 2023JP¥8.0tJP¥15.8tJP¥264.5b14.5x30.1x0.5x
Mon, 11 Sep 2023JP¥8.2tJP¥15.8tJP¥264.4b13.6x31.2x0.5x
Wed, 09 Aug 2023JP¥8.0tJP¥15.9tJP¥293.9b13.1x27.2x0.5x
Fri, 07 Jul 2023JP¥8.1tJP¥16.0tJP¥372.9b13.6x21.8x0.5x
Sun, 04 Jun 2023JP¥7.6tJP¥16.0tJP¥373.1b13x20.4x0.5x
Tue, 02 May 2023JP¥7.7tJP¥15.8tJP¥599.4b11x12.8x0.5x
Thu, 30 Mar 2023JP¥7.5tJP¥15.8tJP¥612.9b10.6x12.3x0.5x
Sat, 25 Feb 2023JP¥7.6tJP¥15.8tJP¥613.2b10.9x12.3x0.5x
Mon, 23 Jan 2023JP¥7.1tJP¥15.4tJP¥748.0b8.9x9.5x0.5x
Wed, 21 Dec 2022JP¥7.2tJP¥15.4tJP¥748.2b9x9.7x0.5x
Fri, 18 Nov 2022JP¥7.4tJP¥15.4tJP¥746.9b9.8x9.9x0.5x
Sun, 16 Oct 2022JP¥7.2tJP¥14.8tJP¥812.8b9x8.9x0.5x
Tue, 13 Sep 2022JP¥7.8tJP¥14.8tJP¥812.8b9.6x9.6x0.5x
Thu, 11 Aug 2022JP¥7.5tJP¥14.6tJP¥789.9b9.3x9.5x0.5x
Sat, 09 Jul 2022JP¥7.4tJP¥14.2tJP¥821.5b8.7x9x0.5x
Mon, 06 Jun 2022JP¥7.5tJP¥14.2tJP¥821.5b9x9.2x0.5x
Price to Earnings Ratio

9.2x


Total Market Cap: JP¥7.5tTotal Earnings: JP¥821.5bTotal Revenue: JP¥14.2tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Japanese Commodity Chemicals Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 19x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Japanese Commodity 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 19.0x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.51x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Commodity Chemicals industry have declined 21% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 4.9% 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 Comparison

How does Japanese Commodity Chemicals compare with similar industries?

JP Market3.20%
Materials2.89%
Chemicals3.29%
Commodity Chemicals3.26%
Diversified Chemicals4.38%
Specialty Chemicals3.05%
Industrial Gases2.99%
Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals2.94%
Industry PEThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.
Forecasted GrowthThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
3402 Toray IndustriesJP¥1.01k3.3%
+JP¥49.9b		28.2%PE20x
3407 Asahi KaseiJP¥1.02k3.4%
+JP¥44.8b		0.8%PE10.2x
4042 TosohJP¥2.13k4.8%
+JP¥31.1b		8.3%PE11.7x
4183 Mitsui ChemicalsJP¥3.18k4.0%
+JP¥23.0b		-31.8%PE18.4x
3405 KurarayJP¥1.82k2.5%
+JP¥14.4b		-3.6%PE26.6x
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