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Specialty Chemicals industry stocks

The Specialty Chemicals industry has 60 US-listed companies on stockrow and is part of the Basic Materials sector, with a combined market value of $693.9B. Linde PLC (LIN) is the largest at $227.4B, followed by The Sherwin-Williams Company and Ecolab Inc.. The median Specialty Chemicals stock trades at 25.4× trailing earnings, above the market median of 18.1×, with a median net margin of 2.89% (market: 0.45%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is 4.51%. 36 of the 60 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 1.80%.

Specialty Chemicals medians

Metric Industry Market
P/E 25.4× 18.1×
P/S 1.5× 1.9×
P/B 1.8× 1.7×
Price to free cash flow 21.2× 14.2×
EV/EBITDA 12.8× 11.0×
EV/Sales 1.8× 2.1×
Earnings yield 2.11% 1.20%
Free cash flow yield 2.16% 0.27%
Gross margin 29.2% 46.2%
Operating margin 3.63% 0.00%
Net margin 2.89% 0.45%
Free cash flow margin 3.76% 0.00%
Return on equity 3.62% 1.35%
Return on assets 0.35% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 2.75% 0.00%
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.51% 7.41%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) −14.4% 13.7%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 6.30% 8.93%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00%
Debt to equity 0.5× 0.1×
Current ratio 1.9× 1.6×
Net debt to EBITDA 2.0× 0.6×
Dividend yield 1.73% 2.26%
Payout ratio 0.4× 0.3×
Market cap $2.4B $584.7M

Today’s biggest moves

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SSL
16.34 0.42 +2.64%
LYB
64.01 1.34 +2.14%
ECVT
10.28 0.11 +1.08%
LIN
498.43 5.23 +1.06%
APD
299.59 3.00 +1.01%

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ODC
75.33 5.67 −7.00%
OEC
5.34 0.26 −4.64%
LWLG
4.01 0.19 −4.52%
MATV
11.21 0.46 −3.94%
PRM
26.54 0.76 −2.78%

