Best Basic Materials stocks: sector ranking by MarketKingdoms score

135 Basic Materials companies are scored. Their average composite is 62.3, and 3 are in the A range (76+). The leader is Nucor Corp (NUE) at 78.0 (A-).

Basic Materials lens averages

• Industry opportunity: 70
• Stock selection: 76
• KPI momentum: 73
• Catalyst watch: 71
• Price (valuation): 54
• Expansion (growth): 52
• Quality (profitability): 50
• Trend (momentum): 52

All Basic Materials companies ranked

#	Company	Industry	Composite	Grade	Industry opportunity	Stock selection	KPI momentum	Catalyst watch	Price	Expansion	Quality	Trend	Valuation gap
1	Nucor Corp (NUE)	Steel	78.0	A-	82	92	99	82	53	69	54	88	-6.7%
2	Sasol Ltd ADR (SSL)	Specialty Chemicals	77.4	A-	79	82	84	78	81	45	55	98	-6.9%
3	Constellium SE (CSTM)	Aluminum	76.7	A-	87	87	93	78	87	76	59	46	-10.7%
4	CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF)	Agricultural Inputs	75.8	B+	70	90	93	80	85	57	81	72	+11.7%
5	Ero Copper Corp (ERO)	Copper	75.2	B+	70	80	75	74	62	86	74	87	+3.2%
6	Century Aluminum Co (CENX)	Aluminum	73.7	B+	87	84	88	81	73	84	73	26	-13.3%
7	CVR Partners LP (UAN)	Agricultural Inputs	73.3	B+	70	72	72	68	90	62	69	81	+9.9%
8	Steel Dynamics Inc (STLD)	Steel	72.8	B+	82	76	84	75	53	73	59	76	-10.7%
9	Hudbay Minerals Inc (HBM)	Copper	72.7	B+	70	88	88	78	56	70	70	67	-15.7%
10	Reliance Inc (RS)	Steel	72.1	B+	82	77	69	77	46	51	52	84	-5.0%
11	Southern Copper Corp (SCCO)	Copper	71.8	B+	70	75	71	75	40	63	84	83	+7.0%
12	Avient Corp (AVNT)	Specialty Chemicals	71.6	B+	79	85	84	77	60	44	43	79	+3.1%
13	Suzano SA ADR (SUZ)	Paper & Paper Products	70.9	B+	81	79	77	77	84	22	60	51	-7.1%
14	Barrick Mining Corp (B)	Gold	70.2	B+	62	79	75	69	85	74	82	63	+20.2%
15	Newmont Corp (NEM)	Gold	70.1	B+	62	75	60	77	77	60	84	74	+8.0%
16	BHP Group Limited ADR (BHP)	Other Industrial Metals & Mining	70.0	B	70	83	82	79	67	37	81	72	-2.8%
17	Ashland Inc (ASH)	Specialty Chemicals	69.7	B	79	80	79	75	54	52	41	86	-7.7%
18	Gerdau SA ADR (GGB)	Steel	69.7	B	82	79	79	67	69	31	35	87	-1.0%
19	Sociedad Quimica Y Minera de Chile SA ADR (SQM)	Specialty Chemicals	69.6	B	79	84	88	75	56	53	64	43	-24.0%
20	Innospec Inc (IOSP)	Specialty Chemicals	69.5	B	79	81	81	71	50	37	53	86	+3.5%
21	Compania de Minas Buenaventura SA ADR (BVN)	Other Precious Metals & Mining	68.8	B	69	81	80	75	69	55	67	54	-7.4%
22	Calumet Inc (CLMT)	Specialty Chemicals	68.8	B	79	85	82	78	25	41	23	94	-20.7%
23	Iamgold Corp (IAG)	Gold	68.8	B	62	76	66	74	76	69	76	72	-2.2%
24	Kaiser Aluminum Corp (KALU)	Aluminum	68.7	B	87	72	64	74	81	74	52	37	-20.5%
25	Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (CLF)	Steel	68.3	B	82	90	93	80	20	57	17	70	-16.6%
26	Corteva Inc (CTVA)	Agricultural Inputs	68.2	B	70	88	88	80	88	24	45	68	+6.6%
27	Freeport-McMoRan Inc (FCX)	Copper	68.2	B	70	72	69	72	43	51	65	82	-5.9%
28	Franco-Nevada Corp (FNV)	Gold	68.2	B	62	86	88	76	37	68	86	70	-0.4%
29	Royal Gold Inc (RGLD)	Gold	68.2	B	62	81	81	76	46	73	77	69	+8.0%
