Specialty chemicals stocks with the lowest PE ratio

Ranked

16

of 36 specialty chemicals stocks we cover

Median

19.3×

Lowest

5.4×

ALTO

Range

5.4× to 82.6×

#	Company	PE	PE vs its 10 years	Revenue growth (TTM)	Market cap
1	ALTOAlto Ingredients	5.4×	1st pct	+1.1%	$280M
2	GPREGreen Plains	8.8×	0th pct	−23.7%	$979.9M
3	REXREX AMERICAN RESOURCES	10.9×	14th pct	+1.3%	$1.3B
4	WLKPWestlake Chemical Partners	13.0×	31st pct	+12.1%	$745.5M
5	PPGPPG Industries	15.8×	4th pct	+5.0%	$24.6B
6	CLXClorox	17.9×	8th pct	−5.4%	$10.4B
7	RPMRPM International	18.3×	3rd pct	+6.0%	$12.6B
8	NEUNewmarket	18.7×	63rd pct	−1.3%	$8B
9	LXULSB Industries	19.8×	58th pct	+22.1%	$712.1M
10	AXTAAxalta Coating Systems	21.1×	23rd pct	−0.9%	$7.3B
11	SHWSherwin-Williams	31.1×	33rd pct	+5.8%	$81.8B
12	LINLinde	32.9×	31st pct	+6.6%	$234.6B
13	SXTSensient Technologies	35.8×	86th pct	+8.1%	$5.6B
14	ECLEcolab	38.7×	60th pct	+7.1%	$80.9B
15	LXFRLuxfer	59.6×	93rd pct	−10.6%	$462.4M
16	IFFInternational Flavors & Fragrances	82.6×	87th pct	−4.6%	$24B

Not ranked: 16 with a loss over the last year, 1 with a quarter missing, 1 with not a meaningful number. 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.