Sector
Basic Materials stocks
154 Basic Materials companies have a page on Investingly, worth $2.45T together. The largest is Linde (LIN) at $220.8B.
The median company trades at 20.2 times earnings, keeps 13.9% of revenue as operating profit and grew revenue 11.1% over the last year.
ASP Isotopes grew revenue fastest (+328%); Franco-Nevada has the widest operating margin (74%); 92 of them pay a dividend (median yield 1.3%).
Companies154
Total market cap$2.45T
Median P/E20.2x
Median operating margin13.9%
Median revenue growth+11.1%
Median dividend yield1.3%
Basic Materials companies, largest first
| # | Company | Market cap | P/E | P/FCF | Revenue growth | Operating margin | ROE | Dividend yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linde plc Ordinary SharesLIN | $220.8B | 31.6x | 43.4x | +9.3% | 26.4% | 18.5% | 1.3% |
| 2 | BHP Group LimitedBHP | $204.8B | 49.0x | 22.1x | -7.9% | 38.0% | 18.9% | — |
| 3 | Southern Copper CorporationSCCO | $153.7B | 31.1x | 44.9x | +40.6% | 56.9% | 44.8% | 2.0% |
| 4 | Rio Tinto ADRRIO | $138.8B | 15.6x | 28.8x | +7.4% | 25.9% | 16.0% | — |
| 5 | Newmont Goldcorp CorpNEM | $116.2B | 14.1x | 15.9x | +15.1% | 51.2% | 24.4% | 0.99% |
| 6 | Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold IncFCX | $99.4B | 36.6x | 89.1x | -7.3% | 26.8% | 14.7% | 0.89% |
| 7 | Agnico Eagle Mines LimitedAEM | $87.0B | 21.3x | 20.4x | +43.7% | — | 104.0% | — |
| 8 | Sherwin-Williams CoSHW | $79.5B | 31.0x | 30.0x | +7.5% | — | 69.7% | 1.0% |
| 9 | Ecolab IncECL | $78.1B | 37.5x | 41.0x | +9.7% | 16.9% | 21.1% | 1.0% |
| 10 | Barrick Mining CorporationB | $62.4B | 14.0x | 16.9x | +31.2% | — | 20.1% | — |
| 11 | Vale SA ADRVALE | $55.2B | 19.6x | 18.0x | +0.9% | 15.4% | 6.0% | — |
| 12 | Wheaton Precious Metals CorpWPM | $55.1B | 42.8x | 96.1x | +80.2% | 68.3% | 19.1% | — |
| 13 | Nucor CorpNUE | $54.4B | 23.7x | — | +22.9% | — | 13.0% | 0.96% |
| 14 | CRH PLC ADRCRH | $52.0B | 14.4x | 17.8x | +5.6% | 14.3% | 16.0% | — |
| 15 | Dupont De Nemours IncDD | $51.4B | — | 47.6x | +4.0% | — | 0.40% | 0.81% |
| 16 | ArcelorMittal SA ADRMT | $44.7B | 15.6x | 95.0x | -1.7% | 5.9% | 5.8% | — |
| 17 | AngloGold Ashanti plcAU | $44.4B | 18.2x | 14.3x | +70.8% | — | 39.2% | — |
| 18 | Franco-Nevada CorporationFNV | $44.2B | 42.5x | 29.7x | +63.7% | 74.3% | 16.8% | — |
| 19 | Steel Dynamics IncSTLD | $33.3B | 24.7x | 66.3x | +33.4% | 10.0% | 17.1% | 0.91% |
| 20 | Nutrien LtdNTR | $32.5B | 14.5x | 16.0x | +3.5% | 13.9% | 8.9% | — |
