Malaysian (KLSE) Basic Materials Industry Analysis

UpdatedMar 13, 2026

DataAggregated Company Financials

Companies10

7D-8.2%
3M8.6%
1Y48.4%
YTD-3.5%

Over the last 7 days, the Basic Materials industry has dropped 6.7%, driven by Malayan Cement Berhad declining 9.5%. Meanwhile, Concrete Engineering Products Berhad actually outperformed within the industry, gaining 12% in the last week. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 51%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 6.6% 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
Fri, 13 Mar 2026	RM 14.8b	RM 7.4b	RM 1.1b	11.7x	13.5x	2x
Sun, 08 Feb 2026	RM 15.8b	RM 7.3b	RM 1.1b	11.5x	14.2x	2.2x
Tue, 06 Jan 2026	RM 15.7b	RM 7.3b	RM 1.1b	11.5x	14.1x	2.1x
Thu, 04 Dec 2025	RM 13.6b	RM 7.3b	RM 1.1b	11.1x	12.3x	1.9x
Sat, 01 Nov 2025	RM 14.0b	RM 7.3b	RM 966.2m	12.7x	14.5x	1.9x
Mon, 29 Sep 2025	RM 14.2b	RM 7.3b	RM 966.2m	13.1x	14.7x	2x
Wed, 27 Aug 2025	RM 11.3b	RM 7.3b	RM 958.9m	10.9x	11.8x	1.6x
Fri, 25 Jul 2025	RM 11.2b	RM 7.2b	RM 942.5m	11.5x	11.9x	1.6x
Sun, 22 Jun 2025	RM 10.2b	RM 7.3b	RM 942.9m	10.2x	10.8x	1.4x
Tue, 20 May 2025	RM 10.3b	RM 7.3b	RM 910.0m	11.1x	11.4x	1.4x
Thu, 17 Apr 2025	RM 9.8b	RM 7.4b	RM 911.8m	10x	10.7x	1.3x
Sat, 15 Mar 2025	RM 9.9b	RM 7.4b	RM 907.3m	10.1x	10.9x	1.3x
Mon, 10 Feb 2025	RM 10.3b	RM 7.4b	RM 785.4m	11.8x	13.1x	1.4x
Wed, 08 Jan 2025	RM 10.7b	RM 7.4b	RM 790.4m	12.9x	13.5x	1.4x
Fri, 06 Dec 2024	RM 10.8b	RM 7.4b	RM 797.7m	12.9x	13.5x	1.5x
Sun, 03 Nov 2024	RM 10.5b	RM 7.4b	RM 770.1m	12.5x	13.7x	1.4x
Tue, 01 Oct 2024	RM 11.4b	RM 7.4b	RM 773.7m	12.5x	14.7x	1.5x
Thu, 29 Aug 2024	RM 11.1b	RM 7.5b	RM 760.7m	12.6x	14.6x	1.5x
Sat, 27 Jul 2024	RM 12.2b	RM 7.4b	RM 728.7m	13.9x	16.8x	1.6x
Mon, 24 Jun 2024	RM 10.8b	RM 7.4b	RM 725.9m	13.1x	14.8x	1.4x
Wed, 22 May 2024	RM 10.9b	RM 7.3b	RM 650.8m	15.8x	16.8x	1.5x
Fri, 19 Apr 2024	RM 9.7b	RM 7.3b	RM 616.4m	17.3x	15.7x	1.3x
Sun, 17 Mar 2024	RM 9.7b	RM 7.3b	RM 614.3m	17.5x	15.7x	1.3x
Tue, 13 Feb 2024	RM 9.5b	RM 6.9b	RM 437.3m	20.2x	21.7x	1.4x
Thu, 11 Jan 2024	RM 9.8b	RM 6.9b	RM 434.5m	19.7x	22.5x	1.4x
Sat, 09 Dec 2023	RM 8.5b	RM 6.9b	RM 436.6m	17.6x	19.4x	1.2x
Mon, 06 Nov 2023	RM 7.6b	RM 6.5b	RM 425.6m	20.6x	17.8x	1.2x
Wed, 04 Oct 2023	RM 7.3b	RM 6.5b	RM 426.0m	20.6x	17.1x	1.1x
Fri, 01 Sep 2023	RM 7.7b	RM 6.5b	RM 429.1m	21x	17.9x	1.2x
Sun, 30 Jul 2023	RM 6.7b	RM 6.2b	RM 392.1m	30.2x	17x	1.1x
Tue, 27 Jun 2023	RM 6.2b	RM 6.2b	RM 395.0m	26.3x	15.7x	1x
Thu, 25 May 2023	RM 6.2b	RM 6.0b	RM 362.8m	23.3x	17x	1x
Sat, 22 Apr 2023	RM 5.4b	RM 5.9b	RM 379.6m	24.8x	14.3x	0.9x
Mon, 20 Mar 2023	RM 5.2b	RM 5.9b	RM 386.8m	18.4x	13.5x	0.9x

Price to Earnings Ratio

13.5x

Mon, 20 Mar 2023

Current Industry PE

Investors are relatively neutral on the Malaysian Basic Materials 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 14.9x.

The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.4x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 2.0x.

Past Earnings Growth

The earnings for companies in the Basic Materials industry have grown 41% per year over the last three years.
Revenues for these companies have grown 8.1% per year.
This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.