Sri Lankan (CSE) Chemicals Industry Analysis

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

Date	Market Cap	Revenue	Earnings	PE	Absolute PE	PS
Sun, 27 Nov 2022	LK₨109.0b	LK₨236.1b	LK₨32.7b	4.2x	3.3x	0.5x
Tue, 25 Oct 2022	LK₨129.2b	LK₨213.8b	LK₨30.0b	5.9x	4.3x	0.6x
Thu, 22 Sep 2022	LK₨137.2b	LK₨205.3b	LK₨28.4b	6.4x	4.8x	0.7x
Sat, 20 Aug 2022	LK₨121.7b	LK₨205.3b	LK₨28.4b	5x	4.3x	0.6x
Mon, 18 Jul 2022	LK₨81.0b	LK₨180.0b	LK₨20.2b	4.8x	4x	0.4x
Wed, 15 Jun 2022	LK₨90.9b	LK₨180.0b	LK₨20.2b	5.2x	4.5x	0.5x
Fri, 13 May 2022	LK₨78.3b	LK₨169.6b	LK₨17.9b	6.1x	4.4x	0.5x
Sun, 10 Apr 2022	LK₨85.5b	LK₨169.5b	LK₨18.0b	6.5x	4.7x	0.5x
Tue, 08 Mar 2022	LK₨108.3b	LK₨169.5b	LK₨18.0b	7.6x	6x	0.6x
Thu, 03 Feb 2022	LK₨137.1b	LK₨163.3b	LK₨17.7b	11.3x	7.7x	0.8x
Sat, 01 Jan 2022	LK₨136.0b	LK₨161.8b	LK₨17.6b	9.9x	7.7x	0.8x
Mon, 29 Nov 2021	LK₨123.3b	LK₨161.8b	LK₨17.6b	9.4x	7x	0.8x
Wed, 27 Oct 2021	LK₨126.1b	LK₨155.1b	LK₨18.0b	7.8x	7x	0.8x
Fri, 24 Sep 2021	LK₨123.8b	LK₨154.4b	LK₨17.9b	8x	6.9x	0.8x
Sun, 22 Aug 2021	LK₨124.0b	LK₨154.4b	LK₨17.9b	8x	6.9x	0.8x
Fri, 09 Jul 2021	LK₨115.0b	LK₨149.0b	LK₨17.3b	7.7x	6.7x	0.8x
Thu, 01 Apr 2021	LK₨107.4b	LK₨137.0b	LK₨16.4b	6.6x	6.6x	0.8x
Sun, 03 Jan 2021	LK₨91.9b	LK₨123.5b	LK₨12.6b	7.1x	7.3x	0.7x
Wed, 07 Oct 2020	LK₨61.3b	LK₨115.2b	LK₨10.2b	6.2x	6x	0.5x
Tue, 30 Jun 2020	LK₨40.3b	LK₨109.3b	LK₨7.8b	4.4x	5.1x	0.4x
Fri, 03 Apr 2020	LK₨29.5b	LK₨107.2b	LK₨6.9b	3.3x	4.3x	0.3x
Mon, 06 Jan 2020	LK₨41.2b	LK₨109.6b	LK₨7.3b	6.8x	5.6x	0.4x

Current Industry PE

Investors are pessimistic on the Sri Lankan Chemicals industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.

The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 3.3x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 6.2x.

Past Earnings Growth

The earnings for companies in the Chemicals industry have grown 71% per year over the last three years.
Revenues for these companies have grown 30% 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 Market	4.82%
Materials	3.58%
Chemicals	3.11%
Specialty Chemicals	6.26%
Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals	3.02%
Commodity Chemicals	2.82%
Diversified Chemicals	0%
Industrial Gases	0%

Industry PE

Investors are most optimistic about the Specialty Chemicals industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 16.1x.

It looks like they are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.

Investors are most pessimistic about the Commodity Chemicals industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 6.4x.

Forecasted Growth

Analysts are most optimistic on the Commodity Chemicals industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 19% over the next 5 years.
However this is lower than its past earnings growth rate of 86% per year.

In contrast, the Commodity Chemicals industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 19% per year over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

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

Company	Last Price	7D	1Y	Valuation
DIPD.N0000 Dipped Products	LK₨27.30	7.9% +LK₨1.2b	-43.7%	PE2x
HAYC.N0000 Haycarb	LK₨55.90	5.7% +LK₨891.4m	-23.6%	PE2.6x
CIC.N0000 CIC Holdings	LK₨80.30	2.4% +LK₨720.3m	43.9%	PE4.4x
JAT.N0000 JAT Holdings	LK₨11.90	9.2% +LK₨510.4m	-42.2%	PE4.3x
AGST.N0000 AgStar	LK₨15.80	5.3% +LK₨390.0m	43.6%	PE4.2x

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