| 21 | Vulcan Materials CompanyVMC | $30.2B | 27.6x | 26.6x | +7.4% | 20.6% | 13.2% | 0.86% |
| 22 | Teck Resources Ltd Class BTECK | $29.6B | 22.1x | — | +18.6% | 20.9% | 5.6% | — |
| 23 | Gold Fields Ltd ADRGFI | $28.8B | 26.7x | 9.23x | +15.6% | — | 23.9% | — |
| 24 | Martin Marietta Materials IncMLM | $26.5B | 27.7x | 27.1x | +21.0% | 20.6% | 21.3% | 0.76% |
| 25 | Kinross Gold CorporationKGC | $24.9B | 12.2x | 9.69x | +37.0% | 46.5% | 27.9% | — |
| 26 | PPG Industries IncPPG | $22.3B | 14.4x | 19.2x | +6.7% | — | 19.6% | — |
| 27 | Reliance Steel & Aluminum CoRS | $19.9B | 25.4x | 39.6x | +15.5% | 7.5% | 11.3% | — |
| 28 | Amrize LtdAMRZ | $19.3B | 16.7x | 13.6x | +8.6% | 15.5% | 9.4% | — |
| 29 | Royal Gold IncRGLD | $18.2B | 26.0x | 25.8x | +114.9% | 61.4% | 9.7% | 0.80% |
| 30 | CF Industries Holdings IncCF | $17.1B | 10.0x | 9.49x | +17.6% | 41.1% | 36.5% | 1.8% |
| 31 | Pan American Silver Corp.PAAS | $16.2B | 18.1x | 15.0x | +28.4% | 34.1% | 14.0% | — |
| 32 | Coeur Mining IncCDE | $15.8B | 12.3x | 23.8x | +125.9% | 33.8% | 8.2% | — |
| 33 | Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA ADR BSQM | $15.8B | 26.6x | 36.2x | -39.4% | 23.5% | 13.3% | — |
| 34 | POSCO Holdings IncPKX | $15.4B | 33.4x | — | -4.7% | 2.0% | 2.0% | — |
| 35 | James Hardie Industries PLC ADRJHX | $13.6B | 132.2x | 35.6x | +24.7% | 9.3% | 1.6% | — |
| 36 | Cemex SAB de CV ADRCX | $13.2B | 478.0x | 13.1x | -2.1% | 11.2% | 7.7% | — |
| 37 | Alamos Gold IncAGI | $12.7B | 15.7x | 47.0x | +34.3% | 60.7% | 19.9% | — |
| 38 | RPM International IncRPM | $12.2B | 18.4x | 22.7x | +4.8% | — | 19.8% | 2.2% |
| 39 | Ternium SA ADRTX | $10.8B | 264.5x | — | -11.6% | 4.5% | 3.6% | — |
| 40 | Suzano Papel e Celulose SA ADRSUZ | $10.3B | 4.62x | 1.86x | -7.5% | 21.2% | 30.6% | — |
| 41 | Alcoa CorpAA | $10.2B | 9.89x | 17.9x | +31.4% | — | 17.3% | 1.0% |
| 42 | Gerdau SA ADRGGB | $10.1B | 32.1x | 8.92x | +4.2% | 5.3% | 2.6% | — |
| 43 | Harmony Gold Mining Company LimitedHMY | $9.9B | 10.2x | 0.92x | +20.4% | 27.6% | 29.8% | — |
| 44 | Sasol LtdSSL | $9.8B | 70.1x | 0.77x | -9.5% | 7.5% | 4.4% | — |
| 45 | IAMGold CorporationIAG | $9.4B | 16.5x | 12.1x | +74.7% | 38.3% | 26.2% | — |
| 46 | Solstice Advanced Materials, IncSOLS | $9.0B | 48.2x | 87.6x | +11.1% | — | 13.2% | — |
| 47 | Hudbay Minerals Inc.HBM | $9.0B | 18.1x | 45.3x | +9.4% | 41.5% | 17.6% | — |
| 48 | Hecla Mining CompanyHL | $8.9B | 19.2x | 28.7x | +52.5% | 46.0% | 12.5% | 0.12% |
| 49 | Eldorado Gold CorpEGO | $8.7B | 15.2x | — | +37.5% | 40.0% | 11.8% | — |
