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Specialty Chemicals

DeltaScreener covers 52 Specialty Chemicals companies listed on the NYSE, NASDAQ and AMEX. The table below shows the 52 largest by market capitalisation; every figure on this page is a median across those 52, not an average, because a handful of loss-making micro-caps would otherwise distort it.

Companies52
Combined market cap$673.78B
Median P/E13.6
Median ROE0.0%
Dividend payers33 of 52

Across the largest Specialty Chemicals companies, the median price-to-earnings ratio is 13.6, median return on equity is 0.0%, the median net margin is 3.2%, 33 of the 52 largest pay a dividend.

Largest Specialty Chemicals companies

TickerCompany PriceMarket capP/EROE Yield
LIN Linde plc $508.83 $234.56B 30.20 18.75% 1.36%
SHW Sherwin-Williams Company (The) $337.06 $81.82B 30.05 62.12% 0.97%
ECL Ecolab Inc. $288.53 $80.88B 37.27 21.41% 1.04%
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. $307.15 $68.40B — -0.32% 2.57%
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. $110.61 $24.59B 15.32 19.47% 2.75%
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. $94.15 $24.02B 75.61 — 1.94%
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. $136.55 $18.44B 286.28 — 1.82%
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. $57.14 $16.32B 13.34 23.63% 8.65%
RPM RPM International Inc. $98.74 $12.59B 19.08 20.93% 2.22%
ALB Albemarle Corporation $93.67 $11.05B 224.21 — 1.52%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. $59.42 $9.44B 43.38 10.89% 0.52%
WLK Westlake Corporation $64.56 $8.25B — -13.93% 3.34%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. $33.21 $8.09B 51.59 6.57% 0.84%
NEU NewMarket Corp $870.60 $8.01B 19.92 24.63% 1.30%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. $34.14 $7.31B 20.05 14.59% —
SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation $132.65 $5.65B 34.47 13.02% 1.28%
BCPC Balchem Corporation $177.00 $5.64B 32.43 12.79% 0.58%
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA $27.80 $4.55B — -30.38% —
CBT Cabot Corporation $73.79 $3.81B 21.31 12.07% 2.46%
AVNT Avient Corporation $41.03 $3.76B 22.13 7.17% 2.67%
ASH Ashland Inc. $72.99 $3.34B 60.46 — 2.42%
WDFC WD-40 Company $212.71 $2.85B 30.76 33.05% 2.01%
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. $132.32 $2.76B 34.00 15.30% 0.61%
KWR Quaker Houghton $155.91 $2.68B 28.55 — 1.32%
FUL H. B. Fuller Company $49.61 $2.67B 13.79 9.51% 1.95%
IOSP Innospec Inc. $98.64 $2.43B 19.84 9.15% 1.89%
NGVT Ingevity Corporation $69.64 $2.39B 47.02 — —
MTX Minerals Technologies Inc. $62.90 $1.96B — -4.04% 0.72%
CC Chemours Company (The) $12.81 $1.93B — — 2.73%
STDN Standard Nuclear, Inc. $12.22 $1.82B — — —
OLN Olin Corporation $15.66 $1.78B — -7.67% 5.03%
SCL Stepan Company $63.91 $1.45B — — 2.51%
REX REX American Resources Corporation $39.83 $1.32B 12.12 19.44% —
ECVT Ecovyst Inc. $9.79 $1.07B — -10.33% —
ODC Oil-Dri Corporation Of America $75.87 $1.02B 21.27 20.30% 1.01%
GPRE Green Plains, Inc. $13.98 $979.93M 8.46 — —
KRO Kronos Worldwide Inc $7.82 $900.06M — -14.34% 2.57%
KOP Koppers Holdings Inc. $40.18 $759.87M — — 0.77%
LWLG Lightwave Logic, Inc. $4.01 $618.21M — -30.34% —
ADUR Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. $9.77 $346.28M — -101.75% —
OEC Orion S.A. $5.45 $307.32M — -24.91% 0.69%
GEVO Gevo, Inc. $1.16 $286.79M — -51.42% —
ALTO Alto Ingredients, Inc. $3.61 $280.02M 5.52 21.15% —
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. $5.37 $226.02M 25.17 3.64% —
CMT Core Molding Technologies Inc $23.13 $204.68M 26.75 4.64% —
FSI Flexible Solutions International Inc. Common Stock (CDA) $6.41 $81.88M — — —
NTIC Northern Technologies International Corporation $7.71 $73.14M — -1.60% 0.52%
LOOP Loop Industries, Inc. $0.24 $11.68M — — —
YMAT J-Star Holding Co., Ltd. $2.05 $5.72M — — —
GURE Gulf Resources, Inc. $2.86 $5.19M — -37.35% —
SNES SenesTech, Inc. $0.84 $4.45M — -80.73% —
CNEY CN Energy Group Inc. $0.47 $1.41M — -84.47% —

Highest dividend yield in Specialty Chemicals

TickerCompany PriceMarket capP/EROE Yield
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. $57.14 $16.32B 13.34 23.63% 8.65%
OLN Olin Corporation $15.66 $1.78B — -7.67% 5.03%
WLK Westlake Corporation $64.56 $8.25B — -13.93% 3.34%
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. $110.61 $24.59B 15.32 19.47% 2.75%
CC Chemours Company (The) $12.81 $1.93B — — 2.73%
AVNT Avient Corporation $41.03 $3.76B 22.13 7.17% 2.67%
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. $307.15 $68.40B — -0.32% 2.57%
KRO Kronos Worldwide Inc $7.82 $900.06M — -14.34% 2.57%
SCL Stepan Company $63.91 $1.45B — — 2.51%
CBT Cabot Corporation $73.79 $3.81B 21.31 12.07% 2.46%

Lowest P/E in Specialty Chemicals

Companies reporting a loss are excluded, since a negative P/E is not a valuation measure.

TickerCompany PriceMarket capP/EROE
ALTO Alto Ingredients, Inc. $3.61 $280.02M 5.52 21.15%
GPRE Green Plains, Inc. $13.98 $979.93M 8.46 —
REX REX American Resources Corporation $39.83 $1.32B 12.12 19.44%
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. $57.14 $16.32B 13.34 23.63%
FUL H. B. Fuller Company $49.61 $2.67B 13.79 9.51%
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. $110.61 $24.59B 15.32 19.47%
RPM RPM International Inc. $98.74 $12.59B 19.08 20.93%
IOSP Innospec Inc. $98.64 $2.43B 19.84 9.15%
NEU NewMarket Corp $870.60 $8.01B 19.92 24.63%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. $34.14 $7.31B 20.05 14.59%

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Specialty Chemicals stocks — frequently asked questions

How many Specialty Chemicals stocks are there?

DeltaScreener covers 52 Specialty Chemicals companies on the NYSE, NASDAQ and AMEX.

What is the largest Specialty Chemicals company?

Linde plc (LIN) is the largest Specialty Chemicals company by market capitalisation, at $234.56B.

What is a typical P/E ratio for Specialty Chemicals stocks?

Across the 52 largest Specialty Chemicals companies the median price-to-earnings ratio is 13.6. Individual companies vary widely, and loss-making companies have no meaningful P/E at all.

Which Specialty Chemicals stock has the highest dividend yield?

Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. (SQM) has the highest dividend yield among Specialty Chemicals stocks at 8.65%. A high yield can reflect a falling share price as much as a generous dividend.

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