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Norwegian (OSEAX) Chemicals Industry Analysis

UpdatedMay 30, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies8
  • 7D0.5%
  • 3M10.2%
  • 1Y8.4%
  • YTD17.6%

The Chemicals industry is up 1.9% in the last week, with Yara International up 2.1%. In the last 12 months, the industry was up 9.2%. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 20% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 30 May 2025NOK 133.1bNOK 177.9bNOK 5.2b21.5x25.4x0.7x
Sun, 27 Apr 2025NOK 121.0bNOK 182.8bNOK 5.2b20.5x23.3x0.7x
Tue, 25 Mar 2025NOK 122.2bNOK 180.3bNOK 2.3b20.8x52.1x0.7x
Thu, 20 Feb 2025NOK 125.7bNOK 189.4bNOK 2.3b24.1x54x0.7x
Sat, 18 Jan 2025NOK 120.7bNOK 210.4bNOK 6.5b22.8x18.5x0.6x
Mon, 16 Dec 2024NOK 118.4bNOK 206.7bNOK 6.3b21.8x18.8x0.6x
Wed, 13 Nov 2024NOK 115.8bNOK 205.7bNOK 6.2b22x18.6x0.6x
Fri, 11 Oct 2024NOK 129.5bNOK 203.5bNOK 2.4b28.5x53.4x0.6x
Sun, 08 Sep 2024NOK 112.8bNOK 203.5bNOK 2.4b25.6x46.7x0.6x
Tue, 06 Aug 2024NOK 112.6bNOK 208.5bNOK 2.5b24.2x44.3x0.5x
Thu, 04 Jul 2024NOK 114.7bNOK 205.9b-NOK 1,514,128,047.6222.7x-75.7x0.6x
Sat, 01 Jun 2024NOK 123.3bNOK 205.2b-NOK 1,511,920,174.6122.9x-81.5x0.6x
Mon, 29 Apr 2024NOK 120.5bNOK 214.0b-NOK 1,450,044,472.7922.3x-83.1x0.6x
Wed, 27 Mar 2024NOK 127.5bNOK 220.7bNOK 925.3m167.9x137.8x0.6x
Fri, 23 Feb 2024NOK 126.1bNOK 216.6bNOK 881.0m172.2x143.2x0.6x
Sun, 21 Jan 2024NOK 126.0bNOK 239.2bNOK 7.6b14.4x16.6x0.5x
Tue, 19 Dec 2023NOK 131.8bNOK 237.6bNOK 7.5b15.6x17.5x0.6x
Thu, 16 Nov 2023NOK 134.2bNOK 244.7bNOK 7.8b15.6x17.3x0.5x
Sat, 14 Oct 2023NOK 140.1bNOK 275.9bNOK 16.0b13.3x8.8x0.5x
Mon, 11 Sep 2023NOK 144.6bNOK 270.5bNOK 15.7b13.2x9.2x0.5x
Wed, 09 Aug 2023NOK 148.0bNOK 262.5bNOK 15.6b13.6x9.5x0.6x
Fri, 07 Jul 2023NOK 142.1bNOK 301.6bNOK 29.3b11.1x4.9x0.5x
Sun, 04 Jun 2023NOK 157.7bNOK 307.3bNOK 29.8b13x5.3x0.5x
Tue, 02 May 2023NOK 163.2bNOK 255.1bNOK 29.2b12.6x5.6x0.6x
Thu, 30 Mar 2023NOK 167.4bNOK 313.4bNOK 39.2b11.4x4.3x0.5x
Sat, 25 Feb 2023NOK 178.6bNOK 312.0bNOK 39.1b12.1x4.6x0.6x
Mon, 23 Jan 2023NOK 166.1bNOK 294.8bNOK 31.6b11.3x5.2x0.6x
Wed, 21 Dec 2022NOK 160.4bNOK 295.2bNOK 31.7b10.3x5.1x0.5x
Fri, 18 Nov 2022NOK 167.6bNOK 301.9bNOK 32.3b11.1x5.2x0.6x
Sun, 16 Oct 2022NOK 154.3bNOK 292.2bNOK 25.8b10.8x6x0.5x
Tue, 13 Sep 2022NOK 164.2bNOK 273.6bNOK 24.5b11.9x6.7x0.6x
Thu, 11 Aug 2022NOK 167.6bNOK 265.6bNOK 24.0b14.6x7x0.6x
Sat, 09 Jul 2022NOK 157.0bNOK 248.0bNOK 21.2b14x7.4x0.6x
Mon, 06 Jun 2022NOK 191.7bNOK 235.7bNOK 20.4b17x9.4x0.8x
Price to Earnings Ratio

9.4x


Total Market Cap: NOK 191.7bTotal Earnings: NOK 20.4bTotal Revenue: NOK 235.7bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Norwegian Chemicals Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 16x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Norwegian Chemicals industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 25.3x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 16.0x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.58x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Chemicals industry have declined 36% per year over the last three years,
  • Revenues have also declined 8.8% per year.
  • This means overall sales from these companies are declining and profits are subsequently falling as well.

Industry Trends

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

NO Market0.90%
Materials0.64%
Chemicals0.52%
Specialty Chemicals1.68%
Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals0.23%
Industrial Gases0%0
Commodity Chemicals-1.52%
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 69.6x.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 19.9% and investors are willing to pay a premium for that growth.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Commodity Chemicals industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 102% over the next 5 years.
  • In contrast, the Specialty Chemicals industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 9.3% 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
ELK ElkemNOK 19.744.3%
+NOK 513.5m		-9.3%PE5.9x
YAR Yara InternationalNOK 377.200.2%
+NOK 203.8m		16.1%PE32.7x
BRG BorregaardNOK 188.400.2%
+NOK 39.9m		-2.1%PE21.5x
DSRT Desert ControlNOK 6.323.9%
+NOK 12.9m		-13.2%PS135.9x
MVW M Vest WaterNOK 9.461.7%
+NOK 5.2m		15.4%PS12.7x
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