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Basic Materials stocks

The Basic Materials sector has 279 US-listed companies on stockrow across 14 industries, with a combined market value of $2.42T. Linde PLC (LIN) is the largest at $239.3B, followed by BHP Group Limited Sponsored ADR and Southern Copper Corporation. The median Basic Materials stock trades at 19.0× trailing earnings, above the market median of 17.9×, with a median net margin of 1.42% (market: 1.06%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is 9.54%. 112 of the 279 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 1.78%.

Basic Materials medians

Metric Sector Market
P/E 19.0× 17.9×
P/S 1.6× 1.9×
P/B 1.7× 1.7×
Price to free cash flow 17.7× 14.1×
EV/EBITDA 9.2× 10.9×
EV/Sales 1.8× 2.1×
Earnings yield 1.07% 1.55%
Free cash flow yield 0.45% 0.93%
Gross margin 25.0% 45.1%
Operating margin 2.88% 0.00%
Net margin 1.42% 1.06%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% 0.51%
Return on assets 0.00% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.96% 0.00%
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.54% 7.58%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 1.29% 14.0%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.63% 8.99%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00%
Debt to equity 0.2× 0.1×
Current ratio 2.5× 1.6×
Net debt to EBITDA 1.0× 0.6×
Dividend yield 1.65% 2.20%
Payout ratio 0.2× 0.3×
Market cap $1.0B $676.4M

