Malaysian (KLSE) Chemicals Industry Analysis

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Malaysian Chemicals Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

Date	Market Cap	Revenue	Earnings	PE	Absolute PE	PS
Wed, 01 Jul 2026	RM 56.3b	RM 75.0b	-RM 2,224,873,625.00	11.8x	-25.3x	0.8x
Fri, 29 May 2026	RM 67.1b	RM 75.0b	-RM 2,563,043,092.00	12.4x	-26.2x	0.9x
Sun, 26 Apr 2026	RM 67.5b	RM 74.6b	-RM 3,104,036,119.00	13.8x	-21.7x	0.9x
Tue, 24 Mar 2026	RM 66.6b	RM 74.6b	-RM 3,116,086,343.00	12.9x	-21.4x	0.9x
Thu, 19 Feb 2026	RM 50.8b	RM 74.4b	-RM 784,845,668.00	13x	-64.7x	0.7x
Sat, 17 Jan 2026	RM 49.8b	RM 74.3b	-RM 800,045,337.00	13.5x	-62.2x	0.7x
Mon, 15 Dec 2025	RM 50.2b	RM 74.2b	-RM 809,497,337.00	12.6x	-62.1x	0.7x
Wed, 12 Nov 2025	RM 51.7b	RM 74.9b	-RM 1,401,413,665.00	13.5x	-36.9x	0.7x
Fri, 10 Oct 2025	RM 57.5b	RM 74.5b	-RM 1,487,018,572.00	13.8x	-38.7x	0.8x
Sun, 07 Sep 2025	RM 55.7b	RM 74.4b	-RM 1,501,007,572.00	12.7x	-37.1x	0.7x
Tue, 05 Aug 2025	RM 53.1b	RM 75.2b	RM 268.9m	14.3x	197.6x	0.7x
Thu, 03 Jul 2025	RM 50.4b	RM 75.2b	RM 561.0m	14x	89.8x	0.7x
Sat, 31 May 2025	RM 50.2b	RM 75.2b	RM 541.9m	13.9x	92.7x	0.7x
Mon, 28 Apr 2025	RM 50.3b	RM 74.6b	RM 1.2b	14.1x	42.2x	0.7x
Wed, 26 Mar 2025	RM 52.3b	RM 74.5b	RM 1.3b	14.3x	41.6x	0.7x
Fri, 21 Feb 2025	RM 53.3b	RM 73.9b	RM 859.4m	15x	62x	0.7x
Sun, 19 Jan 2025	RM 62.6b	RM 73.8b	RM 1.2b	16.8x	53.4x	0.8x
Tue, 17 Dec 2024	RM 66.0b	RM 73.8b	RM 1.2b	17.2x	55.7x	0.9x
Thu, 14 Nov 2024	RM 61.2b	RM 71.0b	RM 2.3b	16.6x	26.1x	0.9x
Sat, 12 Oct 2024	RM 69.7b	RM 71.0b	RM 2.5b	15.7x	27.5x	1x
Mon, 09 Sep 2024	RM 68.6b	RM 70.9b	RM 2.5b	15.8x	27.3x	1x
Wed, 07 Aug 2024	RM 68.5b	RM 69.8b	RM 2.3b	19.2x	29.8x	1x
Fri, 05 Jul 2024	RM 76.0b	RM 69.8b	RM 2.2b	21.2x	34x	1.1x
Sun, 02 Jun 2024	RM 79.2b	RM 69.8b	RM 2.2b	20x	35.9x	1.1x
Tue, 30 Apr 2024	RM 79.8b	RM 70.3b	RM 2.0b	20.8x	39x	1.1x
Thu, 28 Mar 2024	RM 78.8b	RM 70.2b	RM 2.0b	20.4x	38.5x	1.1x
Sat, 24 Feb 2024	RM 80.1b	RM 71.5b	RM 2.3b	22.9x	34.4x	1.1x
Mon, 22 Jan 2024	RM 79.4b	RM 72.8b	RM 2.3b	22x	34.9x	1.1x
Wed, 20 Dec 2023	RM 81.1b	RM 72.8b	RM 2.3b	23.2x	35.8x	1.1x
Fri, 17 Nov 2023	RM 83.1b	RM 74.2b	RM 3.9b	17.2x	21.3x	1.1x
Sun, 15 Oct 2023	RM 83.3b	RM 74.7b	RM 3.6b	17.3x	23.1x	1.1x
Tue, 12 Sep 2023	RM 81.9b	RM 74.7b	RM 3.6b	17x	22.7x	1.1x
Thu, 10 Aug 2023	RM 79.1b	RM 76.3b	RM 5.1b	13.9x	15.5x	1x
Sat, 08 Jul 2023	RM 71.9b	RM 77.4b	RM 5.3b	13.2x	13.6x	0.9x

Current Industry PE

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

The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.90x.