30	Ternium SA ADR (TX)	Steel	68.0	B	82	76	75	66	65	40	31	92	+1.0%
31	Alcoa Corp (AA)	Aluminum	67.9	B	87	80	72	78	73	42	54	25	-5.1%
32	Quaker Houghton (KWR)	Specialty Chemicals	67.9	B	79	79	75	73	45	49	42	72	-7.9%
33	Materion Corp (MTRN)	Other Industrial Metals & Mining	67.8	B	70	88	99	74	26	57	41	74	-3.7%
34	PPG Industries Inc (PPG)	Specialty Chemicals	67.7	B	79	79	78	72	64	47	60	60	-12.2%
35	Nexa Resources SA (NEXA)	Other Industrial Metals & Mining	67.5	B	70	74	63	72	77	60	55	60	+32.0%
36	Solstice Advanced Materials Inc (SOLS)	Specialty Chemicals	67.4	B	79	77	74	72	44	64	59	49	-17.6%
37	WD-40 Co (WDFC)	Specialty Chemicals	67.4	B	79	85	81	87	35	40	78	50	-7.7%
38	DuPont de Nemours Inc (DD)	Specialty Chemicals	67.3	B	79	86	88	78	43	37	49	71	-0.6%
39	AngloGold Ashanti Plc (AU)	Gold	67.2	B	62	69	52	65	78	74	88	62	-16.8%
40	Stepan Co (SCL)	Specialty Chemicals	67.2	B	79	83	93	68	44	49	25	88	-0.5%
41	Ecovyst Inc (ECVT)	Specialty Chemicals	67.1	B	79	84	93	73	67	58	42	36	-17.7%
42	Elemental Royalty Corp (ELE)	Other Precious Metals & Mining	67.1	B	69	90	93	79	32	89	51	53	-16.1%
43	Wheaton Precious Metals Corp (WPM)	Gold	67.1	B	62	84	81	76	38	76	87	66	+8.5%
44	Sensient Technologies Corp (SXT)	Specialty Chemicals	67.0	B	79	85	93	74	28	43	48	80	-0.6%
45	Gold Fields Ltd ADR (GFI)	Gold	66.9	B	62	77	73	70	78	79	86	41	-12.3%
46	SSR Mining Inc (SSRM)	Gold	66.9	B	62	69	53	72	81	76	80	69	-25.0%
47	Ecolab Inc (ECL)	Specialty Chemicals	66.8	B	79	86	86	77	30	42	61	67	-0.4%
48	DRDGold Ltd ADR (DRD)	Gold	66.7	B	62	75	82	76	79	50	83	48	+3.1%
49	Methanex Corp (MEOH)	Chemicals	66.7	B	58	64	47	62	76	56	54	89	-11.9%
50	Ingevity Corp (NGVT)	Specialty Chemicals	66.6	B	79	79	79	69	52	31	53	63	-20.0%
51	Teck Resources Ltd (TECK)	Other Industrial Metals & Mining	66.6	B	70	79	84	70	46	47	42	73	-9.0%
52	Aris Mining Corp (ARIS)	Gold	66.3	B	62	76	76	67	67	86	66	66	-4.6%
53	Balchem Corp (BCPC)	Specialty Chemicals	66.3	B	79	69	72	59	39	43	70	70	+4.1%
54	Sherwin-Williams Co (SHW)	Specialty Chemicals	66.1	B	79	79	77	72	40	43	69	62	-2.3%
55	Element Solutions Inc (ESI)	Specialty Chemicals	66.0	B	79	82	81	79	38	49	45	50	-9.5%
56	Warrior Met Coal Inc (HCC)	Coking Coal	66.0	B	49	80	78	69	46	82	53	73	-14.2%
57	Axalta Coating Systems Ltd (AXTA)	Specialty Chemicals	65.8	B	79	79	75	69	61	32	55	71	-4.6%
58	Eldorado Gold Corp (EGO)	Gold	65.8	B	62	77	75	70	80	75	67	65	-12.0%
59	Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd (AEM)	Gold	65.2	B	62	74	72	71	58	67	82	60	+0.4%
60	Cabot Corp (CBT)	Specialty Chemicals	65.2	B	79	72	64	71	77	24	57	51	-1.5%
61	Rio Tinto plc ADR (RIO)	Other Industrial Metals & Mining	65.1	B	70	67	66	75	77	49	74	58	-11.5%
62	Nutrien Ltd. (NTR)	Agricultural Inputs	64.9	B	70	70	63	70	74	48	52	69	+4.2%
63	Eastman Chemical Co (EMN)	Specialty Chemicals	64.8	B	79	85	93	70	74	31	40	57	-10.6%
64	OR Royalties Inc (OR)	Gold	64.8	B	62	82	76	77	36	71	79	50	+6.7%
65	Fortuna Mining Corp (FSM)	Gold	64.5	B	62	70	49	80	84	55	83	62	-4.8%
66	International Flavors & Fragrances Inc (IFF)	Specialty Chemicals	64.5	B	79	86	88	79	36	19	36	89	-5.9%
