Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Gross Profit Percentages for Some of Turkey’s Chemcial Companies

Using three sectors (chemicals, petroleum, rubber and plastic products; chemicals; and other chemical products) on the Turkey Stock Exchange (click here), recent revenue and gross profit data were found for 13 chemical companies. 

Presented below are the names of the 13 companies, product/sector information, and recent sales (revenue) and gross profit amounts in US dollars (Turkish Lire amounts were converted to usd using 1 usd = 1.874 Turkish Lire exchange rate).   Also shown are the gross profit margin percentages (gpm%) for the revenue (sales) and gross profit data.


company
products
sector
sales usd (millions)
gross profit usd (millions)
gpm%
Petkim
petrochemicals
petrochemical
2,205
50
2%
Gubretas
fertilizer
fertilizer
1,227
311
25%
Aksa
carbon fiber
fiber
923
168
18%
Brisa
tires
rubber
800
209
26%
Soda Sanayil
soda ash
chemicals
747
154
21%
Sasa
polyester
fiber
582
38
7%
Dyo Boya
paint
paint
304
105
35%
Pakpen Plastik
plastic
plastic
229
37
16%
Bagfas
fertilizer
fertilizer
176
28
16%
Ege Plast
pipes
plastic
169
47
28%
Alkim Alkali
sodium sulfate
chemicals
121
29
24%
Ege Guebre
fertilizer
fertilizer
106
22
21%
Berkosan
packaging
plastic
13
2
15%
total sales $7.6 billion
average gpm%
20%



The average gross profit margin percentage (20%) of the 13 Turkey chemical-related public companies is lower than the typical US chemical company gpm%.  A US company gpm% average was computed as 28%.  Click here to go to US company data.   On the other hand, the Turkey companies’ gpm% average is higher than a gpm% average computed for 14 South Korean public companies, which is 17%.  Click here to go to the South Korean data.

The US chemical companies’ gpm% may be higher because more of their products encompass unique attributes versus products with more basic attributes being sold by Turkish and South Korean companies. 

Estimates for recent chemical sales by Turkey’s chemical companies are between $40 and $45 billion.  Chemical sales growth in recent years has been estimated to be about 8 to 10 % per year.  Around 4,000 companies are believe to sell chemicals, with most of these small (less than 150 employees) and private.  For example, only 13 companies, identified above, could be found listed on the Turkey Stock Exchange.  These 13 companies account for about 18% of the $40 to $45 billion in sales ($7.6 billion/$42.5 billion).

The major chemical sectors are: paints and coatings; fertilizers; detergents, cosmetics, and personal care; plastics; rubber; and inorganic chemicals.  Turkey has large sources of soda ash, chromium, sodium sulfate, and boron.

Turkey has an excellent geographical position as an exporting country, located between Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia with good ports on the Mediterranean and Black Seas.  Turkey chemical exports are significant, about half of its production of $40 to $45 billion, and have been increasing at a good rate.  For more on Turkey’s chemical production and exports, click here to read another of my posts.


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