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Malaysian (KLSE) Chemicals Industry Analysis

UpdatedMar 12, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies29
  • 7D11.1%
  • 3M12.2%
  • 1Y6.3%
  • YTD9.5%

The Chemicals industry is up 11% in the last week, with PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad up 30%. Meanwhile, Scientex Berhad actually underperformed within the industry, shrinking 7.9% in the last week. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 6.3%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 96% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 13 Mar 2026RM 55.6bRM 74.6b-RM 3,127,319,343.0013.1x-17.8x0.7x
Sun, 08 Feb 2026RM 48.4bRM 74.3b-RM 796,733,895.0012.8x-60.8x0.7x
Tue, 06 Jan 2026RM 50.7bRM 74.3b-RM 800,045,337.0013.6x-63.4x0.7x
Thu, 04 Dec 2025RM 49.2bRM 74.2b-RM 809,497,337.0012.5x-60.8x0.7x
Sat, 01 Nov 2025RM 54.2bRM 74.4b-RM 1,478,960,466.0013.6x-36.7x0.7x
Mon, 29 Sep 2025RM 60.1bRM 74.5b-RM 1,487,018,572.0014x-40.4x0.8x
Wed, 27 Aug 2025RM 59.9bRM 73.5b-RM 1,516,853,206.0014.3x-39.5x0.8x
Fri, 25 Jul 2025RM 52.3bRM 75.2bRM 559.6m14.6x93.5x0.7x
Sun, 22 Jun 2025RM 46.9bRM 75.2bRM 556.6m14x84.2x0.6x
Tue, 20 May 2025RM 54.1bRM 74.3bRM 1.2b13.9x43.6x0.7x
Thu, 17 Apr 2025RM 46.8bRM 74.6bRM 1.2b14.2x39.3x0.6x
Sat, 15 Mar 2025RM 52.5bRM 74.5bRM 1.3b14.3x41.8x0.7x
Mon, 10 Feb 2025RM 60.0bRM 73.7bRM 848.2m17.5x70.8x0.8x
Wed, 08 Jan 2025RM 65.2bRM 73.8bRM 1.2b17.4x55.3x0.9x
Fri, 06 Dec 2024RM 63.2bRM 72.5bRM 1.1b17x58.6x0.9x
Sun, 03 Nov 2024RM 67.9bRM 71.0bRM 2.5b16.3x26.8x1x
Tue, 01 Oct 2024RM 69.8bRM 71.0bRM 2.5b15.9x27.5x1x
Thu, 29 Aug 2024RM 73.0bRM 70.9bRM 2.5b16.9x29.1x1x
Sat, 27 Jul 2024RM 72.9bRM 69.8bRM 2.2b20.6x32.7x1x
Mon, 24 Jun 2024RM 77.6bRM 69.9bRM 2.2b20.9x34.5x1.1x
Wed, 22 May 2024RM 81.5bRM 69.7bRM 2.1b20.7x39.3x1.2x
Fri, 19 Apr 2024RM 79.1bRM 70.3bRM 2.0b20.9x38.6x1.1x
Sun, 17 Mar 2024RM 79.1bRM 70.0bRM 2.0b21.3x39.5x1.1x
Tue, 13 Feb 2024RM 78.3bRM 72.6bRM 2.4b22.3x32.3x1.1x
Thu, 11 Jan 2024RM 81.5bRM 72.8bRM 2.3b22.6x35.9x1.1x
Sat, 09 Dec 2023RM 80.2bRM 72.7bRM 2.2b22.6x35.9x1.1x
Mon, 06 Nov 2023RM 81.6bRM 74.2bRM 3.9b17.2x20.9x1.1x
Wed, 04 Oct 2023RM 80.7bRM 74.7bRM 3.6b16.8x22.4x1.1x
Fri, 01 Sep 2023RM 81.2bRM 74.8bRM 3.6b18.3x22.4x1.1x
Sun, 30 Jul 2023RM 79.0bRM 76.3bRM 5.1b13.9x15.5x1x
Tue, 27 Jun 2023RM 73.1bRM 77.4bRM 5.3b13.5x13.9x0.9x
Thu, 25 May 2023RM 79.3bRM 77.0bRM 7.0b13.4x11.3x1x
Sat, 22 Apr 2023RM 81.8bRM 77.8bRM 7.4b13.2x11.1x1.1x
Mon, 20 Mar 2023RM 82.1bRM 77.8bRM 7.4b13.6x11.1x1.1x
Price to Earnings Ratio

11.1x


Total Market Cap: RM 82.1bTotal Earnings: RM 7.4bTotal Revenue: RM 77.8bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Malaysian Chemicals Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 21.9x202420252026
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 0.91x.
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-0.0016%
Materials4.03%
Chemicals11.07%
Commodity Chemicals12.24%
Diversified Chemicals3.65%
Specialty Chemicals-0.36%
Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals-0.66%
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 59.5x.
    • It looks like they are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Commodity Chemicals industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 99% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 12% per year.
  • In contrast, the Diversified 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?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
PCHEM PETRONAS Chemicals Group BerhadRM 4.6029.6%
+RM 8.4b
23.0%PS1.3x
LCTITAN Lotte Chemical Titan Holding BerhadRM 0.4530.9%
+RM 239.1m
14.1%PS0.1x
BKAWAN Batu Kawan BerhadRM 19.882.5%
+RM 186.1m
1.9%PE14.8x
TMK TMK Chemical BhdRM 1.268.6%
+RM 100.0m
1.6%PE12.9x
LUSTER Luster Industries BhdRM 0.04512.5%
+RM 14.5m
-18.2%PS0.5x

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