Data&Report

(3) Corporate earnings (consolidated index of 29 major companies)

Overall

  • Sales index: 132.2(▲2.9% year over year)
  • Profit index: 122.1(▲16.2% year over year)
  • Sales index was lower than the previous year for 3 consecutive quarters. Profit index was lower than the previous year for 6 consecutive quarters.

  •  In commodity chemicals, naphtha cracker capacity utilization rates remain low due to the significant impact of sluggish demand in China. In downstream industries, recovery is seen in the automotive sector, and the semiconductor market is expected to recover in the future. Overall, the pace of earnings recovery is slow.

General-purpose chemicals

  • Sales index: 137.8 (▲6.8% year over year)
  • Profit index: 128.0 (▲2.9% year over year)
  • Sales index was lower than the previous year for 4 consecutive quarters.
  •  Profit index was lower than the previous year for 6 consecutive quarters.

Specialty Chemicals

  • Sales index: 138.2 (▲0.4% year over year)
  • Profit index: 125.8 (▲22.6% year over year)
  • Sales index was lower than the previous year for 3 consecutive quarters.
  •   Profit index was lower than the previous year for 3 consecutive quarters.