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 2.2% of daily volume.
Market cap
$1.803T
+0.42%
$7.617B · 1D
Sector weight
2.2%
of tracked market cap
Volume 24h
$15.331B
2.2% of market volume
Revenue TTM
$723.967B
Sum of constituents
Net income TTM
$61.148B
8.4% net margin
P/E (TTM)
29.2×
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
449.9
Mega caps
1
Median cap
$2.415B
Valuation vs. market
Sector totals valued as one company; marker is the all-equities median
P/E (TTM): 29.2× · market 20.1×
P/S: 2.5× · market 2.7×
EV / EBITDA: 11.8× · market 12.9×
Operating margin: 16.7% · market 8.5%
Dividend yield: 1.6% · market 2.3%
Trading at a 4.1% 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 | +0.42% | -0.49% | +0.92% |
| 1 week | +0.99% | +1.37% | -0.38% |
| 1 month | -8.91% | +0.52% | -9.43% |
| 3 months | -0.96% | +1.79% | -2.75% |
| Year to date | +6.88% | +12.39% | -5.51% |
| 1 year | +12.66% | +13.52% | -0.86% |
Constituents
155 equities
Linde plc LIN · US | Specialty Chemicals | $222.834B | 12.4% | $481.70 | -0.47% | +2.61% | +2.84% | $1.02B | 31.5× |
Southern Copper Corporation SCCO · US | Copper | $167.737B | 9.3% | $198.66 | -0.95% | -0.28% | -4.75% | $179.63M | 29.6× |
Newmont Corporation NEM · US | Gold | $123.985B | 6.9% | $115.55 | +1.77% | +0.77% | -9.08% | $627.76M | 14.7× |
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. FCX · US | Copper | $102.228B | 5.7% | $71.14 | -1.00% | +2.69% | -7.15% | $844.25M | 37.4× |
The Sherwin-Williams Company SHW · US | Specialty Chemicals | $79.177B | 4.4% | $321.03 | +1.91% | +0.08% | -1.55% | $480M | 30.5× |
Ecolab Inc. ECL · US | Specialty Chemicals | $78.966B | 4.4% | $281.69 | +1.29% | +3.85% | +1.29% | $274.65M | 37.3× |
| Gold | $65.819B | 3.7% | $39.99 | +2.07% | -0.27% | -9.32% | $282.5M | 10.1× | |
Air Products and Chemicals Inc. APD · US | Specialty Chemicals | $61.991B | 3.4% | $278.38 | +0.09% | +1.85% | -6.49% | $234.34M | -1,310.6× |
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. WPM · US | Gold | $61.285B | 3.4% | $134.96 | +0.95% | +1.15% | -12.99% | $148.2M | 34.1× |
Nucor Corporation NUE · US | Steel | $55.843B | 3.1% | $246.14 | -0.12% | +4.31% | -4.00% | $211.88M | 19.4× |
CRH plc Ordinary Shares CRH · US | Building Materials | $54.524B | 3% | $81.88 | +0.52% | +0.22% | -9.64% | $720.35M | 14.3× |
AngloGold Ashanti plc AU · US | Gold | $45.912B | 2.5% | $90.78 | +0.81% | -3.63% | -15.81% | $207.49M | 12.1× |
Steel Dynamics, Inc. STLD · US | Steel | $33.629B | 1.9% | $234.17 | +0.03% | +3.54% | -2.56% | $199.63M | 20.9× |
Vulcan Materials Co. VMC · US | Building Materials | $31.866B | 1.8% | $246.26 | +0.87% | +0.93% | -4.66% | $353.21M | 28.6× |
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. MLM · US | Building Materials | $28.919B | 1.6% | $481.57 | +0.53% | +0.50% | -5.94% | $338.93M | 11.8× |
Kinross Gold Corporation KGC · US | Gold | $27.871B | 1.5% | $23.34 | +0.69% | -2.99% | -22.59% | $156.24M | 9.7× |
PPG Industries, Inc. PPG · US | Specialty Chemicals | $23.444B | 1.3% | $105.46 | +0.36% | +0.75% | -3.88% | $218.04M | 14.9× |
| Specialty Chemicals | $21.611B | 1.2% | $84.65 | +0.64% | +1.84% | -1.13% | $193.33M | 74.5× | |
Dow Inc. DOW · US | Chemicals | $20.606B | 1.1% | $28.59 | +2.95% | +3.63% | -3.31% | $403.89M | -7.2× |
Reliance, Inc. RS · US | Steel | $20.263B | 1.1% | $396.91 | +0.17% | +0.98% | -0.35% | $85.49M | 22.7× |
Royal Gold, Inc. RGLD · US | Gold | $19.575B | 1.1% | $231.18 | +1.44% | -0.50% | -11.55% | $104.26M | 26.5× |
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. LYB · US | Specialty Chemicals | $19.476B | 1.1% | $60.34 | +3.16% | +4.43% | -6.58% | $365.93M | -24.4× |
Pan American Silver Corp. PAAS · US | Gold | $19.095B | 1.1% | $45.31 | +2.17% | +0.73% | -11.16% | $137.44M | 15.1× |
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. DD · US | Specialty Chemicals | $17.89B | 1% | $132.48 | +1.07% | +2.54% | +0.88% | $108.16M | 325.3× |
Coeur Mining Inc. CDE · US | Gold | $17.351B | 1% | $16.87 | +2.24% | -3.93% | -18.34% | $841.03M | 20.4× |