Just The Way You Are – Commodity Producers Vie For Investor Support, US Profit Margins Trend Lower

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Just The Way You Are – Commodity Producers Vie For Investor Support, US Profit Margins Trend Lower

Key Points:

• We find US petrochemical margins facing downward pressure WoW. We discuss domestic per-unit profitability stepping lower and why we think US commodity chemical producer equities face headwinds into 2022.  
• We flag pertinent chemical sector corporate updates (e.g., Dow, BASF, Repsol, Ineos, Aramco, Henkel, Covestro, Mitsubishi & others).
• We find varied ESG items worth mentioning, ranging from EU carbon value movements to Dow’s net-zero chemical production developments.
• We note numerous other pertinent chemical sector items in this report.

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