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Taiwanese (TAIEX) Commodity Chemicals Industry Analysis

UpdatedFeb 16, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies52
  • 7D8.8%
  • 3M-10.6%
  • 1Y-34.9%
  • YTDn/a

The Commodity Chemicals industry is up 5.8% in the last week, with Formosa Plastics up 14%. However, the industry is down 35% over the past year. Earnings are forecast to grow by 83% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 16 Feb 2025NT$1.1tNT$1.3tNT$10.1b19.3x113.1x0.8x
Tue, 14 Jan 2025NT$1.0tNT$1.3tNT$10.2b17.6x98.6x0.7x
Thu, 12 Dec 2024NT$1.2tNT$1.3tNT$10.2b18.9x117.1x0.9x
Sat, 09 Nov 2024NT$1.4tNT$1.3tNT$26.5b19.7x51.1x1x
Mon, 07 Oct 2024NT$1.5tNT$1.3tNT$36.3b20.8x40.3x1.1x
Wed, 04 Sep 2024NT$1.4tNT$1.3tNT$36.3b19.6x38.4x1x
Fri, 02 Aug 2024NT$1.6tNT$1.3tNT$32.3b25.8x48.2x1.2x
Sun, 30 Jun 2024NT$1.5tNT$1.3tNT$32.2b23.3x47.5x1.2x
Tue, 28 May 2024NT$1.6tNT$1.3tNT$32.3b21.1x51x1.3x
Thu, 25 Apr 2024NT$1.7tNT$1.3tNT$29.1b26.8x57.2x1.3x
Sat, 23 Mar 2024NT$1.6tNT$1.3tNT$27.7b24.3x59.2x1.3x
Mon, 19 Feb 2024NT$1.7tNT$1.3tNT$14.6b25.8x119.4x1.3x
Wed, 17 Jan 2024NT$1.7tNT$1.3tNT$14.6b25.8x119.5x1.3x
Fri, 15 Dec 2023NT$1.9tNT$1.3tNT$14.6b26.9x127x1.4x
Sun, 12 Nov 2023NT$1.8tNT$1.3tNT$11.7b29.2x157.6x1.4x
Tue, 10 Oct 2023NT$1.9tNT$1.3tNT$7.3b30.2x254.3x1.4x
Thu, 07 Sep 2023NT$1.9tNT$1.3tNT$7.3b30x258.6x1.4x
Sat, 05 Aug 2023NT$2.0tNT$1.5tNT$48.1b25.4x40.9x1.4x
Mon, 03 Jul 2023NT$2.0tNT$1.5tNT$49.6b25.5x39.7x1.4x
Wed, 31 May 2023NT$2.1tNT$1.5tNT$73.4b17.4x28.1x1.4x
Fri, 28 Apr 2023NT$2.1tNT$1.5tNT$90.7b18.2x22.8x1.3x
Sun, 26 Mar 2023NT$2.0tNT$1.5tNT$92.7b18.6x21.9x1.3x
Tue, 21 Feb 2023NT$2.0tNT$1.6tNT$153.8b15x13.3x1.2x
Thu, 19 Jan 2023NT$2.0tNT$1.6tNT$153.8b14.3x13.1x1.2x
Sat, 17 Dec 2022NT$2.0tNT$1.6tNT$153.8b13x12.7x1.2x
Mon, 14 Nov 2022NT$1.9tNT$1.6tNT$156.8b12.4x12.4x1.2x
Wed, 12 Oct 2022NT$1.8tNT$1.7tNT$202.8b10.6x9.1x1.1x
Fri, 09 Sep 2022NT$1.9tNT$1.7tNT$202.7b11.8x9.4x1.1x
Sun, 07 Aug 2022NT$1.9tNT$1.7tNT$226.5b11.1x8.5x1.1x
Tue, 05 Jul 2022NT$2.2tNT$1.7tNT$227.1b10.7x9.6x1.3x
Thu, 02 Jun 2022NT$2.3tNT$1.7tNT$227.0b12.3x10.1x1.4x
Sat, 30 Apr 2022NT$2.3tNT$1.6tNT$241.0b13.3x9.6x1.4x
Mon, 28 Mar 2022NT$2.4tNT$1.6tNT$241.7b14x9.9x1.4x
Wed, 23 Feb 2022NT$2.4tNT$1.5tNT$236.0b21.1x10x1.5x
Price to Earnings Ratio

10x


Total Market Cap: NT$2.4tTotal Earnings: NT$236.0bTotal Revenue: NT$1.5tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Taiwanese Commodity Chemicals Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 63.5x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Taiwanese Commodity Chemicals industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 112x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 63.3x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.2x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 0.84x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Commodity Chemicals industry have declined 65% per year over the last three years,
  • Revenues have also declined 4.5% per year.
  • This means overall sales from these companies are declining and profits are subsequently falling as well.

Industry Comparison

How does Taiwanese Commodity Chemicals compare with similar industries?

TW Market-1.29%
Materials6.81%
Chemicals6.07%
Commodity Chemicals8.84%
Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals1.74%
Diversified Chemicals0%0
Specialty Chemicals-1.08%
Industrial Gases-2.44%
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?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
1301 Formosa PlasticsNT$38.4014.6%
+NT$31.2b		-47.4%PS1.2x
1303 Nan Ya PlasticsNT$33.0010.2%
+NT$24.2b		-46.0%PE82.2x
1326 Formosa Chemicals & FibreNT$28.8010.3%
+NT$15.8b		-49.8%PE107.7x
4763 Jinan Acetate ChemicalNT$905.005.0%
+NT$4.3b		22.6%PE11.8x
1314 China Petrochemical DevelopmentNT$7.848.1%
+NT$2.2b		-18.2%PE24.5x
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