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Sri Lankan (CSE) Chemicals Industry Analysis

UpdatedJan 21, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies11
  • 7D4.6%
  • 3M30.1%
  • 1Y62.3%
  • YTD1.0%

The Chemicals industry is up 4.6% in the last week, with Dipped Products up 8.7%. In the last 12 months, the industry was up 62%. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 6.9% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Sri Lankan Chemicals Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Wed, 22 Jan 2025LK₨161.7bLK₨258.3bLK₨24.4b7.3x6.6x0.6x
Fri, 20 Dec 2024LK₨149.9bLK₨258.3bLK₨24.4b6.9x6.1x0.6x
Sun, 17 Nov 2024LK₨130.8bLK₨258.3bLK₨24.4b6.5x5.4x0.5x
Tue, 15 Oct 2024LK₨124.9bLK₨255.2bLK₨24.4b6.1x5.1x0.5x
Thu, 12 Sep 2024LK₨111.2bLK₨255.2bLK₨24.4b5.7x4.5x0.4x
Sat, 10 Aug 2024LK₨116.7bLK₨255.2bLK₨24.2b6.1x4.8x0.5x
Mon, 08 Jul 2024LK₨124.3bLK₨251.1bLK₨23.5b7.2x5.3x0.5x
Wed, 05 Jun 2024LK₨126.0bLK₨251.1bLK₨23.4b7.2x5.4x0.5x
Fri, 03 May 2024LK₨121.5bLK₨251.1bLK₨21.7b6.5x5.6x0.5x
Sun, 31 Mar 2024LK₨113.7bLK₨251.1bLK₨21.7b6.2x5.2x0.5x
Tue, 27 Feb 2024LK₨101.7bLK₨250.2bLK₨21.4b5.6x4.7x0.4x
Thu, 25 Jan 2024LK₨99.2bLK₨248.6bLK₨16.5b5.2x6x0.4x
Sat, 23 Dec 2023LK₨101.8bLK₨248.7bLK₨16.5b5.7x6.2x0.4x
Mon, 20 Nov 2023LK₨103.0bLK₨248.7bLK₨16.4b5.7x6.3x0.4x
Wed, 18 Oct 2023LK₨109.9bLK₨259.5bLK₨20.6b5.5x5.3x0.4x
Fri, 15 Sep 2023LK₨115.0bLK₨259.5bLK₨20.6b5.8x5.6x0.4x
Sun, 13 Aug 2023LK₨114.7bLK₨261.3bLK₨21.9b5.8x5.2x0.4x
Tue, 11 Jul 2023LK₨113.4bLK₨267.3bLK₨29.1b4.7x3.9x0.4x
Thu, 08 Jun 2023LK₨99.0bLK₨267.5bLK₨29.4b4.5x3.4x0.4x
Sat, 06 May 2023LK₨103.0bLK₨256.6bLK₨33.0b4x3.1x0.4x
Mon, 03 Apr 2023LK₨106.2bLK₨256.5bLK₨32.9b4.2x3.2x0.4x
Wed, 01 Mar 2023LK₨112.4bLK₨256.5bLK₨32.9b4.6x3.4x0.4x
Fri, 27 Jan 2023LK₨114.8bLK₨244.2bLK₨33.6b4.1x3.4x0.5x
Sun, 25 Dec 2022LK₨111.8bLK₨236.1bLK₨32.7b4.5x3.4x0.5x
Tue, 22 Nov 2022LK₨104.4bLK₨236.1bLK₨32.7b4x3.2x0.4x
Thu, 20 Oct 2022LK₨131.8bLK₨205.3bLK₨28.4b5.9x4.6x0.6x
Sat, 17 Sep 2022LK₨137.6bLK₨205.3bLK₨28.4b6.4x4.8x0.7x
Mon, 15 Aug 2022LK₨122.4bLK₨194.4bLK₨24.6b6.3x5x0.6x
Wed, 13 Jul 2022LK₨79.4bLK₨180.0bLK₨20.2b4.8x3.9x0.4x
Fri, 10 Jun 2022LK₨87.6bLK₨180.0bLK₨20.2b5.5x4.3x0.5x
Sun, 08 May 2022LK₨77.9bLK₨169.6bLK₨17.9b6.1x4.3x0.5x
Tue, 05 Apr 2022LK₨89.5bLK₨169.5bLK₨18.0b6.8x5x0.5x
Thu, 03 Mar 2022LK₨116.3bLK₨169.5bLK₨18.0b8.2x6.5x0.7x
Sat, 29 Jan 2022LK₨139.7bLK₨163.0bLK₨17.7b11.6x7.9x0.9x
Price to Earnings Ratio

7.9x


Total Market Cap: LK₨139.7bTotal Earnings: LK₨17.7bTotal Revenue: LK₨163.0bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Sri Lankan Chemicals Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 4.8x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Sri Lankan Chemicals industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 6.6x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 4.8x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.49x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Chemicals industry have grown 11% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 17% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Sri Lankan Materials industry?

LK Market2.41%
Materials4.97%
Chemicals4.55%
Specialty Chemicals6.87%
Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals5.25%
Commodity Chemicals3.94%
Diversified Chemicals0%0
Industrial Gases0%0
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Specialty Chemicals industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 7.7x.
    • It looks like they are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average of 3.8x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Commodity Chemicals industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 6.9% over the next 5 years.
  • However this is lower than its past earnings growth rate of 19% per year.
  • In contrast, the Commodity Chemicals industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 6.9% 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
CIC.N0000 CIC HoldingsLK₨108.0012.5%
+LK₨4.5b
80.0%PE3.9x
DIPD.N0000 Dipped ProductsLK₨57.0010.0%
+LK₨3.1b
113.5%PE7.4x
LLUB.N0000 Chevron Lubricants LankaLK₨156.003.1%
+LK₨1.1b
66.0%PE9.5x
JAT.N0000 JAT HoldingsLK₨27.207.1%
+LK₨918.7m
94.3%PE11.3x
HAYC.N0000 HaycarbLK₨86.703.0%
+LK₨742.8m
33.4%PE7.2x
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JAT.N0000

LK₨27.20

JAT Holdings

7D

7.1%

1Y

94.3%

DIPD.N0000

LK₨57.00

Dipped Products

7D

10.0%

1Y

113.5%

HAYC.N0000

LK₨86.70

Haycarb

7D

3.0%

1Y

33.4%

CIC.N0000

LK₨108.00

CIC Holdings

7D

12.5%

1Y

80.0%

APLA.N0000

LK₨590.00

ACL Plastics

7D

1.9%

1Y

73.0%

AGST.N0000

LK₨8.40

AgStar

7D

1.2%

1Y

13.5%

LLUB.N0000

LK₨156.00

Chevron Lubricants Lanka

7D

3.1%

1Y

66.0%

REXP.N0000

LK₨408.25

Richard Pieris Exports

7D

2.0%

1Y

-13.0%