Past Earnings Growth

Total earnings for the Chemicals industry have declined over the last three years, with the industry now making a loss overall.
Meanwhile revenues have remained mostly flat.
This means that although sales have remained flat, either the cost of doing business or the level of investment back into businesses has increased, which has decreased profits.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Malaysian Materials industry?


MY Market	-0.33%
Materials	-4.13%
Chemicals	-1.13%
Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals	0.43%
Commodity Chemicals	-1.13%
Specialty Chemicals	-2.48%
Diversified Chemicals	-5.40%

Industry PE

Investors are most optimistic about the Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 56.6x.

Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 14.9%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 21.7% per year.

Forecasted Growth

Analysts are most optimistic on the Commodity Chemicals industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 45% over the next 5 years.
This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 8.2% per year.

In contrast, the Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 15% 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
HEXTAR Hextar Global Berhad	RM 0.78	0.6% +RM 19.3m	-13.4%	PE48x
ANALABS Analabs Resources Berhad	RM 1.79	5.3% +RM 9.9m	2.9%	PE4.1x
SERSOL Sersol Berhad	RM 0.04	14.3% +RM 4.0m	33.3%	PS2.7x
RGTBHD RGT Berhad	RM 0.20	5.1% +RM 3.4m	-24.1%	PS0.6x
POLYMER Polymer Link Holdings Berhad	RM 0.15	3.4% +RM 2.8m	n/a	PE50.9x

Company

Last Price

Valuation

HEXTAR Hextar Global Berhad

RM 0.78

0.6%
+RM 19.3m

-13.4%

PE48x

ANALABS Analabs Resources Berhad

RM 1.79

5.3%
+RM 9.9m

2.9%

PE4.1x

SERSOL Sersol Berhad

RM 0.04

14.3%
+RM 4.0m

33.3%

PS2.7x

RGTBHD RGT Berhad

RM 0.20

5.1%
+RM 3.4m

-24.1%

PS0.6x

POLYMER Polymer Link Holdings Berhad

RM 0.15

3.4%
+RM 2.8m

n/a

PE50.9x

Batu Kawan Berhad (KLSE:BKAWAN) completed the acquisition of 3.3% stake in MKH Oil Palm (East Kalimantan) Berhad (KLSE:MKHOP) from Chen Choy & Sons Realty Sdn Bhd for MYR 21.8 million.

Batu Kawan Berhad (KLSE:BKAWAN) entered into an Unconditional share sale agreements to acquire 3.3% stake in MKH Oil Palm (East Kalimantan) Berhad (KLSE:MKHOP) from Chen Choy & Sons Realty Sdn Bhd for MYR 21.9 million on May 20, 2026. A cash consideration of MYR 21.9 million valued at MYR 0.6478 per share will be paid by Batu Kawan Berhad. As part of consideration, MYR 21.9 million is paid towards common equity of MKH Oil Palm (East Kalimantan) Berhad. In a related transaction, Batu Kawan Berhad entered into an Unconditional share sale agreements to acquire 29.60% stake in MKH Berhad (KLSE:MKH) from Chen Choy & Sons Realty Sdn Bhd for MYR 340 million. Concurrently, Batu Kawan Berhad entered into a Conditional share sale agreements to acquire 18.10% stake in MKH Berhad (KLSE:MKH) from a group of shareholders for approximately MYR 210 million. As at the date of the MKH Conditional SSA, MKH and its subsidiaries (“MKH Group”) collectively hold 65.3% of the voting shares in MKHOP. Upon the Proposed Mandatory Take-over Offer (MO) becoming unconditional as to acceptances, the Offeror will be obliged to undertake the MO for all the remaining voting shares in MKHOP not already owned by the Offeror, the Ultimate Offeror and the PACs as MKHOP constitutes a significant downstream company of MKH. The SSAs for the Acquisitions are not subject to any conditions precedent and are unconditional as at the date. The Acquisitions will be effected by way of direct business transactions which will take place within 30 days from the date of the Acquisitions SSAs. Maybank Investment Bank Berhad acted as financial advisor for Batu Kawan Berhad. Batu Kawan Berhad (KLSE:BKAWAN) completed the acquisition of 3.3% stake in MKH Oil Palm (East Kalimantan) Berhad (KLSE:MKHOP) from Chen Choy & Sons Realty Sdn Bhd for MYR 21.8 million on May 20, 2026. As part of consideration Batu Kawan Berhad paid MYR 0.648 per MKH Oil Palm (East Kalimantan) Berhad, since the offer price per share has been revised.

Malaysian (KLSE) Chemicals Industry Analysis

Industry Valuation and Performance

Industry Trends

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

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