Basic Materials Stocks
✓ Ranked directly from Yahoo Finance data · Checked for accuracy at every rebuild · Snapshot: 6 September 2026 · Updated: 28 October 2026
All 102 companies in our Basic Materials listing.
Largest by Market Cap
| # | Ticker | Company | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LIN | Linde plc | $220.15B |
| 2 | SCCO | Southern Copper Corporation | $167.82B |
| 3 | NEM | Newmont Corporation | $134.97B |
| 4 | RIO | Rio Tinto Group | £124.27B |
| 5 | FCX | Freeport-McMoRan Inc. | $104.44B |
| 6 | SHW | The Sherwin-Williams Company | $81.01B |
| 7 | ECL | Ecolab Inc. | $78.29B |
| 8 | B | Barrick Mining Corporation | $73.65B |
| 9 | GLEN | Glencore plc | £70.62B |
| 10 | APD | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | $67.09B |
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- Why do basic materials stocks move with commodity prices?
- Companies in this sector — miners, chemical producers, steelmakers — sell physical commodities whose prices are set on global markets, so their revenue and margins swing with metals, minerals and chemical prices far more directly than in most other sectors.
- Why is this sector often tied to Chinese demand specifically?
- China has been the largest single consumer of many industrial metals and raw materials for decades, so shifts in Chinese construction and manufacturing activity can move basic materials share prices even when nothing has changed at the company itself.
- Are basic materials dividends reliable?
- Less so than in defensive sectors — payouts often track commodity-cycle profits, so a miner or chemicals producer may cut its dividend in a downturn even if it paid generously the year before. See our dividend cover glossary entry for the sustainability check.
- Why do basic materials companies often trade at low P/E ratios?
- Cyclical earnings make the market cautious about paying up for currently-elevated profits, since commodity prices — and therefore earnings — can fall sharply in the next downturn. See our P/E ratio glossary entry.
- Where does this sector data come from?
- Data is sourced directly from Yahoo Finance as a periodic snapshot, dated on this page. This is a reference tool for research, not investment advice.
All Basic Materials Stocks
| # | Ticker | Company | Price | Market Cap | P/E | Dividend Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LIN | Linde plc | $477.57 | $220.15B | 30.77 | 1.34% |
| 2 | SCCO | Southern Copper Corporation | $198.76 | $167.82B | 29.84 | 2.21% |
| 3 | NEM | Newmont Corporation | $128.09 | $134.97B | 16.15 | 0.81% |
| 4 | RIO | Rio Tinto Group | £76.41 | £124.27B | 13.99 | 4.56% |
| 5 | FCX | Freeport-McMoRan Inc. | $72.73 | $104.44B | 35.65 | 0.82% |
| 6 | SHW | The Sherwin-Williams Company | $333.71 | $81.01B | 30.76 | 0.96% |
| 7 | ECL | Ecolab Inc. | $279.28 | $78.29B | 37.44 | 1.05% |
| 8 | B | Barrick Mining Corporation | $44.75 | $73.65B | 11.56 | 1.56% |
| 9 | GLEN | Glencore plc | £6.02 | £70.62B | 18.23 | 2.09% |
| 10 | APD | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | $301.27 | $67.09B | — | 2.40% |
| 11 | CRH | CRH plc | $94.26 | $62.71B | 16.65 | 1.65% |
| 12 | NUE | Nucor Corporation | $261.07 | $59.23B | 20.84 | 0.86% |
| 13 | CTVA | Corteva, Inc. | $87.86 | $58.62B | 53.25 | 0.82% |
