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Taiwanese (TAIEX) Chemicals Industry Analysis

UpdatedJan 26, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies96
  • 7D-0.3%
  • 3M-15.4%
  • 1Y-28.6%
  • YTD4.1%

Over the last 7 days, the Chemicals industry has remained flat, although notably Taiwan Speciality Chemicals gained 7.5%. Unfortunately though, the industry is down 29% over the past 12 months. As for the next few years, earnings are expected to grow by 60% per annum.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 26 Jan 2025NT$1.5tNT$1.5tNT$27.1b21.6x56.9x1x
Tue, 24 Dec 2024NT$1.5tNT$1.5tNT$27.2b21.4x56.3x1x
Thu, 21 Nov 2024NT$1.7tNT$1.5tNT$27.2b21.9x63.9x1.1x
Sat, 19 Oct 2024NT$1.8tNT$1.5tNT$53.5b21.6x34.2x1.2x
Mon, 16 Sep 2024NT$1.8tNT$1.5tNT$53.4b21.8x33.6x1.2x
Wed, 14 Aug 2024NT$1.9tNT$1.5tNT$53.3b21.4x34.9x1.2x
Fri, 12 Jul 2024NT$2.0tNT$1.5tNT$51.4b24.4x38.9x1.4x
Sun, 09 Jun 2024NT$2.0tNT$1.5tNT$51.2b23.7x39.8x1.4x
Tue, 07 May 2024NT$2.2tNT$1.5tNT$46.4b23.7x46.6x1.5x
Thu, 04 Apr 2024NT$2.1tNT$1.5tNT$46.7b23.6x45.9x1.4x
Sat, 02 Mar 2024NT$2.2tNT$1.5tNT$32.9b23x66.2x1.5x
Mon, 29 Jan 2024NT$2.1tNT$1.5tNT$33.0b20.8x65x1.4x
Wed, 27 Dec 2023NT$2.2tNT$1.5tNT$33.0b21.1x68.1x1.5x
Fri, 24 Nov 2023NT$2.3tNT$1.5tNT$33.8b21.1x68.1x1.5x
Sun, 22 Oct 2023NT$2.2tNT$1.5tNT$26.6b22.5x83.6x1.5x
Tue, 19 Sep 2023NT$2.3tNT$1.5tNT$24.8b25.2x92.8x1.5x
Thu, 17 Aug 2023NT$2.2tNT$1.5tNT$24.4b23.3x90.7x1.4x
Sat, 15 Jul 2023NT$2.3tNT$1.7tNT$67.1b21.5x34.6x1.4x
Mon, 12 Jun 2023NT$2.5tNT$1.7tNT$68.6b22x36.1x1.5x
Wed, 10 May 2023NT$2.4tNT$1.8tNT$111.7b17.2x21.8x1.4x
Fri, 07 Apr 2023NT$2.4tNT$1.8tNT$112.3b16.8x21.4x1.4x
Sun, 05 Mar 2023NT$2.4tNT$1.9tNT$173.7b16.2x13.9x1.3x
Tue, 31 Jan 2023NT$2.4tNT$1.9tNT$176.3b15x13.6x1.3x
Thu, 29 Dec 2022NT$2.3tNT$1.9tNT$176.3b13.8x12.9x1.2x
Sat, 26 Nov 2022NT$2.4tNT$1.9tNT$176.3b14x13.4x1.3x
Mon, 24 Oct 2022NT$2.1tNT$1.9tNT$224.6b11.7x9.5x1.1x
Wed, 21 Sep 2022NT$2.3tNT$1.9tNT$224.6b14.8x10.1x1.2x
Fri, 19 Aug 2022NT$2.4tNT$1.9tNT$224.2b15.9x10.6x1.2x
Sun, 17 Jul 2022NT$2.2tNT$1.9tNT$249.4b14.4x8.8x1.2x
Tue, 14 Jun 2022NT$2.7tNT$1.9tNT$249.3b15.5x10.7x1.4x
Thu, 12 May 2022NT$2.6tNT$1.9tNT$252.8b16x10.4x1.4x
Sat, 09 Apr 2022NT$2.8tNT$1.9tNT$263.4b17.5x10.7x1.5x
Mon, 07 Mar 2022NT$2.8tNT$1.8tNT$259.9b17.4x10.8x1.6x
Wed, 02 Feb 2022NT$2.7tNT$1.8tNT$258.5b17.6x10.5x1.5x
Price to Earnings Ratio

10.5x


Total Market Cap: NT$2.7tTotal Earnings: NT$258.5bTotal Revenue: NT$1.8tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Taiwanese Chemicals Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 35.7x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Taiwanese Chemicals industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 56.9x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 35.7x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.3x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.0x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Chemicals industry have declined 53% per year over the last three years,
  • Revenues have also declined 4.4% 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 Taiwanese Materials industry?

TW Market1.66%
Materials0.69%
Chemicals-0.28%
Industrial Gases9.64%
Specialty Chemicals2.58%
Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals0.84%
Diversified Chemicals0%0
Commodity Chemicals-1.28%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Industrial Gases industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 77.1x.
    • 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, although it looks like investor sentiment has improved given that it's trading above its 3-year average of 18.2x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the Commodity Chemicals industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 67% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings growth rate of 40% per year.
  • In contrast, the Specialty Chemicals industry is expected to see its earnings grow by 16% 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
4772 Taiwan Speciality ChemicalsNT$264.007.5%
+NT$2.7b		188.2%PE116.4x
5234 Daxin MaterialsNT$225.0010.8%
+NT$2.3b		108.3%PE46.2x
1722 Taiwan FertilizerNT$52.301.4%
+NT$686.0m		-19.5%PE29.7x
1773 Shiny Chemical IndustrialNT$155.001.6%
+NT$625.0m		14.8%PE22.1x
1717 Eternal MaterialsNT$28.351.8%
+NT$589.1m		-0.7%PE19x
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NT$32.35

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-1.8%

1Y

-47.4%

1314

NT$7.45

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-1.7%

1Y

-21.7%

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1301

NT$36.25

Formosa Plastics

7D

-2.6%

1Y

-50.1%

1326

NT$28.10

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre

7D

-3.1%

1Y

-51.3%

1722

NT$52.30

Taiwan Fertilizer

7D

1.4%

1Y

-19.5%

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1773

NT$155.00

Shiny Chemical Industrial

7D

1.6%

1Y

14.8%

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4770

NT$292.00

Allied Supreme

7D

2.1%

1Y

-12.7%

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1313

NT$8.87

UPC Technology

7D

-0.9%

1Y

-39.7%

1307

NT$38.05

San Fang Chemical Industry

7D

-1.4%

1Y

50.4%

1717

NT$28.35

Eternal Materials

7D

1.8%

1Y

-0.7%

2104

NT$12.70

International CSRC Investment Holdings

7D

-0.8%

1Y

-30.8%

1713

NT$50.40

Cathay Chemical Works

7D

6.9%

1Y

8.6%

4772

NT$264.00

Taiwan Speciality Chemicals

7D

7.5%

1Y

188.2%

7763

NT$82.00

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10.8%

1Y

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