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Pakistani (KSE) Chemicals Industry Analysis

UpdatedSep 26, 2023
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies32
  • 7D0.9%
  • 3M-3.4%
  • 1Y-6.7%
  • YTD-4.8%

Over the last 7 days, the Chemicals industry has remained flat, although notably Lotte Chemical Pakistan gained 13%. As for the longer term, the industry has declined 5.9% in the last year. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 12% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 26 Sep 2023PK₨715.3bPK₨2.0tPK₨130.5b7x5.5x0.4x
Thu, 24 Aug 2023PK₨730.5bPK₨1.9tPK₨119.9b7.3x6.1x0.4x
Sat, 22 Jul 2023PK₨746.3bPK₨1.9tPK₨114.9b7.1x6.5x0.4x
Mon, 19 Jun 2023PK₨740.5bPK₨1.9tPK₨114.9b6.8x6.4x0.4x
Wed, 17 May 2023PK₨752.5bPK₨1.9tPK₨116.2b7.7x6.5x0.4x
Fri, 14 Apr 2023PK₨735.6bPK₨1.9tPK₨134.7b7.5x5.5x0.4x
Sun, 12 Mar 2023PK₨768.4bPK₨1.8tPK₨136.4b7.5x5.6x0.4x
Tue, 07 Feb 2023PK₨755.9bPK₨1.8tPK₨133.9b6.6x5.6x0.4x
Thu, 05 Jan 2023PK₨750.6bPK₨1.8tPK₨135.0b6.8x5.6x0.4x
Sat, 03 Dec 2022PK₨782.4bPK₨1.8tPK₨135.6b6.5x5.8x0.4x
Mon, 31 Oct 2022PK₨757.7bPK₨1.8tPK₨148.3b6.6x5.1x0.4x
Wed, 28 Sep 2022PK₨767.0bPK₨1.8tPK₨149.0b5.9x5.1x0.4x
Fri, 26 Aug 2022PK₨802.3bPK₨1.6tPK₨170.1b5.5x4.7x0.5x
Sun, 24 Jul 2022PK₨801.8bPK₨1.6tPK₨169.9b5.4x4.7x0.5x
Tue, 21 Jun 2022PK₨833.5bPK₨1.6tPK₨169.9b5.7x4.9x0.5x
Thu, 19 May 2022PK₨862.6bPK₨1.6tPK₨167.7b5.8x5.1x0.6x
Sat, 16 Apr 2022PK₨903.9bPK₨1.5tPK₨163.7b6.3x5.5x0.6x
Mon, 14 Mar 2022PK₨818.0bPK₨1.5tPK₨163.7b5.6x5x0.6x
Wed, 09 Feb 2022PK₨835.7bPK₨1.4tPK₨169.8b5.9x4.9x0.6x
Fri, 07 Jan 2022PK₨804.6bPK₨1.4tPK₨169.0b7x4.8x0.6x
Sun, 05 Dec 2021PK₨782.0bPK₨1.4tPK₨169.0b5.7x4.6x0.6x
Tue, 02 Nov 2021PK₨804.1bPK₨1.4tPK₨168.9b5.9x4.8x0.6x
Thu, 30 Sep 2021PK₨782.1bPK₨1.3tPK₨161.6b5.6x4.8x0.6x
Sat, 28 Aug 2021PK₨833.6bPK₨1.3tPK₨160.1b7.3x5.2x0.6x
Sun, 04 Jul 2021PK₨820.1bPK₨1.3tPK₨160.1b7.6x5.1x0.6x
Wed, 07 Apr 2021PK₨790.6bPK₨1.3tPK₨146.8b7.9x5.4x0.6x
Sat, 09 Jan 2021PK₨784.7bPK₨1.1tPK₨116.5b9.1x6.7x0.7x
Fri, 02 Oct 2020PK₨759.4bPK₨1.2tPK₨91.8b12.3x8.3x0.6x
Price to Earnings Ratio

8.3x


Total Market Cap: PK₨759.4bTotal Earnings: PK₨91.8bTotal Revenue: PK₨1.2tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Pakistani Chemicals Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 5.7x202120222023
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Pakistani Chemicals 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 5.7x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.54x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Chemicals industry have grown 12% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 19% 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 Market1.79%
Materials1.56%
Chemicals0.94%
Industrial Gases4.56%
Commodity Chemicals4.20%
Diversified Chemicals2.79%
Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals-0.28%
Specialty Chemicals-1.12%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Industrial Gases industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 34.6x.
    • It looks like they are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average of 5.2x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Commodity Chemicals industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 14% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 18% per year.
  • In contrast, the Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 11% 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
LOTCHEM Lotte Chemical PakistanPK₨28.0113.1%
+PK₨4.9b
-1.1%PE5.6x
LCI Lucky Core IndustriesPK₨571.723.1%
+PK₨1.6b
-15.9%PE7.1x
FATIMA Fatima FertilizerPK₨27.902.6%
+PK₨1.5b
-25.6%PE4.3x
PSYL Pakistan SyntheticsPK₨26.7023.6%
+PK₨706.0m
-6.9%PE4.2x
PAKOXY Pakistan OxygenPK₨95.704.2%
+PK₨285.6m
-9.0%PE28.1x
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PSYL

PK₨26.70

Pakistan Synthetics

7D

23.6%

1Y

-6.9%

EFERT

PK₨76.00

Engro Fertilizers

7D

-0.3%

1Y

-1.5%

FFC

PK₨92.35

Fauji Fertilizer

7D

-0.2%

1Y

-8.1%

LCI

PK₨571.72

Lucky Core Industries

7D

3.1%

1Y

-15.9%

PAKOXY

PK₨95.70

Pakistan Oxygen

7D

4.2%

1Y

-9.0%

FATIMA

PK₨27.90

Fatima Fertilizer

7D

2.6%

1Y

-25.6%

LOTCHEM

PK₨28.01

Lotte Chemical Pakistan

7D

13.1%

1Y

-1.1%

DYNO

PK₨140.00

Dynea Pakistan

7D

-3.1%

1Y

-21.4%

EPCL

PK₨39.71

Engro Polymer and Chemicals

7D

0.5%

1Y

-28.3%

FFBL

PK₨13.97

Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim

7D

-3.6%

1Y

-28.8%

AGL

PK₨8.07

Agritech

7D

-2.2%

1Y

22.8%

GCIL

PK₨8.10

Ghani Chemical Industries

7D

4.8%

1Y

n/a

RUPL

PK₨18.50

Rupali Polyester

7D

-5.0%

1Y

-54.4%

GGL

PK₨9.52

Ghani Global Holdings

7D

5.0%

1Y

-36.2%

ICL

PK₨38.00

Ittehad Chemicals

7D

-1.9%

1Y

36.9%

ENGRO

PK₨243.02

Engro

7D

-1.2%

1Y

4.1%