| 14 | AAL | Anglo American plc | £41.66 | £44.64B | — | 0.69% |
| 15 | ANTO | Antofagasta plc | £39.15 | £38.60B | 31.57 | 1.48% |
| 16 | MLM | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | $514.77 | $36.56B | 33.45 | 0.65% |
| 17 | STLD | Steel Dynamics, Inc. | $242.06 | $34.69B | 21.99 | 0.88% |
| 18 | VMC | Vulcan Materials Company | $262.63 | $34.03B | 30.97 | 0.80% |
| 19 | PPG | PPG Industries, Inc. | $112.53 | $25.02B | 16.14 | 2.63% |
| 20 | RGLD | Royal Gold, Inc. | $262.11 | $22.21B | 28.99 | 0.72% |
| 21 | IFF | International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. | $86.35 | $22.03B | — | 1.85% |
| 22 | CDE | Coeur Mining, Inc. | $21.24 | $21.83B | 17.85 | 19.00% |
| 23 | DOW | Dow Inc. | $29.44 | $21.27B | — | 4.76% |
| 24 | LYB | LyondellBasell Industries N.V. | $63.52 | $20.52B | — | 4.35% |
| 25 | RS | Reliance, Inc. | $400.51 | $20.45B | 23.26 | 1.25% |
| 26 | CF | CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | $133.35 | $20.18B | 9.89 | 1.80% |
| 27 | FRES | Fresnillo plc | £31.46 | £17.99B | 13.74 | 3.55% |
| 28 | DD | DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | $131.59 | $17.77B | 56.48 | 1.82% |
| 29 | ALB | Albemarle Corporation | $126.28 | $14.90B | 467.70 | 1.24% |
| 30 | HL | Hecla Mining Company | $20.68 | $13.89B | 24.92 | 7.00% |
| 31 | RPM | RPM International Inc. | $105.52 | $13.47B | 20.41 | 2.05% |
| 32 | AA | Alcoa Corporation | $49.97 | $13.19B | 10.39 | 0.80% |
| 33 | EDV | Endeavour Mining plc | £47.23 | £11.38B | 18.82 | 3.03% |
| 34 | AG | First Majestic Silver Corp. | $20.97 | $10.34B | 29.96 | 0.29% |
| 35 | WLK | Westlake Corporation | $74.79 | $9.56B | — | 2.85% |
| 36 | ESI | Element Solutions Inc | $36.01 | $8.78B | 48.66 | 0.89% |
| 37 | MOS | The Mosaic Company | $25.85 | $8.22B | — | 3.40% |
| 38 | EMN | Eastman Chemical Company | $71.19 | $8.14B | 18.54 | 4.72% |
| 39 | NEU | NewMarket Corporation | $885.00 | $8.14B | 19.05 | 1.36% |
| 40 | AXTA | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. | $35.78 | $7.66B | 21.95 | — |
| 41 | SSD | Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. | $180.97 | $7.42B | 19.80 | 0.66% |
| 42 | CLF | Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. | $12.50 | $7.13B | — | — |
| 43 | EXP | Eagle Materials Inc. | $194.48 | $5.97B | 15.31 | 0.51% |
| 44 | SXT | Sensient Technologies Corporation | $134.84 | $5.74B | 36.35 | 1.22% |
| 45 | HCC | Warrior Met Coal, Inc. | $104.45 | $5.52B | 25.11 | 0.31% |
| 46 | BCPC | Balchem Corporation | $171.61 | $5.47B | 33.78 | 0.56% |
| 47 | PRM | Perimeter Solutions, Inc. | $31.76 | $5.20B | — | — |
| 48 | MTRN | Materion Corporation | $244.24 | $5.09B | 56.80 | 0.24% |
| 49 | CE | Celanese Corporation | $44.67 | $4.90B | — | 0.27% |
| 50 | UFPI | UFP Industries, Inc. | $84.38 | $4.65B | 19.26 | 1.71% |
| 51 | CENX | Century Aluminum Company | $46.77 | $4.63B | 8.08 | — |
| 52 | CBT | Cabot Corporation | $81.48 | $4.21B | 22.82 | 2.26% |
| 53 | CRDA | Croda International Plc | £32.96 | £4.08B | 57.82 | 3.37% |
| 54 | MNDI | Mondi plc | £8.53 | £3.76B | — | 1.45% |
| 55 | SMG | The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company | $59.47 | $3.46B | 22.96 | 4.44% |
| 56 | USLM | United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. | $116.69 | $3.35B | 24.99 | 0.21% |
