The industrial chemical companies' major industrial customers include rubber and plastic products, textiles, apparel, petroleum refining, pulp and paper, and primary metals companies. The total industrial chemical business exceeds $3 trillion globally.
Total sales of the chemical business can be divided into a few broad categories, including basic chemicals (about 35 to 37 percent of the dollar output), life sciences (30 percent), specialty chemicals (20 to 25 percent) and consumer products (about 10 percent).
Listed below are six of the largest industrial chemical companies in operation today. Each of these deserve further research and analysis. The information below as well as the links to additional information, the company's websites, and price charts are a good starting point for further study. I'm pretty sure there's at least one great investment listed here.
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10 May 2015 Price $51.85 1yr Target $54.95 Analysts 20 1yr Cap Gain 5.97% Dividend $1.68 Yield 3.24% 1yr Est Tot Return 9.21% 1yr DivGR 19.53% 3yr DivGR 19.13% 5yr DivGR 20.58% P/E 16.25 PEG 1.89 | Market Cap $59.73 Bil Beta 1.70 EPS (ttm) $3.19 Payout Ratio 52.66% EPS next yr $3.59 Forward P/E 14.46 Debt/Equity 1.09 ROA 5.60% ROE 18.90% ROI 10.30% Sales $56.08 Bil Income $3.84 Bil Profit Margin 6.84% |
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10 May 2015 Price $121.02 1yr Target $134.11 Analysts 18 1yr Cap Gain 10.81% Dividend $2.86 Yield 2.36% 1yr Est Tot Return 13.17% 1yr DivGR 8.33% 3yr DivGR 21.40% 5yr DivGR 16.72% P/E 21.42 PEG 2.26 | Market Cap $34.89 Bil Beta 0.79 EPS (ttm) $5.65 Payout Ratio 50.61% EPS next yr $6.79 Forward P/E 17.82 Debt/Equity 1.87 ROA 8.30% ROE 27.60% ROI 12.90% Sales $12.00 Bil Income $1.66 Bil Profit Margin 13.83% |
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10 May 2015 Price $147.97 1yr Target $151.63 Analysts 16 1yr Cap Gain 2.47% Dividend $3.24 Yield 2.18% 1yr Est Tot Return 4.65% 1yr DivGR 8.45% 3yr DivGR 9.80% 5yr DivGR 11.34% P/E 31.02 PEG 2.59 | Market Cap $31.71 Bil Beta 1.21 EPS (ttm) $4.77 Payout Ratio 67.92% EPS next yr $7.32 Forward P/E 20.21 Debt/Equity 0.83 ROA 5.80% ROE 13.90% ROI 7.10% Sales $10.29 Bil Income $1.03 Bil Profit Margin 10.00% |
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10 May 2015 Price $80.08 1yr Target $87.66 Analysts 16 1yr Cap Gain 9.46% Dividend $1.60 Yield 1.99% 1yr Est Tot Return 11.45% 1yr DivGR 16.00% 3yr DivGR 14.38% 5yr DivGR 27.37% P/E 16.21 PEG 2.02 | Market Cap $11.93 Bil Beta 1.81 EPS (ttm) $4.94 Payout Ratio 32.38% EPS next yr $7.65 Forward P/E 10.47 Debt/Equity 2.15 ROA 5.70% ROE 20.00% ROI 8.40% Sales $9.53 Bil Income $749.00 Mil Profit Margin 7.85% |
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10 May 2015 Price $100.87 1yr Target $110.85 Analysts 13 1yr Cap Gain 9.89% Dividend $2.40 Yield 2.37% 1yr Est Tot Return 12.26% 1yr DivGR 15.76% 3yr DivGR 20.18% 5yr DivGR 24.92% P/E 20.67 PEG 2.10 | Market Cap $7.58 Bil Beta 0.62 EPS (ttm) $4.88 Payout Ratio 49.18% EPS next yr $5.93 Forward P/E 17.00 Debt/Equity 1.19 ROA 6.30% ROE 18.80% ROI 9.50% Sales $5.27 Bil Income $368.70 Mil Profit Margin 6.98% |
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10 May 2015 Price $60.95 1yr Target $65.09 Analysts 11 1yr Cap Gain 6.79% Dividend $0.66 Yield 1.08% 1yr Est Tot Return 7.87% 1yr DivGR 11.11% 3yr DivGR 25.70% 5yr DivGR 19.13% P/E 20.66 PEG 1.97 | Market Cap $8.14 Bil Beta 1.13 EPS (ttm) $2.95 Payout Ratio 22.37% EPS next yr $4.45 P/E 13.70 Debt/Equity 1.10 ROA 7.20% ROE 22.60% ROI 14.70% Sales $4.04 Bil Income $396.00 Bil Profit Margin 9.80% |