Pakistani (KSE) Basic Materials Industry Analysis

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Pakistani Basic Materials Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

Date	Market Cap	Revenue	Earnings	PE	Absolute PE	PS
Wed, 10 Jun 2026	PK₨1.6t	PK₨1.1t	PK₨180.1b	8.5x	8.7x	1.4x
Fri, 08 May 2026	PK₨1.6t	PK₨1.1t	PK₨180.1b	8.1x	8.7x	1.4x
Sun, 05 Apr 2026	PK₨1.3t	PK₨1.1t	PK₨176.3b	7x	7.6x	1.2x
Tue, 03 Mar 2026	PK₨1.6t	PK₨1.1t	PK₨178.1b	8.6x	9x	1.5x
Thu, 29 Jan 2026	PK₨1.8t	PK₨1.1t	PK₨176.4b	11.7x	10.2x	1.7x
Sat, 27 Dec 2025	PK₨1.9t	PK₨1.1t	PK₨176.4b	12x	10.5x	1.7x
Mon, 24 Nov 2025	PK₨1.7t	PK₨1.1t	PK₨176.4b	12.4x	9.7x	1.6x
Wed, 22 Oct 2025	PK₨1.8t	PK₨1.0t	PK₨169.9b	10.7x	10.6x	1.7x
Fri, 19 Sep 2025	PK₨1.8t	PK₨1.0t	PK₨167.6b	11.2x	10.8x	1.7x
Sun, 17 Aug 2025	PK₨1.5t	PK₨1.0t	PK₨159.6b	10.5x	9.7x	1.5x
Tue, 15 Jul 2025	PK₨1.4t	PK₨1.0t	PK₨146.9b	10.1x	9.5x	1.4x
Thu, 12 Jun 2025	PK₨1.4t	PK₨1.0t	PK₨146.9b	10.2x	9.3x	1.3x
Sat, 10 May 2025	PK₨1.2t	PK₨1.0t	PK₨147.1b	8.1x	8x	1.2x
Mon, 07 Apr 2025	PK₨1.2t	PK₨1.0t	PK₨135.8b	9.1x	8.9x	1.2x
Wed, 05 Mar 2025	PK₨1.1t	PK₨1.0t	PK₨135.4b	8.6x	8.3x	1.1x
Fri, 31 Jan 2025	PK₨996.3b	PK₨976.7b	PK₨119.9b	10x	8.3x	1x
Sun, 29 Dec 2024	PK₨979.8b	PK₨975.8b	PK₨121.1b	10.1x	8.1x	1x
Tue, 26 Nov 2024	PK₨897.8b	PK₨975.8b	PK₨121.1b	8.1x	7.4x	0.9x
Thu, 24 Oct 2024	PK₨800.8b	PK₨972.8b	PK₨116.4b	8.4x	6.9x	0.8x
Sat, 21 Sep 2024	PK₨729.4b	PK₨972.8b	PK₨117.8b	7.5x	6.2x	0.7x
Mon, 19 Aug 2024	PK₨687.3b	PK₨953.8b	PK₨92.5b	7x	7.4x	0.7x
Wed, 17 Jul 2024	PK₨731.3b	PK₨953.2b	PK₨89.3b	7.6x	8.2x	0.8x
Fri, 14 Jun 2024	PK₨678.6b	PK₨953.2b	PK₨89.4b	8.2x	7.6x	0.7x
Sun, 12 May 2024	PK₨687.2b	PK₨956.0b	PK₨90.6b	7.5x	7.6x	0.7x
Tue, 09 Apr 2024	PK₨629.0b	PK₨960.4b	PK₨95.6b	6.6x	6.6x	0.7x
Thu, 07 Mar 2024	PK₨622.7b	PK₨959.3b	PK₨96.2b	6.4x	6.5x	0.6x
Sat, 03 Feb 2024	PK₨602.8b	PK₨953.0b	PK₨96.5b	6.9x	6.2x	0.6x
Mon, 01 Jan 2024	PK₨630.8b	PK₨945.1b	PK₨89.1b	7.3x	7.1x	0.7x
Wed, 29 Nov 2023	PK₨608.2b	PK₨940.1b	PK₨89.3b	6.9x	6.8x	0.6x
Fri, 27 Oct 2023	PK₨507.7b	PK₨905.8b	PK₨74.9b	6.2x	6.8x	0.6x
Sun, 24 Sep 2023	PK₨452.4b	PK₨903.9b	PK₨81.0b	5.6x	5.6x	0.5x
Tue, 22 Aug 2023	PK₨488.8b	PK₨919.2b	PK₨88.2b	5.8x	5.5x	0.5x
Thu, 20 Jul 2023	PK₨473.4b	PK₨917.0b	PK₨87.8b	6.1x	5.4x	0.5x
Sat, 17 Jun 2023	PK₨438.0b	PK₨917.0b	PK₨87.8b	5.8x	5x	0.5x

