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 4% of daily volume.
Market cap
$1.833T
+1.70%
$30.717B · 1D
Sector weight
2.2%
of tracked market cap
Volume 24h
$877.36M
4% of market volume
Revenue TTM
$723.967B
Sum of constituents
Net income TTM
$61.148B
8.4% net margin
P/E (TTM)
29.7×
Market 30.6×
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
454.6
Mega caps
1
Median cap
$2.375B
Valuation vs. market
Sector totals valued as one company; marker is the all-equities median
P/E (TTM): 29.7× · market 20.1×
P/S: 2.5× · market 2.7×
EV / EBITDA: 11.9× · market 13×
Operating margin: 16.7% · market 8.5%
Dividend yield: 1.5% · market 2.3%
Trading at a 3.1% 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 | +1.70% | +0.57% | +1.14% |
| 1 week | +2.71% | +1.93% | +0.78% |
| 1 month | -7.36% | +1.08% | -8.44% |
| 3 months | +0.72% | +2.36% | -1.63% |
| Year to date | +8.69% | +13.01% | -4.32% |
| 1 year | +14.57% | +14.14% | +0.43% |
Constituents
155 equities
Linde plc LIN · US | Specialty Chemicals | $224.18B | 12.2% | $484.61 | +0.60% | +3.23% | +3.47% | $33.48M | 31.7× |
Southern Copper Corporation SCCO · US | Copper | $177.311B | 9.7% | $210 | +5.71% | +5.41% | +0.69% | $6.75M | 31.3× |
Newmont Corporation NEM · US | Gold | $127.215B | 6.9% | $118.56 | +2.61% | +3.39% | -6.71% | $20.94M | 15× |
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. FCX · US | Copper | $106.137B | 5.8% | $73.86 | +3.82% | +6.61% | -3.60% | $22.53M | 38.8× |
Ecolab Inc. ECL · US | Specialty Chemicals | $79.069B | 4.3% | $282.06 | +0.13% | +3.98% | +1.42% | $9.68M | 37.4× |
The Sherwin-Williams Company SHW · US | Specialty Chemicals | $78.964B | 4.3% | $320.17 | -0.27% | -0.19% | -1.82% | $11.55M | 30.4× |
| Gold | $67.605B | 3.7% | $41.08 | +2.71% | +2.44% | -6.85% | $20.34M | 10.4× | |
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. WPM · US | Gold | $63.015B | 3.4% | $138.77 | +2.82% | +4.01% | -10.53% | $3.17M | 35× |
Air Products and Chemicals Inc. APD · US | Specialty Chemicals | $62.815B | 3.4% | $282.08 | +1.33% | +3.20% | -5.25% | $4.36M | -1,328× |
Nucor Corporation NUE · US | Steel | $57.428B | 3.1% | $253.13 | +2.84% | +7.27% | -1.28% | $16.07M | 20× |
CRH plc Ordinary Shares CRH · US | Building Materials | $54.477B | 3% | $81.81 | -0.09% | +0.13% | -9.71% | $5.23M | 14.3× |
AngloGold Ashanti plc AU · US | Gold | $47.823B | 2.6% | $94.56 | +4.16% | +0.38% | -12.31% | $7.37M | 12.6× |
Steel Dynamics, Inc. STLD · US | Steel | $34.564B | 1.9% | $240.68 | +2.78% | +6.42% | +0.15% | $5.23M | 21.5× |
Vulcan Materials Co. VMC · US | Building Materials | $31.829B | 1.7% | $245.98 | -0.12% | +0.82% | -4.77% | $8.92M | 28.5× |
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. MLM · US | Building Materials | $28.8B | 1.6% | $479.59 | -0.41% | +0.09% | -6.33% | $18.15M | 11.7× |
Kinross Gold Corporation KGC · US | Gold | $28.438B | 1.6% | $23.82 | +2.04% | -1.00% | -21.00% | $9.31M | 9.9× |
PPG Industries, Inc. PPG · US | Specialty Chemicals | $23.266B | 1.3% | $104.66 | -0.76% | -0.01% | -4.61% | $2.58M | 14.8× |
| Specialty Chemicals | $21.591B | 1.2% | $84.57 | -0.09% | +1.74% | -1.23% | $4.01M | 74.5× | |
Reliance, Inc. RS · US | Steel | $20.697B | 1.1% | $405.40 | +2.14% | +3.15% | +1.78% | $2.96M | 23.2× |
Dow Inc. DOW · US | Chemicals | $20.559B | 1.1% | $28.53 | -0.23% | +3.41% | -3.52% | $11.73M | -7.2× |
Royal Gold, Inc. RGLD · US | Gold | $20.072B | 1.1% | $237.05 | +2.54% | +2.03% | -9.31% | $5.03M | 27.2× |
Pan American Silver Corp. PAAS · US | Gold | $19.735B | 1.1% | $46.83 | +3.36% | +4.11% | -8.18% | $6.92M | 15.6× |
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. LYB · US | Specialty Chemicals | $19.531B | 1.1% | $60.51 | +0.28% | +4.73% | -6.32% | $7.82M | -24.4× |
Coeur Mining Inc. CDE · US | Gold | $17.917B | 1% | $17.42 | +3.26% | -0.80% | -15.68% | $16.97M | 21.1× |
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. DD · US | Specialty Chemicals | $17.588B | 1% | $130.25 | -1.69% | +0.81% | -0.81% | $2.03M | 319.8× |