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 2.8% of daily volume.
Market cap
$1.83T
+1.17%
$21.136B · 1D
Sector weight
2.2%
of tracked market cap
Volume 24h
$621.23M
2.8% of market volume
Revenue TTM
$712.044B
Sum of constituents
Net income TTM
$59.761B
8.4% net margin
P/E (TTM)
30.3×
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
450.5
Mega caps
1
Median cap
$2.429B
Valuation vs. market
Sector totals valued as one company; marker is the all-equities median
P/E (TTM): 30.3× · market 20×
P/S: 2.5× · market 2.7×
EV / EBITDA: 12.1× · market 13×
Operating margin: 16.8% · market 8.5%
Dividend yield: 1.5% · market 2.3%
Trading at a 0.7% 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 | +1.17% | +0.77% | +0.40% |
| 1 week | -3.19% | +0.57% | -3.76% |
| 1 month | -8.23% | +1.29% | -9.53% |
| 3 months | -2.53% | +2.63% | -5.15% |
| Year to date | +8.49% | +12.63% | -4.14% |
| 1 year | +13.31% | +14.05% | -0.74% |
Constituents
155 equities
Linde plc LIN · US | Specialty Chemicals | $224.636B | 12.3% | $485.60 | +1.28% | +3.34% | -0.38% | $53.62M | 31.7× |
Southern Copper Corporation SCCO · US | Copper | $174.694B | 9.5% | $206.90 | +0.66% | +1.46% | +1.29% | $6.48M | 30.9× |
Newmont Corporation NEM · US | Gold | $124.736B | 6.8% | $116.25 | +0.60% | -4.27% | -7.12% | $9.02M | 14.8× |
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. FCX · US | Copper | $105.196B | 5.7% | $73.21 | +1.62% | +1.25% | -0.97% | $22.35M | 38.5× |
The Sherwin-Williams Company SHW · US | Specialty Chemicals | $78.721B | 4.3% | $319.18 | -0.10% | -3.01% | -3.64% | $13.58M | 30.3× |
Ecolab Inc. ECL · US | Specialty Chemicals | $78.004B | 4.3% | $278.26 | +1.67% | -0.44% | -0.59% | $6.21M | 36.9× |
| Gold | $65.992B | 3.6% | $40.10 | -0.34% | -6.48% | -9.13% | $15.57M | 10.1× | |
Air Products and Chemicals Inc. APD · US | Specialty Chemicals | $62.604B | 3.4% | $281.13 | +1.28% | -0.22% | -9.15% | $5.67M | -1,323.5× |
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. WPM · US | Gold | $62.066B | 3.4% | $136.68 | +0.29% | -4.37% | -9.43% | $3.25M | 34.5× |
Nucor Corp. NUE · US | Steel | $57.547B | 3.1% | $253.65 | +5.52% | +2.59% | -3.91% | $14.13M | 33.4× |
CRH plc Ordinary Shares CRH · US | Building Materials | $54.973B | 3% | $82.56 | +0.75% | -2.92% | -10.91% | $9.01M | 14.4× |
AngloGold Ashanti plc AU · US | Gold | $47.76B | 2.6% | $94.44 | -0.51% | -4.64% | -12.42% | $6.34M | 12.6× |
Steel Dynamics Inc. STLD · US | Steel | $35.331B | 1.9% | $244.60 | +5.44% | +4.68% | -1.23% | $5.84M | 25.8× |
Vulcan Materials Co. VMC · US | Building Materials | $31.781B | 1.7% | $245.60 | +1.05% | +0.24% | -6.95% | $7.22M | 28.5× |
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. MLM · US | Building Materials | $29.157B | 1.6% | $485.54 | +0.68% | +0.26% | -6.10% | $9.77M | 11.9× |
Kinross Gold Corporation KGC · US | Gold | $28.33B | 1.5% | $23.73 | -1.39% | -5.27% | -21.58% | $14.02M | 9.9× |
PPG Industries, Inc. PPG · US | Specialty Chemicals | $23.488B | 1.3% | $105.66 | +0.49% | -1.73% | -5.08% | $3.03M | 14.9× |
| Specialty Chemicals | $21.399B | 1.2% | $83.82 | +1.70% | -2.18% | -3.59% | $3.35M | 73.8× | |
Reliance, Inc. RS · US | Steel | $21.189B | 1.2% | $415.03 | +3.68% | +7.17% | +3.70% | $2.54M | 23.7× |
Dow Inc. DOW · US | Chemicals | $20.678B | 1.1% | $28.69 | +2.57% | +2.39% | -8.28% | $8.97M | -7.2× |
Royal Gold, Inc. RGLD · US | Gold | $19.891B | 1.1% | $234.92 | +0.12% | -6.96% | -9.08% | $3.66M | 27× |
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. LYB · US | Specialty Chemicals | $19.324B | 1.1% | $59.87 | +2.20% | +2.98% | -10.06% | $4.94M | -24.2× |
Pan American Silver Corp. PAAS · US | Gold | $19.122B | 1% | $45.38 | -0.30% | -5.54% | -11.95% | $3.05M | 15.1× |
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. CF · US | Agricultural Inputs | $17.853B | 1% | $117.77 | +2.40% | +2.70% | -15.44% | $7.25M | 8.5× |
Coeur Mining Inc. CDE · US | Gold | $17.758B | 1% | $17.27 | -2.24% | -10.15% | -19.37% | $20.99M | 20.9× |