| 50 | Corteva IncCTVA | $8.7B | 7.06x | 3.10x | -1.2% | — | 4.0% | 5.1% |
| 51 | NewMarket CorporationNEU | $8.3B | 20.7x | 16.9x | +7.0% | 20.0% | 23.6% | 1.3% |
| 52 | Element Solutions IncESI | $8.0B | 53.1x | 35.2x | +41.5% | 13.4% | 5.4% | 0.95% |
| 53 | Equinox Gold CorpEQX | $7.6B | 32.6x | — | +99.1% | 23.8% | 3.8% | — |
| 54 | Compania de Minas Buenaventura SAA ADRBVN | $7.4B | 20.4x | 70.7x | +40.1% | 38.6% | 11.9% | — |
| 55 | First Majestic Silver CorpAG | $7.3B | 50.8x | 20.7x | +124.2% | 31.6% | 6.0% | — |
| 56 | MP Materials CorpMP | $7.1B | — | — | +89.0% | -41.5% | -3.1% | — |
| 57 | Simpson Manufacturing Company IncSSD | $7.1B | 19.4x | 23.9x | +6.3% | 20.6% | 17.9% | 0.68% |
| 58 | Axalta Coating Systems LtdAXTA | $6.9B | 18.8x | 15.2x | -0.6% | 13.8% | 15.2% | — |
| 59 | Eastman Chemical CompanyEMN | $6.6B | 16.7x | 15.6x | +9.9% | — | 7.2% | 5.7% |
| 60 | B2Gold CorpBTG | $6.4B | 18.8x | 96.3x | — | — | 11.2% | — |
| 61 | Cleveland-Cliffs IncCLF | $6.4B | — | — | +5.9% | -4.2% | -15.6% | — |
| 62 | SSR Mining IncSSRM | $6.3B | 11.6x | 25.6x | +9.5% | 40.2% | 7.0% | — |
| 63 | ICL Israel Chemicals LtdICL | $6.1B | 27.9x | 47.1x | +4.6% | 8.1% | 3.8% | — |
| 64 | Osisko Gold RoOR | $5.8B | 32.0x | 27.5x | +45.1% | 70.9% | 14.4% | — |
| 65 | The Mosaic CompanyMOS | $5.6B | 125.7x | — | -6.0% | -1.4% | -5.6% | 4.7% |
| 66 | Triple Flag Precious Metals CorpTFPM | $5.5B | 25.5x | 59.8x | +44.5% | 56.8% | 13.3% | — |
| 67 | Sensient Technologies CorporationSXT | $5.5B | 37.9x | 142.4x | +11.6% | 14.1% | 12.5% | 1.3% |
| 68 | Materion CorporationMTRN | $5.4B | 70.6x | 107.3x | +42.2% | 6.0% | 9.1% | 0.21% |
| 69 | Balchem CorporationBCPC | $5.3B | 33.0x | 30.8x | +11.2% | 20.4% | 12.6% | — |
| 70 | West Fraser Timber Co LtdWFG | $5.1B | — | — | -11.5% | -21.7% | -16.0% | — |
| 71 | Eagle Materials IncEXP | $5.1B | 12.5x | 25.8x | +2.6% | — | 27.1% | 0.62% |
| 72 | Warrior Met Coal IncHCC | $4.9B | 35.6x | — | +71.3% | 13.6% | 9.6% | 0.37% |
| 73 | Calumet Specialty Products PartnersCLMT | $4.9B | — | 86.5x | +40.8% | 1.0% | — | — |
| 74 | Methanex CorporationMEOH | $4.7B | 66.8x | 6.41x | -3.5% | 12.0% | 5.9% | — |
| 75 | Grupo Simec SAB de CV ADRSIM | $4.4B | 7.59x | — | -18.2% | — | 17.7% | — |
| 76 | Perimeter Solutions SAPRM | $4.3B | — | 20.5x | +31.5% | -50.6% | -33.2% | — |
| 77 | Ufp Industries IncUFPI | $4.1B | 17.0x | 14.7x | +2.6% | 5.1% | 8.2% | 1.9% |
| 78 | Cabot CorporationCBT | $3.8B | 13.8x | 9.66x | +6.4% | 13.6% | 11.8% | 2.5% |
| 79 | Skeena Resources LtdSKE | $3.5B | — | — | — | — | -114.9% | — |