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Ticker Company Market cap Price 1D P/E Net margin Revenue growth Dividend yield
LIN Linde PLC 227.36b 498.43 1.06% 32.03 20.43% 6.63% 1.26%
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company 81.79b 335.20 (0.51%) 30.58 11.01% 5.76% 0.95%
ECL Ecolab Inc. 81.52b 287.52 (1.13%) 38.34 12.57% 7.11% 1.02%
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 66.05b 299.59 1.01% 0.00 (0.38%) 4.51% 2.41%
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. 23.97b 107.39 (0.39%) 15.30 9.57% 4.99% 2.67%
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. 23.04b 90.68 0.43% 83.19 2.56% 3.49% 1.76%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. 20.24b 64.01 2.14% 0.00 (1.13%) (1.75%) 5.37%
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. 17.77b 130.46 (0.87%) 289.98 0.79% 75.67% 1.84%
RPM RPM International Inc. 12.76b 99.73 (0.36%) 18.38 8.63% 5.96% 2.17%
ALB Albemarle Corporation 11.59b 95.48 (2.75%) 198.92 0.97% 18.32% 1.70%
SSL Sasol Ltd. 10.09b 16.34 2.64% 3.51 8.89% 26.64% 0.00%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. 9.52b 59.25 (1.12%) 27.38 5.13% — 0.38%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. 8.66b 35.05 (1.35%) 47.36 5.67% 26.61% 0.91%
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. 8.64b 60.20 (0.45%) 11.30 17.80% 90.22% 1.69%
NEU NewMarket Corporation 8.16b 876.01 (1.33%) 18.85 15.74% (1.31%) 1.37%
WLK Westlake Corporation 8.13b 63.04 (0.90%) 0.00 (10.86%) (3.95%) 3.37%
EMN Eastman Chemical Company 7.31b 62.33 (2.41%) 16.11 4.99% (4.53%) 5.39%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. 7.22b 33.44 (0.86%) 20.52 6.78% (0.92%) —
SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation 5.68b 133.74 0.24% 35.95 9.27% 8.12% 1.23%
BCPC Balchem Corporation 5.44b 170.73 0.12% 33.54 15.14% 10.14% 0.56%
CLMT Calumet, Inc. 5.12b 57.75 (0.84%) 0.00 (2.98%) 12.80% —
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA 4.47b 26.54 (2.78%) 0.00 (44.86%) 24.25% —
CBT Cabot Corporation 3.90b 74.29 (1.58%) 20.87 5.28% (4.74%) 2.48%
AVNT Avient Corporation 3.58b 38.98 (0.05%) 20.96 5.10% 2.36% 2.82%
ASH Ashland Inc. 3.28b 71.15 (0.61%) 62.41 2.77% (1.39%) 2.35%
FUL H. B. Fuller Company 2.78b 51.27 (0.58%) 14.09 5.56% 1.48% 1.89%
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. 2.75b 131.66 (0.12%) 33.85 7.29% 9.32% 0.58%
KWR Quaker Houghton 2.73b 156.96 (1.00%) 27.93 4.94% 7.79% 1.63%
WDFC WD-40 Company 2.70b 200.09 (0.49%) 30.27 13.19% 10.15% 2.00%
NGVT Ingevity Corporation 2.43b 69.82 (1.02%) 45.34 4.65% 10.63% —
IOSP Innospec Inc. 2.38b 96.81 0.22% 19.72 6.60% 2.87% 1.85%
MTX Minerals Technologies Inc. 1.98b 62.99 (1.19%) 0.00 (3.13%) 4.06% 0.76%
CC The Chemours Company 1.94b 12.66 (1.94%) 0.00 (5.24%) (0.89%) 2.76%
SCL Stepan Company 1.41b 62.03 0.26% 0.00 (0.11%) 7.63% 2.55%
ECVT Ecovyst Inc. 1.11b 10.28 1.08% 0.00 (7.06%) 51.41% —
ODC Oil-Dri Corporation Of America 1.09b 75.33 (7.00%) 18.25 11.05% 1.70% 1.08%
KRO Kronos Worldwide Inc 851.72m 7.39 (0.14%) 0.00 (5.63%) 2.70% 2.71%
KOP Koppers Holdings Inc. 821.52m 43.32 (0.28%) 0.00 (4.59%) (4.98%) 0.81%
LWLG Lightwave Logic Inc. 647.50m 4.01 (4.52%) 0.00 (9,410.74%) 165.54% —
MATV Mativ Holdings, Inc. 644.07m 11.21 (3.94%) 6.92 4.50% 1.06% 3.57%
OEC Orion S.A. 316.53m 5.34 (4.64%) 0.00 (5.28%) (1.02%) 1.55%
MNTK Montauk Renewables, Inc. 301.76m 2.14 0.94% 34.74 4.19% 4.28% —
GEVO Gevo, Inc. 289.27m 1.17 0.00% 0.00 (119.93%) 121.37% —
ALTO Alto Ingredients, Inc. 283.90m 3.42 (6.56%) 5.03 5.38% 1.09% —
FF FutureFuel Corp. 247.83m 5.58 (1.24%) 0.00 (17.18%) (7.63%) 2.51%
HDSN Hudson Technologies, Inc. 212.13m 5.01 (0.60%) 24.11 3.51% 14.30% —
CMT Core Molding Technologies Inc 206.63m 22.91 (1.88%) 26.64 2.89% (7.88%) —
FEAM 5E Advanced Materials, Inc. 156.84m 2.93 (7.28%) 0.00 0.00% — —
AMTX Aemetis, Inc 104.28m 1.47 1.38% 0.00 (26.14%) 2.95% —
NTIC Northern Technologies International Corporation 73.22m 7.71 0.00% 0.00 (1.26%) 7.70% 0.26%
CITR CitroTech Inc. 68.15m 2.77 (7.67%) 0.00 (1,788.40%) (26.37%) —
LOOP Loop Industries, Inc. 18.01m 0.33 (10.81%) 0.00 (1,765.95%) (93.64%) —
TSEOQ Trinseo PLC 9.47m 0.00 0.00% 0.00 (20.05%) (8.67%) 0.00%
BON Bon Natural Life Limited 9.23m 1.14 0.88% 0.90 18.39% 53.31% —
YMAT J-Star Holding Co., Ltd 6.06m 1.33 (11.92%) — — — —
CRKN Crown Electrokinetics Corp. 5.80m 0.00 (100.00%) 0.00 (170.97%) 2,509.70% —
SNES Senestech, Inc. 3.79m 0.65 (7.14%) 0.00 (294.73%) 13.43% —
BGLC BioNexus Gene Lab Corp. 3.59m 1.20 (1.64%) 0.00 (82.36%) (67.27%) —
CNEY CN Energy Group. Inc. 3.27m 0.41 2.50% 2.28 12.80% — —
HGAS Global Gas Corporation 1.09m 0.06 0.00% 0.00 0.00% — —

Updated 17 October 2026