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 0.9% of daily volume.
Market cap
$1.816T
-0.21%
-$3.868B · 1D
Sector weight
2.2%
of tracked market cap
Volume 24h
$194.25M
0.9% 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
1.6%
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
449.8
Mega caps
1
Median cap
$2.417B
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: 1.6% · market 2.3%
Trading at a 1.4% 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 | -0.21% | +0.84% | -1.05% |
| 1 week | -2.38% | +1.50% | -3.89% |
| 1 month | -8.27% | +0.91% | -9.18% |
| 3 months | -3.09% | +1.98% | -5.08% |
| Year to date | +7.63% | +12.63% | -5.00% |
| 1 year | +12.02% | +13.57% | -1.55% |
Constituents
155 equities
Linde plc LIN · US | Specialty Chemicals | $225.665B | 12.4% | $487.82 | +1.13% | +3.34% | +4.15% | $24.44M | 31.9× |
Southern Copper Corporation SCCO · US | Copper | $169.788B | 9.4% | $201.09 | -2.05% | -0.76% | -3.58% | $3.33M | 30× |
Newmont Corporation NEM · US | Gold | $123.062B | 6.8% | $114.69 | -0.98% | -1.17% | -9.76% | $6.5M | 14.6× |
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. FCX · US | Copper | $102.523B | 5.6% | $71.35 | -1.73% | -0.85% | -6.88% | $6.9M | 37.5× |
The Sherwin-Williams Company SHW · US | Specialty Chemicals | $78.737B | 4.3% | $319.25 | +0.25% | -4.07% | -2.10% | $3.42M | 30.3× |
Ecolab Inc. ECL · US | Specialty Chemicals | $78.559B | 4.3% | $280.24 | +1.14% | +0.00% | +0.77% | $2.47M | 37.1× |
| Gold | $65.482B | 3.6% | $39.78 | -0.54% | -3.19% | -9.80% | $3.43M | 10× | |
Air Products and Chemicals Inc. APD · US | Specialty Chemicals | $62.392B | 3.4% | $280.18 | +0.26% | +0.51% | -5.89% | $797.67K | -1,319.1× |
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. WPM · US | Gold | $61.444B | 3.4% | $135.31 | -0.70% | -0.23% | -12.77% | $1.67M | 34.1× |
Nucor Corporation NUE · US | Steel | $56.381B | 3.1% | $248.51 | -1.15% | +1.64% | -3.08% | $3.13M | 32.8× |
CRH plc Ordinary Shares CRH · US | Building Materials | $55.396B | 3.1% | $83.19 | +0.65% | -0.67% | -8.19% | $2.28M | 14.5× |
AngloGold Ashanti plc AU · US | Gold | $46.741B | 2.6% | $92.42 | -2.18% | -0.38% | -14.29% | $792.32K | 12.3× |
Steel Dynamics, Inc. STLD · US | Steel | $34.417B | 1.9% | $238.27 | -1.15% | +3.42% | -0.85% | $906.62K | 25.1× |
Vulcan Materials Co. VMC · US | Building Materials | $32.036B | 1.8% | $247.57 | +0.81% | +0.58% | -4.15% | $833.07K | 28.7× |
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. MLM · US | Building Materials | $29.244B | 1.6% | $486.99 | +0.31% | -0.77% | -4.88% | $4.35M | 11.9× |
Kinross Gold Corporation KGC · US | Gold | $27.721B | 1.5% | $23.22 | -1.55% | -3.69% | -22.99% | $3.66M | 9.7× |
PPG Industries, Inc. PPG · US | Specialty Chemicals | $23.488B | 1.3% | $105.66 | +0.37% | -1.26% | -3.70% | $1.06M | 14.9× |
| Specialty Chemicals | $21.499B | 1.2% | $84.21 | +1.14% | -1.76% | -1.65% | $606.9K | 74.1× | |
Reliance, Inc. RS · US | Steel | $20.72B | 1.1% | $405.86 | -0.58% | +3.66% | +1.90% | $163.56K | 23.2× |
Dow Inc. DOW · US | Chemicals | $20.498B | 1.1% | $28.44 | -0.25% | +1.97% | -3.82% | $2.64M | -7.2× |
Royal Gold, Inc. RGLD · US | Gold | $19.69B | 1.1% | $232.54 | -0.47% | -3.24% | -11.03% | $315.56K | 26.7× |
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. LYB · US | Specialty Chemicals | $19.055B | 1% | $59.04 | -0.31% | +1.32% | -8.59% | $1.15M | -23.9× |
Pan American Silver Corp. PAAS · US | Gold | $18.905B | 1% | $44.86 | -1.02% | -1.99% | -12.04% | $840.68K | 14.9× |
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. DD · US | Specialty Chemicals | $17.768B | 1% | $131.58 | +0.68% | +0.46% | +0.20% | $552.77K | 323.1× |
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. CF · US | Agricultural Inputs | $17.6B | 1% | $116.10 | +0.06% | +0.51% | -13.57% | $1.26M | 8.4× |