Typical numbers
The middle value across the sector's 184 companies.
Median P/E
40.5
Median P/B
4.9
Median ROE
13.5%
Median ROCE
15.2%
Median debt / equity
0.23
Median operating margin
20.0%
What it depends on
Inputs its companies use, and sectors they sell to.
Inputs
- packing materials
- Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs)
- Solvents
- Excipients
- water
- Key Starting Materials (KSMs)
- stores and spares
- Key Starting Materials (KSMs) and intermediates
- Organic solvents
- Pharmaceutical Intermediates
- Pharmaceutical packing materials
- Catalysts
- diagnostic reagents
- medical consumables
- Pharmaceutical excipients (MCC, lactose, starch, talc)
Sells to
- Fast Moving Consumer Goods
- Chemicals
- Capital Goods
- Consumer Services
- Financial Services
- Power
Companies
Every listed company in the sector, largest first.