Specialty chemicals stocks cheapest against their own PE history

Ranked

13

of 36 specialty chemicals stocks we cover

Median

31st pct

Lowest

0th pct

GPRE

Range

0th pct to 87th pct

#	Company	PE vs its 10 years	PE	Its 10y median PE	Market cap
1	GPREGreen Plains	0th pct	8.8×	26.1×	$979.9M
2	RPMRPM International	3rd pct	18.3×	25.5×	$12.6B
3	PPGPPG Industries	4th pct	15.8×	24.0×	$24.6B
4	CLXClorox	8th pct	17.9×	26.3×	$10.4B
5	REXREX AMERICAN RESOURCES	14th pct	10.9×	16.8×	$1.3B
6	AXTAAxalta Coating Systems	23rd pct	21.1×	28.3×	$7.3B
7	WLKPWestlake Chemical Partners	31st pct	13.0×	13.7×	$745.5M
8	LINLinde	31st pct	32.9×	34.4×	$234.6B
9	SHWSherwin-Williams	33rd pct	31.1×	33.3×	$81.8B
10	ECLEcolab	60th pct	38.7×	37.3×	$80.9B
11	NEUNewmarket	63rd pct	18.7×	16.8×	$8B
12	SXTSensient Technologies	86th pct	35.8×	29.8×	$5.6B
13	IFFInternational Flavors & Fragrances	87th pct	82.6×	35.5×	$24B

Not ranked: 18 with no PE (losses over the last year), 3 with under ten years of history. 2 companies whose data behind this number has a caveat are left out until it is checked.

A ranking of numbers, not a recommendation. A low multiple can be a bargain or a business in trouble: open the company to see which.