Industry analysis
Commodity Chemicals
Read from what its listed companies are showing. Valuations are compared within this industry.
Weakening
75 listed companies · ₹ 1,20,391 Cr. total market value- ●55% of companies grew sales by more than 8% from a year earlier; the typical company's profit rose 14%. 23% made a loss.
- ▼1 credit rating upgrade and 2 downgrades in the last 90 days.
- –7 good and 3 bad company announcements (read since 6 Oct 2026; not counted until there is a month of them).
- ▼The typical share is down 2.1% in 3 months; 36% of shares trade above their 200-day average (their usual level).
- –Typical P/E 22.7, 23% above these companies' usual level (pricier than normal).
▲ / ▼ / ● are the signals the verdict counts: results, credit ratings, announcements and share prices. Lines marked – are shown but not counted.
In charts
Share prices over the last year
The typical Commodity Chemicals share against the typical share on the market, both starting at 100. Now 87 vs 83.
Is growth speeding up or slowing down?
The typical company's sales and profit growth against the same quarter a year earlier.
Price against growth
Each dot is a company: further left is cheaper (lower P/E), higher up grew profit faster. Red dots passed the cheaper-than-peers screen. Companies beyond the chart's edges sit on the edge.
Cheaper than peers
Not a buy list. These shares trade at a P/E at least 30% below their industry's typical level and below their own usual level, and they also pass basic checks: profitable, sales and profit growing, low debt, no red flags, market value of ₹250 Cr or more. Cheap shares are often cheap for a reason; this is where to start reading, not where to stop.
| Details | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sree Rayalaseema Hi-Strength Hypo SRHHYPOLTD | 8.2 vs 22.764% cheaper | +17.2% / +13.6% | ₹ 811.68 Cr. | |
| Lords Chloro Alkali LORDSCHLO | 11 vs 22.751% cheaper | +6% / +50% | ₹ 366.77 Cr. |
Cheaper than peers across the whole market
Leaders and laggards
Good news
- Shanti InorganicsCredit rating raised
- SRFStrong results
Warning signs
- Gujarat Alkalies And ChemicalsCredit rating cut
- Thirumalai ChemicalsCredit rating cut
- Tata ChemicalsAction by a regulator
- Sadhana Nitro ChemSenior exit
Best shares, 3 months
- Advance Petrochemicals+403%
- Standard Surfactants+197.7%
- Shree Hari Chemicals Export+109.4%
- Vikram Thermo India Ltd+46.5%
- Shentracon Chemicals+41.1%
Worst shares, 3 months
- Omkar Pharmachem−58.9%
- KOBO Biotech−52.1%
- Genus Prime Infra−39.6%
- Tulasee Bio Ethanol Ltd−36%
- Thirumalai Chemicals−30.7%
Companies
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Figures are medians and shares of companies, so one giant company cannot outweigh the rest. Results compare each company's latest quarter with the same quarter a year earlier; ratings and announcements cover the last 90 days (announcements are read by AI and can be wrong). This page adds up published data; it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything.