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Basic Materials stocks

The Basic Materials sector has 261 US-listed companies on stockrow across 14 industries, with a combined market value of $2.45T. Linde PLC (LIN) is the largest at $227.4B, followed by BHP Group Limited Sponsored ADR and Southern Copper Corporation. The median Basic Materials stock trades at 19.5× trailing earnings, above the market median of 18.1×, with a median net margin of 0.66% (market: 0.45%). Median revenue growth over the last twelve months is 9.05%. 111 of the 261 pay a dividend; the median yield among payers is 1.76%.

Basic Materials medians

Metric Sector Market
P/E 19.5× 18.1×
P/S 1.6× 1.9×
P/B 1.7× 1.7×
Price to free cash flow 18.4× 14.2×
EV/EBITDA 9.4× 11.0×
EV/Sales 1.7× 2.1×
Earnings yield 0.50% 1.20%
Free cash flow yield 0.04% 0.27%
Gross margin 25.1% 46.2%
Operating margin 0.82% 0.00%
Net margin 0.66% 0.45%
Free cash flow margin 0.00% 0.00%
Return on equity 0.00% 1.35%
Return on assets 0.00% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 0.00%
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.05% 7.41%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 0.00% 13.7%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.14% 8.93%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.00% 0.00%
Debt to equity 0.2× 0.1×
Current ratio 2.3× 1.6×
Net debt to EBITDA 1.0× 0.6×
Dividend yield 1.61% 2.26%
Payout ratio 0.2× 0.3×
Market cap $1.1B $584.7M

Industries in Basic Materials

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ALOY
7.23 0.55 +8.23%
NEWP
6.56 0.32 +5.13%
SLI
1.45 0.06 +4.32%
SLSR
6.80 0.27 +4.13%
PPTA
19.21 0.69 +3.73%

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BAK
1.68 0.13 −7.18%
ODC
75.33 5.67 −7.00%
METC
7.83 0.51 −6.12%
USAR
10.54 0.55 −4.96%
OEC
5.34 0.26 −4.64%

