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Malaysian (KLSE) Utilities Sector Analysis

UpdatedJul 03, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies13
  • 7D2.1%
  • 3M11.4%
  • 1Y-11.6%
  • YTD-4.7%

Over the last 7 days, the Utilities industry has risen 2.1%, driven by gains from YTL Corporation Berhad of 8.8%. In the past year, the industry is down 12%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 4.3% per annum.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the Malaysian Utilities Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 06 Jul 2025RM 199.5bRM 148.7bRM 12.8b13.9x15.6x1.3x
Tue, 03 Jun 2025RM 180.4bRM 148.7bRM 12.8b12.7x14.1x1.2x
Thu, 01 May 2025RM 181.9bRM 149.2bRM 12.8b14.8x14.2x1.2x
Sat, 29 Mar 2025RM 178.0bRM 149.2bRM 12.8b14.5x13.9x1.2x
Mon, 24 Feb 2025RM 181.6bRM 148.5bRM 12.5b13.5x14.6x1.2x
Wed, 22 Jan 2025RM 191.3bRM 147.5bRM 12.1b13.4x15.8x1.3x
Fri, 20 Dec 2024RM 195.3bRM 147.5bRM 12.1b14.4x16.1x1.3x
Sun, 17 Nov 2024RM 182.8bRM 145.3bRM 11.7b12.2x15.6x1.3x
Tue, 15 Oct 2024RM 194.2bRM 145.3bRM 11.8b12.6x16.5x1.3x
Thu, 12 Sep 2024RM 193.6bRM 145.3bRM 11.8b12.3x16.4x1.3x
Sat, 10 Aug 2024RM 205.2bRM 146.0bRM 10.2b17.9x20.2x1.4x
Mon, 08 Jul 2024RM 220.7bRM 146.0bRM 10.2b19.3x21.7x1.5x
Wed, 05 Jun 2024RM 208.0bRM 146.0bRM 10.2b18.9x20.5x1.4x
Fri, 03 May 2024RM 193.4bRM 147.2bRM 10.0b18x19.4x1.3x
Sun, 31 Mar 2024RM 176.7bRM 147.2bRM 10.0b18.1x17.7x1.2x
Tue, 27 Feb 2024RM 177.1bRM 150.6bRM 10.2b14.4x17.4x1.2x
Thu, 25 Jan 2024RM 169.0bRM 150.1bRM 9.4b14.7x17.9x1.1x
Sat, 23 Dec 2023RM 147.8bRM 150.1bRM 9.4b11x15.7x1x
Mon, 20 Nov 2023RM 143.0bRM 153.1bRM 8.5b11.1x16.8x0.9x
Wed, 18 Oct 2023RM 137.8bRM 152.8bRM 8.5b9.4x16.3x0.9x
Fri, 15 Sep 2023RM 138.2bRM 152.8bRM 8.5b9.3x16.3x0.9x
Sun, 13 Aug 2023RM 129.3bRM 149.0bRM 8.5b10x15.3x0.9x
Tue, 11 Jul 2023RM 120.0bRM 149.0bRM 8.5b9.8x14.2x0.8x
Thu, 08 Jun 2023RM 119.6bRM 149.0bRM 8.5b10x14.1x0.8x
Sat, 06 May 2023RM 115.2bRM 145.7bRM 8.5b11x13.6x0.8x
Mon, 03 Apr 2023RM 113.7bRM 145.7bRM 8.5b10.4x13.4x0.8x
Wed, 01 Mar 2023RM 113.3bRM 145.5bRM 8.5b10.8x13.3x0.8x
Fri, 27 Jan 2023RM 114.5bRM 141.0bRM 8.4b12.2x13.7x0.8x
Sun, 25 Dec 2022RM 111.4bRM 141.0bRM 8.4b11.7x13.3x0.8x
Tue, 22 Nov 2022RM 106.5bRM 130.7bRM 8.4b12.7x12.7x0.8x
Thu, 20 Oct 2022RM 105.4bRM 129.8bRM 8.5b12.9x12.4x0.8x
Sat, 17 Sep 2022RM 109.6bRM 129.8bRM 8.5b13.8x12.9x0.8x
Mon, 15 Aug 2022RM 109.7bRM 118.6bRM 7.3b14.4x15x0.9x
Wed, 13 Jul 2022RM 103.1bRM 118.6bRM 7.3b13.1x14.1x0.9x
Price to Earnings Ratio

14.1x


Total Market Cap: RM 103.1bTotal Earnings: RM 7.3bTotal Revenue: RM 118.6bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Malaysian Utilities Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 15.6x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Malaysian Utilities 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 15.6x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.1x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.3x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Utilities industry have grown 21% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 7.8% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Malaysian Utilities sector?

MY Market1.86%
Utilities2.13%
Other Utilities7.03%
Water Utilities5.07%
Renewable Energy3.88%
Gas Utilities1.71%
Electric Utilities-1.40%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Water Utilities industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 24.6x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 4.8%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 46.2% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Renewable Energy industry, although it looks like investor sentiment has improved given that it's trading above its 3-year average of 9.4x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Renewable Energy industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 12% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 4.4% per year.
  • In contrast, the Gas Utilities industry is expected to see its earnings growth to stay flat over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
YTL YTL Corporation BerhadRM 2.478.8%
+RM 2.3b
-34.5%PE14.9x
YTLPOWR YTL Power International BerhadRM 4.125.6%
+RM 1.9b
-21.2%PE12.7x
PETGAS PETRONAS Gas BerhadRM 18.041.6%
+RM 554.0m
0.3%PE19.3x
MALAKOF Malakoff Corporation BerhadRM 0.847.0%
+RM 268.8m
1.8%PE22.3x
RANHILL Ranhill Utilities BerhadRM 1.3110.1%
+RM 155.5m
-19.6%PE33.3x