Malaysian (KLSE) Basic Materials Industry Analysis

UpdatedMar 05, 2026

DataAggregated Company Financials

Companies10

7D-2.2%
3M16.4%
1Y53.0%
YTD3.1%

Over the last 7 days, the Basic Materials industry has dropped 2.2%, driven by Malayan Cement Berhad declining 2.5%. In contrast, Hume Cement Industries Berhad has gained 9.7%. Over the past 12 months, the industry was up 53%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 6.4% 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
Thu, 05 Mar 2026	RM 15.8b	RM 7.4b	RM 1.1b	12.5x	14.5x	2.1x
Sat, 31 Jan 2026	RM 15.7b	RM 7.3b	RM 1.1b	11.5x	14.2x	2.1x
Mon, 29 Dec 2025	RM 15.0b	RM 7.3b	RM 1.1b	11.8x	13.5x	2x
Wed, 26 Nov 2025	RM 13.0b	RM 7.3b	RM 1.0b	10.7x	12.9x	1.8x
Fri, 24 Oct 2025	RM 13.4b	RM 7.3b	RM 966.2m	12.6x	13.8x	1.8x
Sun, 21 Sep 2025	RM 12.5b	RM 7.3b	RM 969.5m	12.2x	12.9x	1.7x
Tue, 19 Aug 2025	RM 11.4b	RM 7.2b	RM 950.1m	11.1x	12x	1.6x
Thu, 17 Jul 2025	RM 10.5b	RM 7.2b	RM 942.5m	10.9x	11.2x	1.5x
Sat, 14 Jun 2025	RM 10.4b	RM 7.3b	RM 942.9m	10.8x	11.1x	1.4x
Mon, 12 May 2025	RM 10.4b	RM 7.3b	RM 910.0m	10.4x	11.4x	1.4x
Wed, 09 Apr 2025	RM 9.2b	RM 7.4b	RM 911.8m	9.8x	10.1x	1.3x
Fri, 07 Mar 2025	RM 10.2b	RM 7.4b	RM 907.3m	10.5x	11.2x	1.4x
Sun, 02 Feb 2025	RM 9.9b	RM 7.4b	RM 785.4m	11.6x	12.6x	1.3x
Tue, 31 Dec 2024	RM 10.6b	RM 7.4b	RM 790.4m	13.1x	13.4x	1.4x
Thu, 28 Nov 2024	RM 10.5b	RM 7.4b	RM 795.3m	13.2x	13.2x	1.4x
Sat, 26 Oct 2024	RM 11.0b	RM 7.4b	RM 773.7m	12.7x	14.2x	1.5x
Mon, 23 Sep 2024	RM 11.4b	RM 7.5b	RM 770.9m	13.1x	14.8x	1.5x
Wed, 21 Aug 2024	RM 11.8b	RM 7.4b	RM 728.0m	12.6x	16.2x	1.6x
Fri, 19 Jul 2024	RM 12.7b	RM 7.4b	RM 728.7m	14x	17.4x	1.7x
Sun, 16 Jun 2024	RM 10.6b	RM 7.4b	RM 725.9m	13.7x	14.6x	1.4x
Tue, 14 May 2024	RM 10.4b	RM 7.3b	RM 616.9m	15.7x	16.9x	1.4x
Thu, 11 Apr 2024	RM 9.8b	RM 7.3b	RM 616.4m	17.5x	15.9x	1.3x
Sat, 09 Mar 2024	RM 9.8b	RM 7.3b	RM 614.3m	16.8x	16x	1.3x
Mon, 05 Feb 2024	RM 9.5b	RM 6.9b	RM 437.3m	20.3x	21.6x	1.4x
Wed, 03 Jan 2024	RM 8.5b	RM 6.9b	RM 434.5m	19x	19.6x	1.2x
Fri, 01 Dec 2023	RM 8.2b	RM 6.9b	RM 436.7m	17.7x	18.7x	1.2x
Sun, 29 Oct 2023	RM 7.3b	RM 6.5b	RM 426.0m	20.4x	17.1x	1.1x
Tue, 26 Sep 2023	RM 7.5b	RM 6.5b	RM 429.1m	20.7x	17.5x	1.2x
Thu, 24 Aug 2023	RM 7.9b	RM 6.2b	RM 362.2m	33.2x	21.7x	1.3x
Sat, 22 Jul 2023	RM 6.3b	RM 6.2b	RM 389.4m	26.5x	16.3x	1x
Mon, 19 Jun 2023	RM 6.3b	RM 6.2b	RM 395.0m	26.3x	15.9x	1x
Wed, 17 May 2023	RM 5.3b	RM 5.9b	RM 368.2m	23.5x	14.4x	0.9x
Fri, 14 Apr 2023	RM 5.5b	RM 5.9b	RM 379.6m	25.4x	14.6x	0.9x
Sun, 12 Mar 2023	RM 5.4b	RM 5.9b	RM 386.8m	18.9x	14.1x	0.9x

Price to Earnings Ratio

14.1x

Sun, 12 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 2.1x.

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.