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Arkema

Arkema primarily operates in the chemical sector. The global chemical companies gained around 72 percent worldwide over the last 10 years. Measured since 2011 the sector is 20 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-2016) there is a minus of 72 percent.

The past year was a profitable year for the Arkema investors

Over the last 12 months (from December 2015 till December 2016), that were profitable period for the investors in Arkema, the stock gained around 49 percent. Arkema' stock rose the past 5 years at around 67 percent. Arkema's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were quite stable and moved between 6,4 billion euros and 7,68 billion euros. Arkema's net incomes between 2011 and 2015 were very volatile through the time and moved between 572 million euros and 288 million euros.

The French company paid out dividends in the past 5 years. Over the past 5 years the stock delivered an average dividend return of 8,53 percent.

Arkema financed with a quite low debt position

As per the end of 2015 the French company's balance sheet equaled 8,72 billion euros. The total debt of the chemical company was at the end of 2015 4,82 billion euros, which equals around 55,28 percent of the total balance sheet. The French company's price/earnings-ratio was 12. So the market valued the stock at 12 times the 2015' earnings per share. Based on it's price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the French stock can be seen as a value stock.

The chemical company's market capitalization (the number of shares outstanding times the market value) equaled around 4,59 billion euros. At the end of 2015 the French company had around 73,69 million stocks listed on the exchanges.

All Arkema's financial reports are available here. More information about Arkema can be found it's website. .