67	Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp (TFPM)	Other Precious Metals & Mining	64.5	B	69	77	73	71	51	64	79	49	-5.7%
68	LyondellBasell Industries NV (LYB)	Specialty Chemicals	64.3	B	79	69	58	68	65	54	28	74	-5.2%
69	B2gold Corp (BTG)	Gold	64.2	B	62	67	59	67	82	50	71	62	+5.8%
70	Taseko Mines Ltd (TGB)	Copper	64.1	B	70	78	68	72	38	75	38	82	+2.3%
71	Worthington Steel Inc (WS)	Steel	64.1	B	82	71	62	68	45	58	21	76	+27.1%
72	REX American Resources Corp (REX)	Chemicals	64.0	B-	58	79	82	60	72	50	66	54	+2.7%
73	Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG)	Agricultural Inputs	63.9	B-	70	80	80	75	65	34	53	45	-7.2%
74	Linde Plc (LIN)	Specialty Chemicals	63.6	B-	79	71	68	69	34	36	65	64	-4.0%
75	POSCO Holdings Inc ADR (PKX)	Steel	63.4	B-	82	79	80	74	59	34	31	33	-0.4%
76	Coeur Mining Inc (CDE)	Gold	62.8	B-	62	78	68	72	70	84	70	24	-28.9%
77	Air Products & Chemicals Inc (APD)	Specialty Chemicals	62.7	B-	79	85	93	72	31	34	17	71	-13.1%
78	H.B. Fuller Company (FUL)	Specialty Chemicals	62.7	B-	79	75	73	73	71	43	43	32	-3.0%
79	NewMarket Corp (NEU)	Specialty Chemicals	62.4	B-	79	57	67	42	58	33	69	78	-0.4%
80	Albemarle Corp (ALB)	Specialty Chemicals	61.7	B-	79	82	81	79	63	49	44	19	-29.5%
81	Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd (ASM)	Other Precious Metals & Mining	61.6	B-	69	81	81	69	61	58	78	29	-27.0%
82	Vale SA ADR (VALE)	Other Industrial Metals & Mining	61.5	B-	70	82	78	74	84	20	58	45	-6.0%
83	Cemex SAB de CV ADR (CX)	Building Materials	61.4	B-	64	85	79	76	66	39	40	40	-12.5%
84	Titan America SA (TTAM)	Building Materials	61.2	B-	64	74	70	68	64	36	65	31	+8.0%
85	Hecla Mining Co (HL)	Other Precious Metals & Mining	61.1	B-	69	66	50	70	54	76	78	41	-7.2%
86	i-80 Gold Corp (IAUX)	Gold	60.5	B-	62	84	84	78	6	95	6	73	-16.1%
87	Allied Gold Corp (AAUC)	Gold	60.4	B-	62	66	69	74	57	72	54	39	-25.2%
88	Pan American Silver Corp (PAAS)	Gold	60.4	B-	62	64	53	63	67	74	72	42	-13.3%
89	ArcelorMittal (MT)	Steel	60.3	B-	82	81	84	68	51	31	31	70	-25.3%
90	Alamos Gold Inc (AGI)	Gold	60.2	B-	62	68	60	65	54	69	78	36	+2.3%
91	RPM International Inc (RPM)	Specialty Chemicals	60.2	B-	79	65	57	65	57	42	62	48	-10.1%
92	Dow Inc (DOW)	Chemicals	59.3	B-	58	74	66	77	64	47	25	64	+6.0%
93	Simpson Manufacturing Co Inc (SSD)	Lumber & Wood Production	59.3	B-	48	70	58	68	57	48	77	57	+4.6%
94	James Hardie Industries plc (JHX)	Building Materials	59.0	B-	64	84	86	76	31	36	35	68	-20.8%
95	Sibanye Stillwater Limited ADR (SBSW)	Other Precious Metals & Mining	58.7	B-	69	75	78	72	53	81	33	39	-4.4%
96	Minerals Technologies Inc (MTX)	Specialty Chemicals	58.6	B-	79	79	77	73	56	31	27	46	-17.6%
97	ICL Group Ltd (ICL)	Agricultural Inputs	58.4	B-	70	75	75	62	69	28	38	38	-27.3%
98	First Majestic Silver Corp (AG)	Silver	58.3	B-	45	80	73	74	44	80	64	42	-9.4%
99	Kinross Gold Corp (KGC)	Gold	58.2	B-	62	63	77	41	79	66	84	31	-15.8%
100	McEwen Inc (MUX)	Other Precious Metals & Mining	58.0	C+	69	63	43	62	58	89	64	20	-2.8%

