Equities / Sectors / Basic Materials
Basic Materials
#9 by market capChemicals, metals and mining, paper and building materials. 155 US-listed equities across 14 industries; the sector accounts for 2.2% of tracked equity market cap and 2.5% of daily volume.
Market cap
$1.82T
+0.59%
$10.697B · 1D
Sector weight
2.2%
of tracked market cap
Volume 24h
$16.331B
2.5% of market volume
Revenue TTM
$712.044B
Sum of constituents
Net income TTM
$59.761B
8.4% net margin
P/E (TTM)
30.1×
Market 30.5×
Dividend yield
1.5%
Market 1.3%
Employees
1M
Across 155 companies
Industry breakdown
Share of sector market cap · 14 industries
Concentration
Share of sector market cap by constituent
HHI index
450.3
Mega caps
1
Median cap
$2.414B
Valuation vs. market
Sector totals valued as one company; marker is the all-equities median
P/E (TTM): 30.1× · market 20×
P/S: 2.5× · market 2.7×
EV / EBITDA: 12× · market 12.9×
Operating margin: 16.8% · market 8.5%
Dividend yield: 1.5% · market 2.3%
Trading at a 1.2% P/E discount to the all-equities market.
Returns vs. market
Cap-weighted price return · spread in percentage points
| Period | Sector | Market | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 day | +0.59% | +0.84% | -0.25% |
| 1 week | -3.74% | +0.63% | -4.37% |
| 1 month | -8.76% | +1.35% | -10.11% |
| 3 months | -3.09% | +2.69% | -5.78% |
| Year to date | +7.86% | +12.64% | -4.78% |
| 1 year | +12.66% | +14.06% | -1.40% |
Constituents
155 equities
Linde plc LIN · US | Specialty Chemicals | $223.149B | 12.3% | $482.38 | +0.60% | +2.66% | -1.04% | $1.349B | 31.5× |
Southern Copper Corporation SCCO · US | Copper | $173.335B | 9.5% | $205.29 | -0.12% | +0.67% | +0.50% | $196.54M | 30.6× |
Newmont Corporation NEM · US | Gold | $124.275B | 6.8% | $115.82 | +0.23% | -4.62% | -7.46% | $462.39M | 14.7× |
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. FCX · US | Copper | $104.326B | 5.7% | $72.60 | +0.78% | +0.40% | -1.80% | $994.51M | 38.2× |
The Sherwin-Williams Company SHW · US | Specialty Chemicals | $78.544B | 4.3% | $318.46 | -0.33% | -3.23% | -3.86% | $421.4M | 30.2× |
Ecolab Inc. ECL · US | Specialty Chemicals | $77.671B | 4.3% | $277.07 | +1.23% | -0.87% | -1.01% | $258.54M | 36.7× |
| Gold | $65.835B | 3.6% | $40 | -0.57% | -6.72% | -9.36% | $293.24M | 10.1× | |
Air Products and Chemicals Inc. APD · US | Specialty Chemicals | $62.229B | 3.4% | $279.45 | +0.68% | -0.82% | -9.70% | $304.73M | -1,315.6× |
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. WPM · US | Gold | $61.88B | 3.4% | $136.27 | -0.01% | -4.65% | -9.70% | $133.76M | 34.4× |
Nucor Corp. NUE · US | Steel | $57.039B | 3.1% | $251.41 | +4.58% | +1.68% | -4.76% | $398.83M | 33.1× |
CRH plc Ordinary Shares CRH · US | Building Materials | $55.036B | 3% | $82.65 | +0.87% | -2.81% | -10.81% | $325.63M | 14.4× |
AngloGold Ashanti plc AU · US | Gold | $47.783B | 2.6% | $94.48 | -0.46% | -4.60% | -12.38% | $164.96M | 12.6× |
Steel Dynamics Inc. STLD · US | Steel | $34.817B | 1.9% | $241.04 | +3.90% | +3.16% | -2.67% | $256.43M | 25.4× |
Vulcan Materials Co. VMC · US | Building Materials | $31.777B | 1.7% | $245.57 | +1.03% | +0.23% | -6.96% | $249.39M | 28.5× |
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. MLM · US | Building Materials | $29.155B | 1.6% | $485.50 | +0.67% | +0.25% | -6.11% | $343.28M | 11.9× |
Kinross Gold Corporation KGC · US | Gold | $28.157B | 1.5% | $23.58 | -2.00% | -5.87% | -22.08% | $240.98M | 9.8× |
PPG Industries, Inc. PPG · US | Specialty Chemicals | $23.402B | 1.3% | $105.27 | +0.11% | -2.09% | -5.43% | $167.23M | 14.9× |
| Specialty Chemicals | $21.256B | 1.2% | $83.26 | +1.02% | -2.84% | -4.23% | $137.04M | 73.3× | |
Reliance, Inc. RS · US | Steel | $20.842B | 1.1% | $408.24 | +1.98% | +5.41% | +2.01% | $155.23M | 23.3× |
Dow Inc. DOW · US | Chemicals | $20.548B | 1.1% | $28.51 | +1.93% | +1.75% | -8.86% | $200.85M | -7.2× |
Royal Gold, Inc. RGLD · US | Gold | $19.783B | 1.1% | $233.64 | -0.43% | -7.47% | -9.58% | $160.62M | 26.8× |
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. LYB · US | Specialty Chemicals | $19.114B | 1.1% | $59.22 | +1.09% | +1.86% | -11.04% | $169M | -23.9× |
Pan American Silver Corp. PAAS · US | Gold | $19.099B | 1% | $45.32 | -0.42% | -5.66% | -12.07% | $93.84M | 15.1× |
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. DD · US | Specialty Chemicals | $17.648B | 1% | $130.69 | +0.55% | -0.77% | -1.69% | $91.57M | 320.9× |
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. CF · US | Agricultural Inputs | $17.588B | 1% | $116.02 | +0.88% | +1.18% | -16.69% | $241.48M | 8.4× |