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Ticker Company Industry Market cap Price 1D P/E Net margin Revenue growth Dividend yield
LIN Linde PLC Specialty Chemicals 227.36b 498.43 1.06% 32.03 20.43% 6.63% 1.26%
BHP BHP Group Limited Sponsored ADR Other Industrial Metals & Mining 210.69b 83.29 0.47% 10.40 30.11% 110.70% 4.13%
SCCO Southern Copper Corporation Copper 170.30b 200.51 (0.59%) 29.31 35.87% 32.80% 1.99%
NEM Newmont Corporation Gold 122.01b 118.51 2.35% 14.93 33.36% 25.18% 0.87%
RIO Rio Tinto PLC Other Industrial Metals & Mining 113.18b 90.32 0.12% 5.66 23.14% 9.45% 5.15%
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc. Copper 100.72b 69.32 (1.06%) 34.15 11.38% 0.19% 0.43%
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company Specialty Chemicals 81.79b 335.20 (0.51%) 30.58 11.01% 5.76% 0.95%
ECL Ecolab Inc. Specialty Chemicals 81.52b 287.52 (1.13%) 38.34 12.57% 7.11% 1.02%
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Specialty Chemicals 66.05b 299.59 1.01% 0.00 (0.38%) 4.51% 2.41%
WPM Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. Gold 60.48b 133.78 0.47% 29.60 64.66% 90.79% 0.56%
NUE Nucor Corporation Steel 57.78b 256.29 0.63% 20.42 7.96% 17.19% 0.87%
CRH CRH PLC Building Materials 54.77b 83.63 1.59% 14.65 9.88% 6.29% 1.84%
VALE VALE S.A. Other Industrial Metals & Mining 53.02b 13.06 0.31% 26.65 5.11% 12.67% 3.06%
MT ArcelorMittal Steel 47.96b 63.05 (0.86%) 26.38 2.88% 3.65% 1.39%
FNV Franco-Nevada Corporation Gold 46.46b 243.38 1.04% 31.73 63.79% 73.59% 0.70%
AU AngloGold Ashanti PLC Gold 46.24b 92.82 1.37% 12.39 32.19% 54.60% 4.87%
MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Building Materials 34.89b 500.84 1.96% 12.28 36.74% 23.44% 0.66%
STLD Steel Dynamics, Inc. Steel 34.51b 239.98 (0.32%) 21.66 7.83% 19.77% 0.87%
NTR Nutrien Ltd. Agricultural Inputs 33.13b 71.26 2.41% 14.43 8.44% 8.63% 3.08%
GFI Gold Fields Limited Gold 32.89b 37.60 1.38% 22.25 17.78% 9.51% 6.33%
VMC Vulcan Materials Company Building Materials 32.71b 257.18 1.89% 30.19 13.75% 6.86% 0.80%
PPG PPG Industries, Inc. Specialty Chemicals 23.97b 107.39 (0.39%) 15.30 9.57% 4.99% 2.67%
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. Specialty Chemicals 23.04b 90.68 0.43% 83.19 2.56% 3.49% 1.76%
DOW Dow Inc. Chemicals 21.42b 29.87 0.71% 0.00 (3.13%) (1.20%) 4.69%
RS Reliance, Inc. Steel 20.76b 411.17 1.11% 23.75 5.65% 15.44% 1.20%
AMRZ Amrize Ltd Building Materials 20.41b 37.82 1.34% 17.27 9.99% 1.67% 1.75%
LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. Specialty Chemicals 20.24b 64.01 2.14% 0.00 (1.13%) (1.75%) 5.37%
RGLD Royal Gold, Inc. Gold 19.74b 238.24 2.25% 25.98 47.76% 93.51% 0.80%
CF CF Industries Holdings, Inc. Agricultural Inputs 18.13b 120.85 0.90% 8.94 27.12% 20.04% 1.74%
DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. Specialty Chemicals 17.77b 130.46 (0.87%) 289.98 0.79% 75.67% 1.84%
PKX POSCO Holdings Inc. Steel 16.70b 54.97 (0.43%) 20.82 1.94% 2.62% 2.81%
CDE Coeur Mining, Inc. Gold 15.84b 15.47 0.39% 13.00 26.82% 117.26% 0.13%
CX Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. Building Materials 15.21b 10.25 1.89% 29.29 2.83% 10.13% 1.05%
JHX James Hardie Industries PLC. Building Materials 15.04b 25.82 (0.31%) 103.28 2.69% 42.93% —
EQX Equinox Gold Corp. Gold 12.97b 11.15 0.36% 10.72 28.09% 203.80% 0.47%
RPM RPM International Inc. Specialty Chemicals 12.76b 99.73 (0.36%) 18.38 8.63% 5.96% 2.17%
ALB Albemarle Corporation Specialty Chemicals 11.59b 95.48 (2.75%) 198.92 0.97% 18.32% 1.70%
TX Ternium S.A. Steel 11.17b 57.10 0.39% 16.04 4.37% (1.43%) 3.85%
HBM HudBay Minerals Inc Copper 10.76b 23.62 (2.48%) 13.89 27.48% 12.09% 0.09%
AA Alcoa Aluminum 10.67b 41.46 2.57% 8.48 9.39% 6.46% 0.96%
HMY Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited Gold 10.65b 17.12 0.82% 52.55 3.80% 6.90% 4.55%
HL Hecla Mining Company Other Precious Metals & Mining 10.45b 15.30 (1.67%) 30.60 19.12% 89.76% 0.10%
SUZ Suzano S.A. Sponsored ADR Paper & Paper Products 10.30b 8.50 1.80% 4.32 17.82% 0.42% 2.50%
SSL Sasol Ltd. Specialty Chemicals 10.09b 16.34 2.64% 3.51 8.89% 26.64% 0.00%
SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. Specialty Chemicals 9.52b 59.25 (1.12%) 27.38 5.13% — 0.38%
ESI Element Solutions Inc. Specialty Chemicals 8.66b 35.05 (1.35%) 47.36 5.67% 26.61% 0.91%
SQM Sociedad Quimica y Minera S.A. Specialty Chemicals 8.64b 60.20 (0.45%) 11.30 17.80% 90.22% 1.69%
CTVA Corteva, Inc. Agricultural Inputs 8.59b 12.88 0.00% 8.53 5.66% 3.70% 5.59%
NEU NewMarket Corporation Specialty Chemicals 8.16b 876.01 (1.33%) 18.85 15.74% (1.31%) 1.37%