| 57 | ASH | Ashland Inc. | $72.93 | $3.34B | 46.75 | 2.30% |
| 58 | FUL | H.B. Fuller Company | $53.89 | $2.90B | 15.99 | 1.82% |
| 59 | AMR | Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. | $225.41 | $2.86B | — | — |
| 60 | WDFC | WD-40 Company | $207.57 | $2.79B | 31.59 | 1.96% |
| 61 | KWR | Quaker Chemical Corporation | $161.50 | $2.78B | 28.89 | 1.31% |
| 62 | BCC | Boise Cascade Company | $79.21 | $2.76B | 26.85 | 1.12% |
| 63 | HWKN | Hawkins, Inc. | $129.13 | $2.70B | 33.37 | 0.62% |
| 64 | KALU | Kaiser Aluminum Corporation | $164.19 | $2.68B | 12.18 | 1.88% |
| 65 | NGVT | Ingevity Corporation | $70.54 | $2.43B | 99.35 | — |
| 66 | IOSP | Innospec Inc. | $93.95 | $2.31B | 19.17 | 1.91% |
| 67 | CC | The Chemours Company | $15.30 | $2.30B | — | 2.29% |
| 68 | MTX | Minerals Technologies Inc. | $71.76 | $2.23B | — | 0.67% |
| 69 | OLN | Olin Corporation | $17.37 | $1.98B | — | 4.61% |
| 70 | HUN | Huntsman Corporation | $9.62 | $1.69B | — | 3.64% |
| 71 | FMC | FMC Corporation | $12.97 | $1.62B | — | 2.47% |
| 72 | ODC | Oil-Dri Corporation of America | $87.90 | $1.47B | 23.01 | 0.93% |
| 73 | SCL | Stepan Company | $63.42 | $1.44B | — | 2.49% |
| 74 | REX | REX American Resources Corporation | $41.46 | $1.38B | 11.36 | — |
| 75 | NEWP | New Pacific Metals Corp. | $6.17 | $1.15B | — | — |
| 76 | GPRE | Green Plains Inc. | $15.45 | $1.08B | 9.25 | — |
| 77 | CMP | Compass Minerals International, Inc. | $25.32 | $1.06B | 60.29 | — |
| 78 | NWPX | NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. | $107.67 | $1.04B | 21.75 | — |
| 79 | KRO | Kronos Worldwide, Inc. | $8.43 | $970.27M | — | 2.37% |
| 80 | KOP | Koppers Holdings Inc. | $47.78 | $903.59M | — | 0.77% |
| 81 | SXC | SunCoke Energy, Inc. | $10.33 | $876.76M | — | 4.65% |
| 82 | METC | Ramaco Resources, Inc. | $13.20 | $836.72M | — | 1.76% |
| 83 | LXU | LSB Industries, Inc. | $11.30 | $813.57M | 22.60 | — |
| 84 | TROX | Tronox Holdings plc | $4.81 | $768.16M | — | 4.16% |
| 85 | GSM | Ferroglobe PLC | $4.67 | $615.71M | — | 1.26% |
| 86 | RYAM | Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. | $8.50 | $574.98M | — | — |
| 87 | GORO | Goldgroup Mining Inc. | $4.15 | $562.93M | — | — |
| 88 | IPI | Intrepid Potash, Inc. | $40.51 | $545.13M | 34.33 | — |
| 89 | VHI | Valhi, Inc. | $17.83 | $504.97M | — | 1.79% |
| 90 | ASIX | AdvanSix Inc. | $17.45 | $471.17M | — | 3.67% |
| 91 | GEVO | Gevo, Inc. | $1.64 | $405.47M | — | — |
| 92 | CLW | Clearwater Paper Corporation | $20.92 | $337.39M | — | — |
| 93 | VGZ | Vista Gold Corp. | $2.24 | $245.23M | — | — |
| 94 | FF | FutureFuel Corp. | $5.26 | $230.72M | — | 0.75% |
| 95 | HDSN | Hudson Technologies, Inc. | $5.35 | $225.17M | 25.48 | — |
| 96 | CMT | Core Molding Technologies, Inc. | $24.12 | $213.44M | 28.71 | — |
| 97 | PZG | Paramount Gold Nevada Corp. | $1.41 | $93.50M | — | — |
| 98 | AVD | American Vanguard Corporation | $2.33 | $68.74M | — | — |
| 99 | OMEX | Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. | $0.82 | $47.89M | — | — |
| 100 | MERC | Mercer International Inc. | $0.38 | $25.29M | — | — |
| 101 | LOOP | Loop Industries, Inc. | $0.48 | $23.08M | — | — |
| 102 | AUMN | Golden Minerals Company | $0.22 | $4.98M | — | — |
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