Basic Materials leaders on each lens

• Industry opportunity: AA 87, CENX 87, CSTM 87
• Stock selection: NUE 92, CF 90, CLF 90
• KPI momentum: MTRN 99, NUE 99, APD 93
• Catalyst watch: WDFC 87, NUE 82, SGML 82
• Price (valuation): UAN 90, CTVA 88, CSTM 87
• Expansion (growth): LWLG 99, USAR 99, EXK 95
• Quality (profitability): AU 88, WPM 87, FNV 86
• Trend (momentum): SSL 98, CLMT 94, TX 92

Industries in Basic Materials

• Aluminum: 4 companies, average composite 71.8
• Copper: 5 companies, average composite 70.4
• Steel: 10 companies, average composite 67.3
• Gold: 23 companies, average composite 64.8
• Specialty Chemicals: 35 companies, average composite 64.7
• Paper & Paper Products: 2 companies, average composite 63.0
• Other Precious Metals & Mining: 7 companies, average composite 62.8
• Agricultural Inputs: 8 companies, average composite 62.4
• Other Industrial Metals & Mining: 13 companies, average composite 58.6
• Building Materials: 11 companies, average composite 55.7
• Coking Coal: 2 companies, average composite 54.4
• Silver: 3 companies, average composite 53.2
• Lumber & Wood Production: 4 companies, average composite 52.8
• Chemicals: 8 companies, average composite 52.3

How MarketKingdoms scores companies

The composite score (0–100, graded A+ to D-) blends research signals from each earnings call with fundamental lenses from SEC filings and market prices. Research signals: Industry opportunity, Stock selection, KPI momentum and Catalyst watch, read from what management said and whether it delivered. Fundamental lenses: Price (valuation), Expansion (growth), Quality (profitability) and Trend (momentum). Scores are recalculated every night and after every earnings call. The valuation gap compares the actual price path with the path the stock's market, sector and industry moves explain; it is a model comparison, not a fair-value estimate.

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