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
$1.832T
+0.68%
$12.258B · 1D
Sector weight
2.2%
of tracked market cap
Volume 24h
$13.495B
2.1% of market volume
Revenue TTM
$712.044B
Sum of constituents
Net income TTM
$59.761B
8.4% net margin
P/E (TTM)
30.3×
Market 30.7×
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
$2.436B
Valuation vs. market
Sector totals valued as one company; marker is the all-equities median
P/E (TTM): 30.3× · market 20.2×
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 1.1% 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 | +0.68% | +0.54% | +0.14% |
| 1 week | -1.52% | +2.05% | -3.57% |
| 1 month | -7.45% | +1.46% | -8.92% |
| 3 months | -0.63% | +2.54% | -3.17% |
| Year to date | +8.57% | +13.25% | -4.68% |
| 1 year | +13.75% | +14.19% | -0.44% |
Constituents
155 equities
Linde plc LIN · US | Specialty Chemicals | $226.651B | 12.4% | $489.95 | +1.57% | +3.79% | +4.61% | $1.549B | 32× |
Southern Copper Corporation SCCO · US | Copper | $172.465B | 9.4% | $204.26 | -0.50% | +0.80% | -2.06% | $214.13M | 30.5× |
Newmont Corporation NEM · US | Gold | $124.886B | 6.8% | $116.39 | +0.49% | +0.29% | -8.42% | $572.64M | 14.8× |
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. FCX · US | Copper | $104.269B | 5.7% | $72.56 | -0.06% | +0.83% | -5.30% | $665.99M | 38.2× |
The Sherwin-Williams Company SHW · US | Specialty Chemicals | $79.209B | 4.3% | $321.16 | +0.85% | -3.50% | -1.51% | $438.84M | 30.5× |
Ecolab Inc. ECL · US | Specialty Chemicals | $78.722B | 4.3% | $280.82 | +1.35% | +0.21% | +0.97% | $331.89M | 37.2× |
| Gold | $67.02B | 3.7% | $40.72 | +1.80% | -0.90% | -7.66% | $318.72M | 10.3× | |
Air Products and Chemicals Inc. APD · US | Specialty Chemicals | $62.575B | 3.4% | $281 | +0.55% | +0.81% | -5.61% | $226.72M | -1,322.9× |
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. WPM · US | Gold | $62.506B | 3.4% | $137.65 | +1.01% | +1.50% | -11.26% | $205.66M | 34.7× |
Nucor Corporation NUE · US | Steel | $56.962B | 3.1% | $251.07 | -0.14% | +2.69% | -2.08% | $268.31M | 33.1× |
CRH plc Ordinary Shares CRH · US | Building Materials | $55.669B | 3% | $83.60 | +1.15% | -0.18% | -7.74% | $370.23M | 14.6× |
AngloGold Ashanti plc AU · US | Gold | $47.313B | 2.6% | $93.55 | -0.98% | +0.84% | -13.24% | $181.31M | 12.4× |
Steel Dynamics, Inc. STLD · US | Steel | $34.402B | 1.9% | $238.17 | -1.19% | +3.38% | -0.89% | $207.89M | 25.1× |
Vulcan Materials Co. VMC · US | Building Materials | $32.201B | 1.8% | $248.85 | +1.34% | +1.10% | -3.66% | $238.99M | 28.9× |
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. MLM · US | Building Materials | $29.365B | 1.6% | $489.01 | +0.72% | -0.36% | -4.49% | $321.37M | 12× |
Kinross Gold Corporation KGC · US | Gold | $28.432B | 1.6% | $23.81 | +0.98% | -1.24% | -21.03% | $216.83M | 9.9× |
PPG Industries, Inc. PPG · US | Specialty Chemicals | $23.679B | 1.3% | $106.52 | +1.19% | -0.46% | -2.92% | $143.59M | 15.1× |
| Specialty Chemicals | $21.425B | 1.2% | $83.92 | +0.79% | -2.10% | -1.99% | $154.03M | 73.9× | |
Reliance, Inc. RS · US | Steel | $20.497B | 1.1% | $401.49 | -1.65% | +2.54% | +0.80% | $80.27M | 22.9× |
Dow Inc. DOW · US | Chemicals | $20.296B | 1.1% | $28.16 | -1.23% | +0.97% | -4.77% | $237.75M | -7.1× |
Royal Gold, Inc. RGLD · US | Gold | $19.843B | 1.1% | $234.35 | +0.30% | -2.48% | -10.34% | $120.37M | 26.9× |
Pan American Silver Corp. PAAS · US | Gold | $19.352B | 1.1% | $45.92 | +1.32% | +0.33% | -9.96% | $103.37M | 15.3× |
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. LYB · US | Specialty Chemicals | $19.021B | 1% | $58.93 | -0.49% | +1.13% | -8.76% | $176.78M | -23.8× |
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. DD · US | Specialty Chemicals | $17.998B | 1% | $133.28 | +1.98% | +1.76% | +1.49% | $95.52M | 327.2× |
Coeur Mining Inc. CDE · US | Gold | $17.66B | 1% | $17.17 | +0.70% | -3.92% | -16.89% | $431.57M | 20.8× |