| 80 | Avient CorpAVNT | $3.4B | 21.6x | 17.5x | +5.8% | 9.4% | 7.0% | 2.7% |
| 81 | Ero Copper CorpERO | $3.4B | 14.9x | 37.2x | +67.1% | 34.4% | 28.2% | — |
| 82 | Aris Mining CorporationARIS | $3.3B | 42.3x | 47.6x | +81.7% | 38.7% | 5.4% | — |
| 83 | Constellium NvCSTM | $3.2B | 7.61x | 20.4x | +24.4% | — | 38.9% | — |
| 84 | Century Aluminum CompanyCENX | $3.2B | 9.66x | 37.9x | +19.7% | 25.3% | 43.0% | — |
| 85 | Ashland Global Holdings IncASH | $3.1B | — | — | +7.3% | 7.4% | 2.8% | 2.4% |
| 86 | United States Lime & Minerals IncUSLM | $3.0B | 23.2x | 29.5x | +8.3% | 42.1% | 19.3% | 0.23% |
| 87 | Fortuna Silver Mines IncFSM | $3.0B | 12.1x | 10.1x | +39.8% | 43.1% | 17.1% | — |
| 88 | Scotts Miracle-Gro CompanySMG | $2.9B | 14.2x | 10.5x | +1.1% | 11.0% | — | 5.4% |
| 89 | WD-40 CompanyWDFC | $2.8B | 35.2x | 33.4x | +24.4% | 17.5% | 32.0% | 1.9% |
| 90 | Knife River CorporationKNF | $2.6B | 18.1x | — | +12.6% | 8.3% | 8.7% | — |
| 91 | Taseko Mines LtdTGB | $2.6B | 180.7x | — | +10.7% | 3.0% | -3.9% | — |
| 92 | Hawkins IncHWKN | $2.6B | 31.4x | 30.2x | +7.6% | 10.7% | 14.7% | 0.60% |
| 93 | H B Fuller CompanyFUL | $2.6B | 16.4x | 21.4x | +5.2% | — | 9.1% | 2.0% |
| 94 | Boise Cascad LlcBCC | $2.6B | 24.4x | 200.6x | +5.2% | 2.5% | 5.2% | 1.3% |
| 95 | NovaGold Resources IncNG | $2.5B | — | — | — | — | -23.9% | — |
| 96 | Seabridge Gold Inc.SA | $2.5B | — | — | -13.2% | — | -6.9% | — |
| 97 | Titan America SATTAM | $2.4B | 13.0x | 20.1x | +1.8% | 16.1% | 17.9% | — |
| 98 | Innospec IncIOSP | $2.3B | 20.6x | 26.5x | +11.8% | 7.0% | 9.0% | — |
| 99 | Alpha Metallurgical Resources IncAMR | $2.3B | — | 130.1x | -10.4% | -2.2% | -3.1% | — |
| 100 | Kaiser Aluminum CorporationKALU | $2.2B | 15.0x | — | +52.7% | 8.2% | 24.1% | 2.3% |
| 101 | Perpetua Resources CorpPPTA | $2.2B | — | — | — | — | -32.3% | — |
| 102 | DRDGOLD Limited ADRDRD | $2.0B | 14.4x | 1.57x | +26.3% | 37.0% | 25.2% | — |
| 103 | Silvercorp Metals IncSVM | $1.8B | 37.5x | 34.6x | +38.9% | 34.5% | 8.3% | — |
| 104 | Companhia Siderurgica Nacional ADRSID | $1.8B | — | — | -3.9% | 9.8% | -21.1% | — |
| 105 | Worthington Steel IncWS | $1.8B | 14.6x | 17.8x | +11.6% | -0.04% | 0.80% | 1.9% |
| 106 | Tecnoglass IncTGLS | $1.8B | 12.3x | 50.9x | +15.6% | 18.3% | 16.4% | 1.6% |
| 107 | TMC the metals company IncTMC | $1.7B | — | — | +262.8% | — | — | — |
| 108 | Nexa Resources SANEXA | $1.7B | 13.2x | 32.7x | +8.5% | 16.6% | 13.2% | — |
| 109 | Olin CorporationOLN | $1.6B | — | 6.30x | -0.9% | -1.6% | -11.4% | 5.5% |