Industries in Basic Materials

Today’s biggest moves

Up

GROY
3.12 0.23 +7.96%
ELVR
24.29 1.66 +7.34%
OGC
27.56 1.78 +6.90%
AAUC
21.76 1.35 +6.61%
RGLD
262.25 16.17 +6.57%

Down

THM
1.11 0.63 −36.21%
TROX
2.67 0.88 −24.79%
RMIX
9.35 2.36 −20.15%
TTAM
11.76 2.54 −17.76%
GSM
2.55 0.38 −12.97%

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Ticker Company Industry Market cap Price 1D P/E Net margin Revenue growth Dividend yield
LIN Linde PLC Specialty Chemicals 239.29b 520.20 (0.87%) 34.16 19.34% 8.16% 1.21%
BHP BHP Group Limited Sponsored ADR Other Industrial Metals & Mining 199.71b 78.98 (1.45%) 9.86 30.11% 110.70% 4.36%
SCCO Southern Copper Corporation Copper 141.12b 166.05 (6.10%) 21.73 37.16% 38.69% 3.16%
NEM Newmont Corporation Gold 124.40b 120.28 1.84% 13.94 34.73% 23.73% 0.86%
RIO Rio Tinto PLC Other Industrial Metals & Mining 104.34b 83.45 (1.31%) 5.23 23.14% 9.45% 5.57%
ECL Ecolab Inc. Specialty Chemicals 85.78b 306.11 (2.83%) 41.31 11.99% 9.33% 0.95%
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company Specialty Chemicals 84.32b 349.94 (3.73%) 31.84 10.74% 7.03% 0.91%
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc. Copper 83.15b 58.29 (6.88%) 28.71 13.03% 1.69% 0.51%
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Specialty Chemicals 68.92b 311.20 (2.41%) — (0.38%) 4.51% 2.32%
CRH CRH PLC Building Materials 63.50b 95.35 (3.49%) 18.13 9.13% 5.58% 1.62%
WPM Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. Gold 60.16b 132.66 0.88% 29.35 64.66% 90.79% 0.57%
NUE Nucor Corporation Steel 55.74b 247.29 (7.70%) 15.05 9.24% 21.79% 0.91%
FNV Franco-Nevada Corporation Gold 48.35b 252.44 4.25% 32.91 63.79% 73.59% 0.67%
VALE VALE S.A. Other Industrial Metals & Mining 46.63b 11.46 0.26% 76.40 1.64% 10.54% 3.49%
MT ArcelorMittal Steel 45.56b 60.57 (3.07%) 25.34 2.88% 3.65% 1.20%
AU AngloGold Ashanti PLC Gold 44.72b 89.08 1.33% 11.89 32.19% 54.60% 5.07%
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Building Materials 37.49b 527.48 (5.22%) 13.93 31.88% 19.61% 0.63%
VMC Vulcan Materials Company Building Materials 36.64b 284.69 (4.37%) 33.53 13.77% 1.61% 0.72%
NTR Nutrien Ltd. Agricultural Inputs 34.38b 72.30 0.32% 14.64 8.44% 8.63% 3.04%
GFI Gold Fields Limited Gold 33.54b 37.97 3.32% 22.47 17.78% 9.51% 6.27%
STLD Steel Dynamics, Inc. Steel 31.56b 222.98 (7.14%) 16.37 8.82% 26.00% 0.94%
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. Specialty Chemicals 27.23b 123.65 (2.84%) 17.56 9.41% 6.39% 2.32%
AMRZ Amrize Ltd Building Materials 23.33b 42.60 (3.51%) 18.98 10.06% (1.33%) 1.55%
DOW Dow Inc. Chemicals 23.15b 32.09 (1.87%) — (2.10%) 4.16% 4.36%
RGLD Royal Gold, Inc. Gold 22.14b 262.25 6.57% 26.41 47.71% 105.17% 0.72%
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. Specialty Chemicals 21.62b 86.57 (1.25%) 121.48 1.67% 6.33% 1.85%
RS Reliance, Inc. Steel 21.09b 415.44 (6.00%) 19.23 6.38% 24.75% 1.19%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. Specialty Chemicals 19.92b 61.79 (1.86%) 15.60 4.05% 3.54% 5.57%
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. Specialty Chemicals 19.21b 145.08 (3.75%) 64.25 4.26% 3.16% 1.65%
CF CF Industries Holdings, Inc. Agricultural Inputs 17.94b 118.41 6.03% 8.33 27.48% 17.87% 1.77%
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. Building Materials 16.64b 28.80 (2.44%) 115.20 2.69% 42.93% —
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. Building Materials 16.19b 10.74 (1.74%) 23.77 3.60% 10.99% 1.00%
CDE Coeur Mining, Inc. Gold 15.04b 14.64 0.41% 15.81 19.25% 111.69% 0.14%
PKX POSCO Holdings Inc. Steel 14.70b 48.74 (5.54%) 15.78 1.94% 2.62% 3.17%
RPM RPM International Inc. Specialty Chemicals 13.45b 105.82 (2.96%) 19.52 8.63% 5.96% 2.07%
EQX Equinox Gold Corp. Gold 13.17b 11.35 0.62% 10.91 28.09% 86.32% 0.46%
SUZ Suzano S.A. Sponsored ADR Paper & Paper Products 11.71b 9.50 (0.63%) 4.82 17.82% 0.42% 2.23%
ALB Albemarle Corporation Specialty Chemicals 11.61b 98.44 3.65% 22.58 8.37% 24.40% 1.65%
HMY Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited Gold 10.60b 16.95 3.29% 52.03 3.80% 6.90% 4.60%
AA Alcoa Aluminum 10.14b 38.60 (4.88%) 6.61 10.68% 11.22% 1.04%
HL Hecla Mining Company Other Precious Metals & Mining 9.71b 14.51 (2.94%) 25.34 24.07% 29.70% 0.10%
SSL Sasol Ltd. Specialty Chemicals 9.63b 15.22 (0.39%) 3.27 8.89% 26.64% 0.00%
TX Ternium S.A. Steel 9.55b 48.74 (5.18%) 9.14 5.74% 6.25% 4.51%
HBM HudBay Minerals Inc Copper 9.14b 20.75 (6.62%) 12.21 27.48% 12.09% 0.11%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. Specialty Chemicals 8.75b 55.59 (3.66%) 26.54 7.79% 9.62% 0.40%
WLK Westlake Corporation Specialty Chemicals 8.47b 66.38 (2.24%) — (3.87%) (0.37%) 3.20%
SSD Simpson Manufacturing Company, Inc. Lumber & Wood Production 8.15b 199.49 (2.76%) 21.48 15.62% 5.44% 0.59%
