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U.K. (FTSE) Specialty Chemicals Industry Analysis

UpdatedOct 30, 2023
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies18
  • 7D2.5%
  • 3M-33.6%
  • 1Y-43.0%
  • YTD-46.2%

Over the last 7 days, the Specialty Chemicals industry has risen 2.5%, driven by gains from Croda International of 3.7%. In contrast, the industry has lost 43% in the last 12 months. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to grow by 19% annually.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the U.K. Specialty Chemicals Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Mon, 30 Oct 2023UK£11.2bUK£20.4bUK£312.1m21.1x35.7x0.5x
Wed, 27 Sep 2023UK£12.0bUK£20.4bUK£312.1m22.7x38.6x0.6x
Fri, 25 Aug 2023UK£12.9bUK£20.5bUK£444.8m24.6x29.1x0.6x
Sun, 23 Jul 2023UK£13.9bUK£20.7bUK£896.8m15.5x15.5x0.7x
Tue, 20 Jun 2023UK£13.2bUK£20.7bUK£901.5m11.5x14.6x0.6x
Thu, 18 May 2023UK£15.4bUK£20.7bUK£929.0m13.5x16.6x0.7x
Sat, 15 Apr 2023UK£16.3bUK£20.7bUK£936.3m14.6x17.4x0.8x
Mon, 13 Mar 2023UK£16.0bUK£20.7bUK£1.1b13.3x15.2x0.8x
Wed, 08 Feb 2023UK£17.9bUK£20.9bUK£1.2b14.2x15.4x0.9x
Fri, 06 Jan 2023UK£16.4bUK£20.9bUK£1.2b13.1x14.1x0.8x
Sun, 04 Dec 2022UK£17.1bUK£20.8bUK£1.2b13.5x14.8x0.8x
Tue, 01 Nov 2022UK£16.1bUK£22.0bUK£993.9m16.8x16.2x0.7x
Thu, 29 Sep 2022UK£15.8bUK£22.1bUK£996.8m16.8x15.9x0.7x
Sat, 27 Aug 2022UK£17.0bUK£22.0bUK£1.0b17.1x17x0.8x
Mon, 25 Jul 2022UK£17.8bUK£21.7bUK£731.1m30.4x24.3x0.8x
Wed, 22 Jun 2022UK£16.2bUK£21.6bUK£739.7m26.3x22x0.8x
Fri, 20 May 2022UK£17.7bUK£22.9bUK£776.5m27.8x22.8x0.8x
Sun, 17 Apr 2022UK£18.7bUK£22.8bUK£769.7m21.9x24.2x0.8x
Tue, 15 Mar 2022UK£18.0bUK£22.8bUK£770.2m23.2x23.3x0.8x
Thu, 10 Feb 2022UK£19.1bUK£22.3bUK£711.0m23.3x26.8x0.9x
Sat, 08 Jan 2022UK£23.1bUK£22.3bUK£711.0m27.4x32.5x1x
Mon, 06 Dec 2021UK£23.7bUK£22.3bUK£692.4m25.7x34.2x1.1x
Wed, 03 Nov 2021UK£24.7bUK£20.7bUK£736.5m25.3x33.6x1.2x
Fri, 01 Oct 2021UK£23.1bUK£20.7bUK£736.6m25.2x31.4x1.1x
Sun, 29 Aug 2021UK£24.9bUK£20.6bUK£737.6m35.1x33.8x1.2x
Mon, 05 Jul 2021UK£22.5bUK£20.6bUK£737.6m35.6x30.6x1.1x
Thu, 08 Apr 2021UK£20.3bUK£20.2bUK£579.8m28.3x35.1x1x
Sun, 10 Jan 2021UK£19.4bUK£19.4bUK£366.3m37.6x53x1x
Price to Earnings Ratio

48.9x


Total Market Cap: UK£16.1bTotal Earnings: UK£329.1mTotal Revenue: UK£18.7bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
U.K. Specialty Chemicals Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 29.3x202120222023
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the British Specialty Chemicals industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 35.7x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 29.3x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.90x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Specialty Chemicals industry have remained mostly flat over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 2.9% per year.
  • This means that although more sales are being generated, either the cost of doing business or the level of investment back into businesses has increased and as a result, profits have held steady.

Industry Comparison

How does U.K. Specialty Chemicals compare with similar industries?

GB Market-1.27%
Materials3.27%
Chemicals2.06%
Specialty Chemicals2.53%
Diversified Chemicals0%
Fertilizers and Agricultural Chemicals-2.61%
Industrial Gases-4.55%
Commodity Chemicals-4.90%
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
CRDA Croda InternationalUK£42.673.4%
+UK£195.3m		-36.9%PE30.5x
ELM ElementisUK£1.124.3%
+UK£27.0m		21.5%PS1.1x
JMAT Johnson MattheyUK£14.771.0%
+UK£25.6m		-23.6%PE10.2x
VCT VictrexUK£13.742.2%
+UK£25.2m		-16.9%PE16.6x
SYNT SynthomerUK£1.907.1%
+UK£20.4m		-91.6%PS0.1x
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UK£0.004

Haydale Graphene Industries

7D

-14.7%

1Y

-77.5%

JMAT

UK£14.77

Johnson Matthey

7D

1.0%

1Y

-23.6%

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CAR

UK£0.10

Carclo

7D

-7.2%

1Y

-36.6%

SYM

UK£0.045

Symphony Environmental Technologies

7D

5.9%

1Y

-64.7%

TET

UK£4.50

Treatt

7D

3.3%

1Y

-30.6%

IOF

UK£0.23

Iofina

7D

-6.1%

1Y

4.5%

SYNT

UK£1.90

Synthomer

7D

7.1%

1Y

-91.6%

VCT

UK£13.74

Victrex

7D

2.2%

1Y

-16.9%

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ELM

UK£1.12

Elementis

7D

4.3%

1Y

21.5%

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DCTA

UK£0.39

Directa Plus

7D

-3.8%

1Y

-56.7%

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CRDA

UK£42.67

Croda International

7D

3.4%

1Y

-36.9%

BYOT

UK£0.0095

Byotrol

7D

-17.4%

1Y

-52.5%

SNOX

UK£0.26

SulNOx Group

7D

-5.6%

1Y

78.9%

ZED

UK£0.05

Zenova Group

7D

11.1%

1Y

-66.7%

VRS

UK£0.0049

Versarien

7D

-36.4%

1Y

-96.4%