| 110 | Hycroft Mining Holding CorporationHYMC | $1.4B | — | — | -100.0% | — | -34.4% | — |
| 111 | REX American Resources CorporationREX | $1.4B | 16.9x | 28.1x | +6.3% | — | 17.9% | — |
| 112 | Stepan CompanySCL | $1.4B | — | 54.8x | +15.0% | 0.82% | -0.22% | 2.5% |
| 113 | Ivanhoe Electric Inc.IE | $1.3B | — | — | -32.2% | 474.5% | -6.5% | — |
| 114 | i-80 Gold Corp.IAUX | $1.3B | — | — | -12.5% | -112.1% | -100.2% | — |
| 115 | Sylvamo CorpSLVM | $1.2B | 12.5x | 28.3x | +1.5% | 5.3% | 8.0% | 6.0% |
| 116 | CVR Partners LPUAN | $1.2B | 10.1x | 12.5x | +19.9% | 28.1% | — | — |
| 117 | Loma Negra Compania Industrial Argentina SA ADRLOMA | $1.2B | 47.4x | — | -23.9% | — | 19.4% | — |
| 118 | Oil-Dri Corporation Of AmericaODC | $1.2B | 23.0x | 25.3x | +3.3% | 13.8% | 19.1% | 0.84% |
| 119 | Americas Silver CorpUSAS | $1.1B | — | — | +17.7% | — | -39.5% | — |
| 120 | Cementos Pacasmayo SAA ADRCPAC | $1.1B | 20.2x | 4.34x | +1.4% | 19.8% | 16.4% | — |
| 121 | Vizsla Resources CorpVZLA | $1.0B | — | — | — | — | -1.9% | — |
| 122 | Solaris Resources Inc.SLSR | $1.0B | 26.3x | 23.0x | — | — | — | — |
| 123 | Ecovyst IncECVT | $1.0B | — | 14.4x | +42.0% | 9.4% | -10.4% | — |
| 124 | Critical Metals Corp. Ordinary SharesCRML | $982M | — | — | — | — | -56.4% | — |
| 125 | Collective Mining Ltd.CNL | $972M | — | — | — | — | -34.4% | — |
| 126 | Green Plains Renewable Energy IncGPRE | $935M | — | 14.5x | -19.3% | 7.4% | 14.2% | — |
| 127 | McEwen Mining Inc.MUX | $888M | 15.3x | — | +26.8% | 25.2% | 11.4% | — |
| 128 | Avino Silver & Gold Mines LtdASM | $853M | 29.8x | 746.0x | +25.3% | — | 11.4% | — |
| 129 | Sigma Lithium Resources CorpSGML | $833M | — | — | +15.2% | — | -52.7% | — |
| 130 | Evolution Metals & Technologies Corp. Common StockEMAT | $829M | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 131 | Lithium Argentina AGLAR | $762M | — | — | +12.9% | — | -91.7% | — |
| 132 | Lithium Americas CorpLAC | $717M | — | — | — | — | -3.9% | — |
| 133 | Braskem SA Class ABAK | $676M | — | — | +9.7% | -1.4% | -143.9% | — |
| 134 | Dakota Gold Corp.DC | $663M | — | — | — | — | -19.7% | — |
| 135 | Lsb Industries IncLXU | $622M | 13.7x | 34.4x | +11.1% | 9.5% | 6.8% | — |
| 136 | Northern Dynasty Minerals LtdNAK | $597M | — | — | — | — | -588.7% | — |
| 137 | Sayona Mining Limited American Depository SharesELVR | $560M | — | — | +11.2% | -172.1% | -70.0% | — |
| 138 | Lightwave Logic IncLWLG | $491M | — | — | +27.9% | -9688.2% | -21.9% | — |