Current Industry PE

Investors are relatively neutral on the Pakistani 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 8.0x.

The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.0x is lower than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.4x.

Past Earnings Growth

The earnings for companies in the Basic Materials industry have grown 27% per year over the last three years.
Revenues for these companies have grown 7.4% 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 Pakistani Materials industry?


PK Market	-0.08%
Materials	0.17%
Basic Materials	0.19%
Construction Materials	0.19%

Industry PEThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Forecasted GrowthThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

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

Company	Last Price	7D	1Y	Valuation
BWCL Bestway Cement	PK₨450.04	1.6% +PK₨4.2b	10.7%	PE11.1x
THCCL Thatta Cement	PK₨67.36	15.1% +PK₨3.8b	70.9%	PE9.3x
CHCC Cherat Cement	PK₨288.03	3.5% +PK₨1.9b	0.9%	PE7.6x
GWLC Gharibwal Cement	PK₨54.17	8.6% +PK₨1.7b	13.9%	PE8x
PIOC Pioneer Cement	PK₨269.32	1.2% +PK₨740.5m	17.7%	PE11.1x

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

Earnings have declined by 3.9% per year over the past 5 years. This is considered a major risk. Ultimately, shareholders want to see a good return on their investment and that generally comes from sharing in the company's profits. If profits are declining over an extended period, then in most cases the share price will decline over time unless the company can turn around its fortunes. A trend of falling earnings can be very difficult to turn around. If the company is well already established it may also be a sign the company has matured and is in decline. In addition, if the company pays dividends it will also likely need to reduce or cut them, striking a dual blow to total shareholder returns. Currently, the following risks have been identified for the company: Major Risks Less than 1 year of cash runway based on free cash flow trend (-PK₨235m free cash flow). Earnings have declined by 3.9% per year over the past 5 years. Minor Risks Share price has been volatile over the past 3 months (10% average weekly change). Market cap is less than US$100m (PK₨4.40b market cap, or US$15.8m).

Pakistani (KSE) Basic Materials Industry Analysis

Industry Valuation and Performance

Industry Trends

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Latest News

Price target increased by 9.6% to PK₨328

New minor risk - Share price stability

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 23%

Now 21% overvalued

Now 21% overvalued after recent price rise

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 23%

Worth Considering

New minor risk - Share price stability

Third quarter 2026 earnings released: EPS: PK₨0.003 (vs PK₨0.02 loss in 3Q 2025)

New major risk - Revenue and earnings growth

Third quarter 2026 earnings released: EPS: PK₨0.47 (vs PK₨0.98 in 3Q 2025)

New major risk - Earnings quality

Third quarter 2026 earnings released: EPS: PK₨0.66 (vs PK₨0.22 in 3Q 2025)

Third quarter dividend of PK₨10.00 announced

Third quarter 2026 earnings: EPS exceeds analyst expectations