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 2.1% of daily volume.
Market cap
$1.814T
+0.26%
$4.724B · 1D
Sector weight
2.2%
of tracked market cap
Volume 24h
$172.18M
2.1% of market volume
Revenue TTM
$712.044B
Sum of constituents
Net income TTM
$59.761B
8.4% net margin
P/E (TTM)
30×
Market 30.4×
Dividend yield
1.6%
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
451.1
Mega caps
1
Median cap
$2.423B
Valuation vs. market
Sector totals valued as one company; marker is the all-equities median
P/E (TTM): 30× · market 19.9×
P/S: 2.5× · market 2.7×
EV / EBITDA: 12× · market 12.9×
Operating margin: 16.8% · market 8.5%
Dividend yield: 1.6% · market 2.3%
Trading at a 1.3% 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 | +0.26% | +0.54% | -0.28% |
| 1 week | -4.06% | +0.34% | -4.39% |
| 1 month | -9.06% | +1.06% | -10.11% |
| 3 months | -3.40% | +2.39% | -5.79% |
| Year to date | +7.50% | +12.38% | -4.88% |
| 1 year | +12.28% | +13.79% | -1.51% |
Constituents
155 equities
Linde plc LIN · US | Specialty Chemicals | $223.015B | 12.3% | $482.09 | +0.54% | +2.60% | -1.10% | $13.76M | 31.5× |
Southern Copper Corporation SCCO · US | Copper | $173.63B | 9.6% | $205.64 | +0.05% | +0.84% | +0.68% | $1.45M | 30.7× |
Newmont Corporation NEM · US | Gold | $123.207B | 6.8% | $114.83 | -0.64% | -5.44% | -8.25% | $2.61M | 14.6× |
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. FCX · US | Copper | $104.024B | 5.7% | $72.39 | +0.49% | +0.11% | -2.08% | $9.13M | 38.1× |
The Sherwin-Williams Company SHW · US | Specialty Chemicals | $78.377B | 4.3% | $317.79 | -0.54% | -3.44% | -4.06% | $3.07M | 30.2× |
Ecolab Inc. ECL · US | Specialty Chemicals | $77.362B | 4.3% | $275.97 | +0.83% | -1.26% | -1.40% | $841.16K | 36.6× |
| Gold | $65.506B | 3.6% | $39.80 | -1.07% | -7.18% | -9.81% | $4.26M | 10× | |
Air Products and Chemicals Inc. APD · US | Specialty Chemicals | $62.103B | 3.4% | $278.88 | +0.47% | -1.02% | -9.88% | $677.96K | -1,313× |
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. WPM · US | Gold | $61.421B | 3.4% | $135.26 | -0.75% | -5.36% | -10.37% | $558.89K | 34.1× |
Nucor Corp. NUE · US | Steel | $56.671B | 3.1% | $249.79 | +3.91% | +1.03% | -5.37% | $2.41M | 32.9× |
CRH plc Ordinary Shares CRH · US | Building Materials | $54.004B | 3% | $81.10 | -1.03% | -4.63% | -12.49% | $2.25M | 14.1× |
AngloGold Ashanti plc AU · US | Gold | $47.307B | 2.6% | $93.54 | -1.45% | -5.54% | -13.25% | $681.91K | 12.4× |
Steel Dynamics Inc. STLD · US | Steel | $34.924B | 1.9% | $241.78 | +4.22% | +3.48% | -2.37% | $1.34M | 25.5× |
Vulcan Materials Co. VMC · US | Building Materials | $31.25B | 1.7% | $241.50 | -0.64% | -1.43% | -8.50% | $2.38M | 28× |
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. MLM · US | Building Materials | $28.843B | 1.6% | $480.31 | -0.41% | -0.82% | -7.11% | $2.8M | 11.7× |
Kinross Gold Corporation KGC · US | Gold | $28.259B | 1.6% | $23.67 | -1.64% | -5.51% | -21.78% | $3M | 9.9× |
PPG Industries, Inc. PPG · US | Specialty Chemicals | $23.417B | 1.3% | $105.34 | +0.18% | -2.03% | -5.36% | $461.18K | 14.9× |
| Specialty Chemicals | $21.263B | 1.2% | $83.29 | +1.05% | -2.80% | -4.20% | $775.26K | 73.3× | |
Reliance, Inc. RS · US | Steel | $20.964B | 1.2% | $410.64 | +2.58% | +6.03% | +2.61% | $559.29K | 23.5× |
Dow Inc. DOW · US | Chemicals | $20.386B | 1.1% | $28.29 | +1.13% | +0.96% | -9.56% | $2.09M | -7.1× |
Royal Gold, Inc. RGLD · US | Gold | $19.826B | 1.1% | $234.15 | -0.21% | -7.26% | -9.38% | $513.73K | 26.9× |
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. LYB · US | Specialty Chemicals | $19.081B | 1.1% | $59.12 | +0.91% | +1.69% | -11.19% | $1.55M | -23.9× |
Pan American Silver Corp. PAAS · US | Gold | $18.958B | 1% | $44.99 | -1.15% | -6.35% | -12.71% | $1.16M | 15× |
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. DD · US | Specialty Chemicals | $17.714B | 1% | $131.18 | +0.92% | -0.40% | -1.32% | $180.77K | 322.1× |
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. CF · US | Agricultural Inputs | $17.696B | 1% | $116.73 | +1.50% | +1.80% | -16.18% | $1.85M | 8.4× |