| 139 | IperionX Limited American Depositary ShareIPX | $487M | — | — | — | — | -38.2% | — |
| 140 | Algoma Steel Group IncASTL | $473M | — | — | — | -63.6% | -200.6% | — |
| 141 | United States Antimony CorporationUAMY | $456M | — | — | -24.7% | -64.0% | -9.0% | — |
| 142 | Caledonia Mining CorporationCMCL | $449M | 7.31x | 10.3x | +22.9% | 23.4% | 8.0% | — |
| 143 | Contango ORE IncCTGO | $438M | — | 17.1x | — | — | -11.8% | — |
| 144 | REalloys Inc.ALOY | $426M | — | — | +82.7% | -4460.0% | -76.5% | — |
| 145 | AdvanSix IncASIX | $425M | 43.8x | 66.3x | +2.8% | — | -2.2% | 3.9% |
| 146 | ASP Isotopes Inc. Common StockASPI | $306M | — | — | +327.6% | -321.1% | -44.3% | — |
| 147 | Alto Ingredients IncALTO | $294M | 10.3x | 34.0x | +12.5% | 3.8% | 20.0% | — |
| 148 | Friedman Industries Inc. Common StockFRD | $282M | 48.3x | — | -13.9% | 0.68% | 3.7% | 0.39% |
| 149 | Hudson Technologies IncHDSN | $227M | 16.9x | — | +7.5% | 4.5% | 3.7% | — |
| 150 | Core Molding Technologies IncCMT | $200M | 27.1x | 104.1x | -20.8% | 3.6% | 4.6% | — |
| 151 | American Resources Corp Class AAREC | $161M | — | — | — | — | 57.0% | — |
| 152 | 5E Advanced Materials IncFEAM | $140M | 0.76x | — | — | — | -67.0% | — |
| 153 | Synalloy CorporationACNT | $122M | — | — | +37.6% | -5.9% | -5.6% | — |
| 154 | Aemetis IncAMTX | $121M | — | — | +20.0% | -5.2% | — | — |
Medians use companies with a value for that measure; P/E only counts companies with positive earnings. Every company links to its page with the reverse DCF, insider buying and 13F holders.
Basic Materials industries
Gold30 companies · $598.6BSpecialty Chemicals33 companies · $574.5BOther Industrial Metals & Mining21 companies · $456.6BCopper6 companies · $269.4BSteel13 companies · $203.7BBuilding Materials13 companies · $172.0BAgricultural Inputs7 companies · $74.2BOther Precious Metals & Mining7 companies · $26.8BAluminum4 companies · $18.9BLumber & Wood Production4 companies · $18.8BChemicals9 companies · $10.7BCoking Coal3 companies · $7.4B
Questions
What are the largest Basic Materials stocks?
By market value: Linde (LIN), BHP Group Limited (BHP), Southern Copper (SCCO), Rio Tinto ADR (RIO), Newmont Goldcorp (NEM).
What is the average P/E ratio of Basic Materials stocks?
The median Basic Materials company on Investingly trades at 20.2 times trailing earnings (companies with positive earnings only).
How many Basic Materials stocks pay a dividend?
92 of 154, with a median yield of 1.3%.
Prices and ratios as of Oct 11, 2026. Statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice.