Stocks in Basic Materials
Companies in the Basic Materials sector work with the building blocks of stuff. This includes commodities such as oil, gasoline, gold, silver, copper, platinum, and other precious and rare metals, as well as other chemicals. As you might expect, companies in this sector drill for oil and mine for gold but also buy, sell, trade, and otherwise manipulate them. Values can be volatile depending on the supply of the underlying material, as well as the commercial need for it.
Every stock sector groups stocks related by a particular type of industry. This allows you to compare businesses of similar types. For example, stocks of mining companies are more similar than they are to stocks of financial companies. Even though there are differences between companies within a sector, the performance of a stock relative to its sector as a whole can give you interesting information.
Based on our research, these stocks we track in the Basic Materials stock sector have these value investing characteristics. If you have an interest in this sector or special knowledge about it, you can use this table to find stocks which may be great values—stocks you may wish to own.
| Company | Current Price | Current Price Discount 10 years |
|---|---|---|
| Braskem S.A. (BAK) |
$10.60 | none |
| Gevo (GEVO) |
$2.42 | none |
| Norsk Hydro ASA (NHYDY) |
$5.66 | none |
| Resolute Forest Products (RFP) |
$20.32 | none |
| Tronox Holdings plc (TROX) |
$12.74 | none |
| Showa Denko K.K. (SHWDY) |
$14.40 | none |
| Flexible Solutions International (FSI) |
$2.38 | none |
| Royal Gold (RGLD) |
$96.46 | none |
| SunCoke Energy (SXC) |
$6.15 | 70% |
| Silver Bull Resources (SVBL) |
$0.16 | none |
| Huntsman Corporation (HUN) |
$25.56 | none |
| Avantor (AVTR) |
$20.21 | none |
| Minerals Technologies (MTX) |
$51.72 | 10% |
| Synalloy Corporation (SYNL) |
$15.57 | none |
| Air Products and Chemicals (APD) |
$238.33 | none |
| BASF SE (BASFY) |
$10.07 | none |
| Akzo Nobel N.V. (AKZOY) |
$19.80 | none |
| TopBuild Corp. (BLD) |
$172.25 | none |
| Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (ARLP) |
$23.62 | 30% |
| Trinseo S.A. (TSE) |
$19.49 | none |
| Equinox Gold Corp. (EQX) |
$3.87 | none |
| TimkenSteel Corporation (TMST) |
$16.47 | none |
| Summit Materials (SUM) |
$24.46 | none |
| Hawkins (HWKN) |
$39.16 | none |
| Greystone Logistics (GLGI) |
$0.79 | none |
| Masonite International Corporation (DOOR) |
$73.71 | none |
| POSCO (PKX) |
$38.27 | 100% |
| ICL Group Ltd (ICL) |
$8.33 | none |
| Balchem Corporation (BCPC) |
$126.02 | none |
| United States Lime & Minerals (USLM) |
$106.10 | none |
| PolyMet Mining Corp. (PLM) |
$3.08 | none |
| CVR Partners, LP (UAN) |
$123.74 | none |
| UFP Industries (UFPI) |
$74.69 | none |
| Seabridge Gold (SA) |
$12.87 | none |
| Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM) |
$3.28 | none |
| NACCO Industries (NC) |
$48.70 | 50% |
| Mercer International (MERC) |
$12.91 | 20% |
| Golden Minerals Company (AUMN) |
$0.27 | none |
| First Majestic Silver Corp. (AG) |
$8.39 | none |
| The Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW) |
$214.38 | none |
| Silvercorp Metals (SVM) |
$2.56 | 10% |
| United States Steel Corporation (X) |
$19.39 | none |
| Eastman Chemical Company (EMN) |
$74.47 | 20% |
| Innospec (IOSP) |
$87.25 | none |
| Cabot Corporation (CBT) |
$66.10 | none |
| GMS (GMS) |
$41.65 | none |
| Installed Building Products (IBP) |
$84.94 | none |
| American Vanguard Corporation (AVD) |
$19.77 | none |
| Endeavour Mining Corporation (EDVMF) |
$18.45 | none |
| Albemarle Corporation (ALB) |
$273.73 | none |
| WD-40 Company (WDFC) |
$177.91 | none |
| Ferroglobe PLC (GSM) |
$5.63 | none |
| Aspen Aerogels (ASPN) |
$10.28 | none |
| Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V. (SIM) |
$29.45 | none |
| Univar Solutions (UNVR) |
$23.49 | none |
| Ternium S.A. (TX) |
$28.93 | none |
| Stepan Company (SCL) |
$96.48 | none |
| Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. (ASM) |
$0.55 | none |
| Celanese Corporation (CE) |
$94.24 | none |
| Westlake Chemical Partners LP (WLKP) |
$22.64 | none |
| Valhi (VHI) |
$24.18 | none |
| Steel Dynamics (STLD) |
$75.39 | none |
| LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB) |
$78.22 | none |
| Solitario Zinc Corp. (XPL) |
$0.51 | none |
| First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (FQVLF) |
$17.78 | none |
| Schnitzer Steel Industries (SCHN) |
$31.16 | none |
| Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. (RS) |
$182.09 | none |
| CRH plc (CRH) |
$32.96 | none |
| Fletcher Building Limited (FCREY) |
$6.72 | none |
| The Chemours Company (CC) |
$26.02 | none |
| Fortuna Silver Mines (FSM) |
$2.72 | none |
| BHP Group (BHP) |
$51.66 | none |
| Newmont Corporation (NEM) |
$43.71 | none |
| Gold Resource Corporation (GORO) |
$1.76 | none |
| Mesabi Trust (MSB) |
$21.69 | 70% |
| Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. (WPM) |
$33.63 | none |
| Kinross Gold Corporation (KGC) |
$3.95 | 60% |
| Oil-Dri Corporation of America (ODC) |
$24.49 | 30% |
| Alcoa Corporation (AA) |
$37.39 | 40% |
| The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (SMG) |
$43.73 | none |
| Chase Corporation (CCF) |
$85.85 | none |
| Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) |
$29.34 | none |
| Eagle Materials (EXP) |
$110.59 | none |
| B2Gold Corp. (BTG) |
$3.38 | none |
| MDU Resources Group (MDU) |
$28.29 | none |
| Amyris (AMRS) |
$3.25 | none |
| Gold Fields Limited (GFI) |
$8.37 | none |
| Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LPX) |
$52.44 | none |
| Gulf Resources (GURE) |
$3.41 | none |
| China Green Agriculture (CGA) |
$5.73 | 80% |
| FutureFuel Corp. (FF) |
$6.38 | 40% |
| Ecolab (ECL) |
$149.13 | none |
| Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (AXTA) |
$22.08 | none |
| Methanex Corporation (MEOH) |
$32.96 | none |
| Gerdau S.A. (GGB) |
$4.86 | none |
| Nutrien Ltd. (NTR) |
$84.71 | none |
| Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (SID) |
$2.60 | 70% |
| Commercial Metals Company (CMC) |
$37.57 | none |
| Vale S.A. (VALE) |
$14.25 | 50% |
| Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. (MTA) |
$4.27 | none |
| Callinex Mines (CLLXF) |
$1.91 | none |
| NovaGold Resources (NG) |
$4.93 | none |
| Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (HMY) |
$2.58 | 90% |
| Ingevity Corporation (NGVT) |
$62.20 | none |
| Linde plc (LIN) |
$275.82 | none |
| Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM) |
$92.51 | none |
| Green Plains (GPRE) |
$30.25 | none |
| Tredegar Corporation (TG) |
$9.89 | none |
| Intrepid Potash (IPI) |
$40.92 | none |
| ArcelorMittal (MT) |
$21.08 | none |
| Gold Fields Limited (GFIOF) |
$7.53 | none |
| Quaker Chemical Corporation (KWR) |
$153.01 | none |
| Ashland Global Holdings (ASH) |
$95.92 | none |
| H.B. Fuller Company (FUL) |
$63.71 | none |
| Pan American Silver Corp. (PAAS) |
$16.89 | none |
| Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (SHECY) |
$26.13 | none |
| Smart Sand (SND) |
$1.61 | none |
| Worthington Industries (WOR) |
$42.36 | none |
| Rio Tinto Group (RIO) |
$57.00 | none |
| Mechel PAO (MTL) |
$2.25 | none |
| James Hardie Industries plc (JHX) |
$20.45 | none |
| Vista Gold Corp. (VGZ) |
$0.55 | none |
| Friedman Industries, Incorporated (FRD) |
$7.33 | none |
| Western Copper and Gold Corporation (WRN) |
$1.28 | 80% |
| Armstrong World Industries (AWI) |
$81.22 | none |
| Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) |
$326.59 | none |
| New Gold (NGD) |
$1.01 | none |
| The Mosaic Company (MOS) |
$49.44 | none |
| Northern Technologies International Corporation (NTIC) |
$12.82 | none |
| MAG Silver Corp. (MAG) |
$13.42 | none |
| International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) |
$92.81 | none |
| EMX Royalty Corporation (EMX) |
$1.97 | none |
| CF Industries Holdings (CF) |
$100.30 | none |
| Olin Corporation (OLN) |
$45.11 | none |
| Vulcan Materials Company (VMC) |
$160.40 | none |
| Tanzanian Gold Corporation (TRX) |
$0.42 | none |
| Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (SAND) |
$5.27 | none |
| The Monarch Cement Company (MCEM) |
$100.00 | none |
| Constellium SE (CSTM) |
$10.70 | none |
| CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (CX) |
$3.48 | none |
| AngloGold Ashanti Limited (AU) |
$14.30 | none |
| Boise Cascade Company (BCC) |
$61.19 | none |
| FMC Corporation (FMC) |
$109.11 | none |
| Westlake Chemical Corporation (WLK) |
$90.31 | none |
| McEwen Mining (MUX) |
$3.69 | none |
| Nucor Corporation (NUE) |
$114.33 | none |
| Franco-Nevada Corporation (FNV) |
$122.28 | none |
| Hummingbird Resources PLC (HUMRF) |
$0.07 | none |
| DRDGOLD Limited (DRD) |
$5.58 | none |
| Century Aluminum Company (CENX) |
$6.26 | 10% |
| Endeavour Silver Corp. (EXK) |
$3.43 | 20% |
| Hecla Mining Company (HL) |
$4.29 | none |
| P. H. Glatfelter Company (GLT) |
$3.14 | 80% |
| Kronos Worldwide (KRO) |
$9.69 | none |
| Eldorado Gold Corporation (EGO) |
$6.60 | 70% |
| RPM International (RPM) |
$86.65 | none |
| Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF) |
$14.62 | none |
| Teck Resources Limited (TECK) |
$31.69 | none |
| Southern Copper Corporation (SCCO) |
$47.74 | none |
| Coeur Mining (CDE) |
$3.89 | none |
| CONSOL Energy (CEIX) |
$68.94 | none |
| Novozymes A/S (NVZMY) |
$51.28 | none |
| Tecnoglass (TGLS) |
$21.49 | none |
| Core Molding Technologies (CMT) |
$9.95 | 30% |
| Yamana Gold (AUY) |
$4.81 | 30% |
| Sensient Technologies Corporation (SXT) |
$70.63 | none |