Malaysian (KLSE) Basic Materials Industry Analysis

UpdatedJul 16, 2025

DataAggregated Company Financials

Companies10

7D-1.5%
3M6.9%
1Y-17.1%
YTD-2.8%

Over the last 7 days, the Basic Materials industry has dropped 1.5%, driven by Malayan Cement Berhad declining 1.2%. However, the industry is down 17% over the past year. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 2.2% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Malaysian Basic Materials Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

Date	Market Cap	Revenue	Earnings	PE	Absolute PE	PS
Wed, 16 Jul 2025	RM 10.5b	RM 7.2b	RM 942.5m	10.8x	11.1x	1.4x
Fri, 13 Jun 2025	RM 10.6b	RM 7.3b	RM 942.9m	10.9x	11.2x	1.5x
Sun, 11 May 2025	RM 10.4b	RM 7.3b	RM 910.0m	10.4x	11.4x	1.4x
Tue, 08 Apr 2025	RM 9.1b	RM 7.4b	RM 911.8m	9.5x	10x	1.2x
Thu, 06 Mar 2025	RM 10.1b	RM 7.4b	RM 907.3m	10.4x	11.1x	1.4x
Sat, 01 Feb 2025	RM 9.9b	RM 7.4b	RM 785.4m	11.6x	12.6x	1.3x
Mon, 30 Dec 2024	RM 10.6b	RM 7.4b	RM 790.4m	12.8x	13.4x	1.4x
Wed, 27 Nov 2024	RM 10.3b	RM 7.4b	RM 769.1m	10.9x	13.4x	1.4x
Fri, 25 Oct 2024	RM 11.1b	RM 7.4b	RM 773.7m	12.8x	14.4x	1.5x
Sun, 22 Sep 2024	RM 11.4b	RM 7.5b	RM 770.9m	13.1x	14.8x	1.5x
Tue, 20 Aug 2024	RM 11.9b	RM 7.4b	RM 728.4m	12.7x	16.4x	1.6x
Thu, 18 Jul 2024	RM 12.7b	RM 7.4b	RM 728.7m	14.1x	17.5x	1.7x
Sat, 15 Jun 2024	RM 10.6b	RM 7.4b	RM 726.2m	13.7x	14.6x	1.4x
Mon, 13 May 2024	RM 10.5b	RM 7.3b	RM 616.9m	15.7x	17x	1.4x
Wed, 10 Apr 2024	RM 9.8b	RM 7.3b	RM 616.4m	17.5x	15.9x	1.3x
Fri, 08 Mar 2024	RM 9.8b	RM 7.3b	RM 614.3m	16.9x	16x	1.4x
Sun, 04 Feb 2024	RM 9.5b	RM 6.9b	RM 437.3m	20.3x	21.6x	1.4x
Tue, 02 Jan 2024	RM 8.6b	RM 6.9b	RM 434.5m	18.9x	19.8x	1.2x
Thu, 30 Nov 2023	RM 8.2b	RM 6.9b	RM 578.6m	18.8x	14.2x	1.2x
Sat, 28 Oct 2023	RM 7.3b	RM 6.5b	RM 426.0m	20.4x	17.1x	1.1x
Mon, 25 Sep 2023	RM 7.5b	RM 6.5b	RM 429.1m	20.8x	17.5x	1.2x
Wed, 23 Aug 2023	RM 7.7b	RM 6.2b	RM 362.2m	33.4x	21.3x	1.2x
Fri, 21 Jul 2023	RM 6.4b	RM 6.2b	RM 389.4m	26.9x	16.5x	1x
Sun, 18 Jun 2023	RM 6.3b	RM 6.2b	RM 395.0m	26.3x	15.9x	1x
Tue, 16 May 2023	RM 5.4b	RM 5.9b	RM 368.2m	23.5x	14.6x	0.9x
Thu, 13 Apr 2023	RM 5.7b	RM 5.9b	RM 379.6m	24.6x	14.9x	1x
Sat, 11 Mar 2023	RM 5.4b	RM 5.9b	RM 386.8m	18.9x	14.1x	0.9x
Mon, 06 Feb 2023	RM 5.7b	RM 5.7b	RM 432.0m	21.8x	13.2x	1x
Wed, 04 Jan 2023	RM 5.0b	RM 5.7b	RM 433.1m	25.5x	11.5x	0.9x
Fri, 02 Dec 2022	RM 5.0b	RM 5.5b	RM 329.6m	25.2x	15x	0.9x
Sun, 30 Oct 2022	RM 4.7b	RM 4.9b	RM 305.8m	25.6x	15.3x	1x
Tue, 27 Sep 2022	RM 4.5b	RM 4.9b	RM 296.3m	21.2x	15.1x	0.9x
Thu, 25 Aug 2022	RM 5.0b	RM 4.3b	RM 275.6m	29.8x	18.1x	1.2x
Sat, 23 Jul 2022	RM 5.0b	RM 4.2b	RM 251.3m	19.6x	19.9x	1.2x

Price to Earnings Ratio

19.9x

Sat, 23 Jul 2022

Current Industry PE

Investors are pessimistic on the Malaysian Basic Materials 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 11.1x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 15.2x.

The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.2x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.4x.

Past Earnings Growth

The earnings for companies in the Basic Materials industry have grown 55% per year over the last three years.
Revenues for these companies have grown 20% per year.
This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.