WLK Westlake Corporation Specialty Chemicals 8.13b 63.04 (0.90%) 0.00 (10.86%) (3.95%) 3.37%
AG First Majestic Silver Corp. Silver 7.93b 15.98 (0.68%) 22.51 21.18% 98.54% 0.29%
BVN Buenaventura Mining Company Inc. Other Precious Metals & Mining 7.90b 30.42 (2.34%) 6.73 50.88% 68.82% 3.26%
MP MP Materials Corp. Other Industrial Metals & Mining 7.41b 40.17 (3.46%) 0.00 (14.56%) 71.92% —
EMN Eastman Chemical Company Specialty Chemicals 7.31b 62.33 (2.41%) 16.11 4.99% (4.53%) 5.39%
AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. Specialty Chemicals 7.22b 33.44 (0.86%) 20.52 6.78% (0.92%) —
SSD Simpson Manufacturing Company, Inc. Lumber & Wood Production 7.18b 176.41 0.74% 19.20 15.65% 6.48% 0.67%
AUGO Aura Minerals Inc. Gold 7.16b 87.20 2.02% 24.36 23.18% 89.45% 3.03%
SBSW Sibanye Gold Limited Other Precious Metals & Mining 7.04b 10.11 1.61% 14.15 12.11% (6.97%) 8.01%
CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. Steel 6.93b 12.00 (1.23%) 0.00 (4.56%) 4.00% —
BTG B2Gold Corp Gold 6.84b 5.31 2.51% 8.74 21.33% 74.23% 1.51%
OR OR Royalties Inc. Gold 6.55b 35.55 1.11% 23.54 78.03% 69.51% 0.68%
SSRM Silver Standard Resources Inc. Gold 6.47b 31.85 0.31% 27.46 12.30% 48.40% 0.09%
ICL ICL Group Ltd. Agricultural Inputs 6.41b 4.96 (0.20%) 20.67 3.95% 10.92% 4.16%
TFPM Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. Other Precious Metals & Mining 6.28b 30.71 0.72% 20.20 68.68% 54.39% 0.76%
GGB Gerdau S.A. Steel 6.26b 5.02 (0.59%) 21.83 3.40% 9.42% 2.99%
MOS The Mosaic Company Agricultural Inputs 6.02b 18.82 (0.69%) 0.00 (5.21%) 8.84% 4.68%
SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation Specialty Chemicals 5.68b 133.74 0.24% 35.95 9.27% 8.12% 1.23%
BCPC Balchem Corporation Specialty Chemicals 5.44b 170.73 0.12% 33.54 15.14% 10.14% 0.56%
MTRN Materion Corporation Other Industrial Metals & Mining 5.25b 244.17 (3.17%) 56.26 4.29% 21.60% 0.23%
EXP Eagle Materials Inc Building Materials 5.23b 170.01 (0.33%) 13.39 17.32% 1.68% 0.59%
WFG West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. Lumber & Wood Production 5.13b 65.62 0.14% 0.00 (22.98%) (10.18%) 1.95%
CLMT Calumet, Inc. Specialty Chemicals 5.12b 57.75 (0.84%) 0.00 (2.98%) 12.80% —
CE Celanese Corporation Chemicals 5.10b 47.49 2.26% 0.00 (12.04%) (2.17%) 0.25%
HCC Warrior Met Coal Coking Coal 4.72b 89.94 0.54% 21.62 13.05% 37.48% 0.36%
SIM Grupo Simec, S.A. de C.V. Steel 4.64b 27.95 1.67% 23.29 11.21% 7.58% —
PRM Perimeter Solutions, SA Specialty Chemicals 4.47b 26.54 (2.78%) 0.00 (44.86%) 24.25% —
UFPI UFP Industries, Inc. Lumber & Wood Production 4.27b 78.37 1.21% 17.93 3.84% (4.72%) 1.82%
USAR USA Rare Earth Inc. Other Industrial Metals & Mining 4.16b 10.54 (4.96%) 0.00 0.00% — —
SKE Skeena Resources Limited Other Industrial Metals & Mining 4.01b 31.48 (1.44%) 0.00 0.00% — —
CBT Cabot Corporation Specialty Chemicals 3.90b 74.29 (1.58%) 20.87 5.28% (4.74%) 2.48%
ERO Ero Copper Corp. Copper 3.62b 34.16 (1.70%) 12.16 31.63% 88.73% —
AVNT Avient Corporation Specialty Chemicals 3.58b 38.98 (0.05%) 20.96 5.10% 2.36% 2.82%
ARIS Aris Mining Corporation Gold 3.58b 17.44 0.46% 12.55 22.43% 96.26% —
CSTM Constellium SE Aluminum 3.45b 25.47 0.00% 6.38 5.69% 25.92% —
CENX Century Aluminum Company Aluminum 3.39b 35.03 2.43% 5.74 22.62% 9.67% —
ASH Ashland Inc. Specialty Chemicals 3.28b 71.15 (0.61%) 62.41 2.77% (1.39%) 2.35%
SMG The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Agricultural Inputs 3.16b 54.57 0.59% 43.66 2.12% 4.60% 4.84%
FSM Fortuna Mining Corp. Gold 3.12b 10.71 1.61% 8.71 31.98% 58.62% —
USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. Building Materials 3.07b 106.05 (0.92%) 22.61 35.66% 7.00% 0.23%
ALM Almonty Industries Inc. Other Industrial Metals & Mining 2.91b 9.84 (2.57%) 50.15 125.21% 208.31% —
NG Novagold Resources Inc. Gold 2.88b 6.60 0.61% 0.00 0.00% 18.16% —
AAUC Allied Gold Corporation Gold 2.86b 20.94 1.90% 0.00 (4.19%) 55.92% —
KNF Knife River Corporation Building Materials 2.84b 50.50 1.10% 20.45 4.23% 12.13% —
FUL H. B. Fuller Company Specialty Chemicals 2.78b 51.27 (0.58%) 14.09 5.56% 1.48% 1.89%
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. Specialty Chemicals 2.75b 131.66 (0.12%) 33.85 7.29% 9.32% 0.58%
KWR Quaker Houghton Specialty Chemicals 2.73b 156.96 (1.00%) 27.93 4.94% 7.79% 1.63%
WDFC WD-40 Company Specialty Chemicals 2.70b 200.09 (0.49%) 30.27 13.19% 10.15% 2.00%
BCC Boise Cascade, L.L.C. Lumber & Wood Production 2.63b 76.13 0.86% 25.81 1.64% (1.52%) 1.17%
TTAM Titan America SA Building Materials 2.52b 13.67 (0.07%) 14.24 10.35% 4.07% 1.17%
NGVT Ingevity Corporation Specialty Chemicals 2.43b 69.82 (1.02%) 45.34 4.65% 10.63% —

Updated 17 October 2026