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. Specialty Chemicals 8.05b 56.45 (1.93%) 10.60 17.80% 90.22% 1.80%
CTVA Corteva, Inc. Agricultural Inputs 8.03b 12.04 (1.79%) 7.97 5.66% 3.70% 5.98%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. Specialty Chemicals 7.78b 36.41 (2.78%) 23.28 6.46% 0.14% —
EMN Eastman Chemical Company Specialty Chemicals 7.52b 65.62 (2.94%) 11.99 6.91% 0.27% 5.12%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. Specialty Chemicals 7.46b 30.92 (7.54%) 36.38 5.87% 39.62% 1.03%
AG First Majestic Silver Corp. Silver 7.34b 14.98 (2.66%) 21.10 21.18% 98.54% 0.31%
BVN Buenaventura Mining Company Inc. Other Precious Metals & Mining 7.19b 28.52 (0.97%) 6.45 50.88% 68.82% 3.47%
MOS The Mosaic Company Agricultural Inputs 7.10b 22.42 3.70% — (9.43%) 0.02% 3.93%
BTG B2Gold Corp Gold 6.96b 5.32 4.11% 8.76 21.33% 74.23% 1.50%
SBSW Sibanye Gold Limited Other Precious Metals & Mining 6.67b 9.46 0.85% 13.24 12.11% (6.97%) 8.56%
OR OR Royalties Inc. Gold 6.56b 35.38 2.55% 23.43 78.03% 69.51% 0.68%
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. Steel 6.43b 11.35 (11.60%) — (2.36%) 7.79% —
NEU NewMarket Corporation Specialty Chemicals 6.37b 690.68 (4.75%) 14.01 16.45% 0.89% 1.74%
TFPM Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. Other Precious Metals & Mining 6.34b 30.84 2.32% 19.87 68.64% 43.75% 0.75%
OGC Oceanagold Corp. Gold 6.11b 27.56 6.90% 7.13 35.14% 57.38% 0.65%
MP MP Materials Corp. Other Industrial Metals & Mining 6.01b 34.00 (5.32%) — (19.85%) 26.13% —
ICL ICL Group Ltd. Agricultural Inputs 6.00b 4.67 1.97% 19.46 3.95% 10.92% 4.42%
AUGO Aura Minerals Inc. Gold 5.97b 72.13 (0.36%) 20.15 23.18% 89.45% 3.66%
EXP Eagle Materials Inc Building Materials 5.80b 189.84 (4.21%) 15.70 16.11% 1.61% 0.53%
BCPC Balchem Corporation Specialty Chemicals 5.71b 179.33 (1.78%) 33.77 15.41% 9.42% 0.54%
SSRM Silver Standard Resources Inc. Gold 5.57b 28.10 (0.18%) 22.78 12.64% 39.40% 0.11%
GGB Gerdau S.A. Steel 5.47b 4.41 (4.13%) 19.17 3.40% 9.42% 3.41%
WFG West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. Lumber & Wood Production 5.42b 69.13 (0.87%) — (20.40%) (7.15%) 1.85%
CE Celanese Corporation Chemicals 5.25b 48.08 (3.36%) 19.87 2.66% 1.56% 0.25%
SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation Specialty Chemicals 5.10b 119.61 (4.94%) 29.98 9.69% 9.54% 1.37%
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA Specialty Chemicals 4.61b 28.64 1.92% 102.29 6.68% 30.67% —
UFPI UFP Industries, Inc. Lumber & Wood Production 4.58b 82.99 (3.85%) 20.04 3.51% (0.71%) 1.72%
SIM Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. Steel 4.31b 26.00 0.00% 20.66 11.36% 15.40% —
HCC Warrior Met Coal Coking Coal 4.27b 80.90 (0.02%) 18.43 12.47% 52.04% 0.49%
AVNT Avient Corporation Specialty Chemicals 4.16b 45.65 (4.62%) 23.12 5.27% 5.24% 2.41%
SMG The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Agricultural Inputs 3.86b 66.13 (1.58%) 37.19 3.16% (3.64%) 3.99%
CLMT Calumet, Inc. Specialty Chemicals 3.81b 43.63 0.07% — (2.98%) 12.80% —
CBT Cabot Corporation Specialty Chemicals 3.75b 72.95 (2.86%) 17.42 5.66% 0.83% 2.53%
MTRN Materion Corporation Other Industrial Metals & Mining 3.70b 177.12 (5.41%) 35.79 4.64% 28.10% 0.32%
SKE Skeena Resources Limited Other Industrial Metals & Mining 3.68b 29.55 0.61% — 0.00% — —
AYA Aya Gold & Silver Inc. Silver 3.54b 24.71 (3.63%) 30.92 32.79% 270.36% —
ASH Ashland Inc. Specialty Chemicals 3.49b 76.54 0.13% 67.14 0.21% 2.14% 2.18%
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. Building Materials 3.43b 119.64 (3.03%) 25.62 35.08% 4.45% 0.20%
KNF Knife River Corporation Building Materials 3.25b 57.63 (7.41%) 24.33 3.98% 10.87% —
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. Specialty Chemicals 3.16b 151.37 (2.95%) 36.55 7.53% 9.02% 0.51%
ARIS Aris Mining Corporation Gold 3.15b 15.37 (2.23%) 11.06 22.43% 96.26% —
WDFC WD-40 Company Specialty Chemicals 3.04b 226.25 (2.90%) 37.03 11.94% 10.97% 1.80%
AAUC Allied Gold Corporation Gold 3.04b 21.76 6.61% — (4.19%) 55.92% —
CENX Century Aluminum Company Aluminum 2.98b 30.22 (7.87%) 4.95 22.62% 9.67% —
ERO Ero Copper Corp. Copper 2.93b 28.30 (8.18%) 10.07 31.63% 88.73% —
CSTM Constellium SE Aluminum 2.82b 21.09 (7.13%) 4.97 5.71% 26.10% —
FSM Fortuna Mining Corp. Gold 2.81b 9.53 (0.63%) 7.75 31.98% 58.62% —
USAR USA Rare Earth Inc. Other Industrial Metals & Mining 2.78b 7.48 (8.78%) — 0.00% — —
SA Seabridge Gold Inc. Gold 2.75b 25.72 1.50% — 0.00% — —
FUL H. B. Fuller Company Specialty Chemicals 2.70b 50.18 (4.55%) 13.79 5.56% 1.48% 1.93%
NG Novagold Resources Inc. Gold 2.66b 6.14 0.66% — 0.00% 18.16% —
KWR Quaker Houghton Specialty Chemicals 2.62b 152.46 (3.08%) 27.16 4.80% 8.68% 1.35%
BCC Boise Cascade, L.L.C. Lumber & Wood Production 2.57b 74.00 (5.10%) 21.70 1.82% 1.23% 1.20%

Updated 5 November 2026