Arkema (ARKAY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Arkema is a France-based specialty materials company that develops and manufactures materials used in a broad range of industrial and consumer applications. Its portfolio includes high-performance polymers, adhesives, coating materials, additives and specialty chemical intermediates.

The company’s businesses serve markets such as construction, automotive, electronics, renewable energy, consumer goods, packaging and healthcare. Arkema’s brands and product lines include Bostik adhesives, Kynar fluoropolymers, Rilsan polyamide materials, Pebax elastomers and Sartomer specialty resins and additives.

Arkema was established in 2004 through the reorganization of Total’s chemicals businesses and became an independent, publicly traded company in 2006. Headquartered in Colombes, France, it serves customers internationally through research, production and commercial operations across Europe, North America, Asia and other regions. Thierry Le Hénaff has led the company as chairman and chief executive officer since its independence.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $61.45 to $61.66
• 50-Day Range: $60.38 to $72.00
• 52-Week Range: $56.28 to $79.36
• Volume: 2,196 shs
• Average Volume: 2,766 shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.69 billion
• P/E Ratio: 212.62
• Dividend Yield: 5.06%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Arkema Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Arkema scored higher than 45% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Arkema has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.86, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Arkema has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 4.29%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Arkema are expected to grow by 4.29% in the coming year, from $3.73 to $3.89 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Arkema is 212.62, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.75.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Arkema is 212.62, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 23.48.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Arkema has a P/B Ratio of 0.59. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.00% of the float of Arkema has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Arkema has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.02, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Arkema has recently decreased by 98.06%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Arkema is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.16%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Arkema does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Arkema is 1,075.86%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Arkema will have a dividend payout ratio of 80.21% in the coming year. This indicates that Arkema may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.05

News Sentiment

Arkema has a news sentiment score of 1.05. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.43 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Arkema this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Arkema insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Arkema has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Today: 10/14/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/06/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Chemicals
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:ARKAY
• Previous Symbol: OTC:ARKAY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.arkema.com
• Phone: (314) 900-8080
• Fax: 33-1-49-00-83-96
• Employees: 20,648
• Year Founded: 2004

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.29
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 212.62
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.53
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $71.28 million
• Net Margins: 0.67%
• Pretax Margin: 2.27%
• Return on Equity: 4.30%
• Return on Assets: 2.15%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.42
• Current Ratio: 1.52
• Quick Ratio: 1.08

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $10.26 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.46
• Cash Flow: $17.72 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.48
• Book Value: $104.60 per share
• Price / Book: 0.59

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 76,060,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $4.69 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.88