Head to Head Comparison: PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PECGF) vs. Its Rivals

Profitability

This table compares PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad	N/A	N/A	N/A
PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad Competitors	-119.58%	-12.63%	-2.20%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad	N/A	N/A	2.84
PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad Competitors	$6.26 billion	$217.41 million	-11.38

PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad. PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

47.0% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are held by institutional investors. 14.0% of shares of all “Chemicals” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 23.4%. PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad pays out 66.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Chemicals” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.2% and pay out 101.8% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad is clearly a better dividend stock than its competitors, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad beats its competitors on 6 of the 9 factors compared.

PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad Company Profile

PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad, an investment holding company, engages in production and sale of chemicals. The company operates through Olefins and Derivatives, Fertilisers and Methanol, Specialties, and Other segments. It offers polymers comprising HDPE blown films, blow moulding, and pipes; linear low density polyethylene; and homopolymer, copolymer, and terpolymer; and PETRONAS Wellbore, PETRONAS Rig, and PETRONAS Tank solutions. In addition, the company offers ethylene, propylene, ethylene glycols, butyl glycol ethers, butanol (n-butanol and iso-butanol), butyl acetate, polyethylene glycols, ethonas FAE, nonylphenol ethoxylates, ethanolamines ethonas, and gas treating solvents; methanol, paraxylene, benzene, methyl tertiary butyl ether, and butadiene; ammonia and urea; PETRONAS Aireblue, a diesel exhaust fluid; and oxo-alcohols, as well as trades in and distributes chemical products. Further, it engages in processing feedstock into ammonia, syngas, carbon monoxide, paraxylene, benzene and other byproducts, n-butane, hydrocarbon by-products, isobutylene ethylene oxide derivatives, propylene derivatives, and related chemical products; and manufacturing of basic specialty polyols and propionates, formats, organic acids and formaldehyde, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, plasticizers, phthalic anhydride, trimethylolpropane, pentaerythritol, di- pentaerythritol, and sodium and calcium formate, preservative acids, nutritional salts, and other chemical products. Additionally, the company owns, operates, and manages Kertih marine facilities; processing natural gas into urea and ammonia; reselling, formulating, and manufacturing silicones, lube oil additives, and chemicals; and real estate business. The company was founded in 1985 and is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad operates as a subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional Berhad.