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Basic Materials
#9 by market capChemicals, metals and mining, paper and building materials. 155 US-listed equities across 14 industries; the sector accounts for 2.3% of tracked equity market cap and 1.2% of daily volume.
Market Cap$1.825T-1.81%today
Sector Weight2.3%of tracked market cap
Volume 24h$16.415B1.2% of market volume
Revenue TTM$731.479BSum of constituents
Net Income TTM$64.43B8.8% net margin
P/E (TTM)28.1×Market P/E 28.6×
Dividend Yield1.6%Market 1.4%
Employees1MAcross 155 companies
Industry breakdown
Share of sector market cap14 industries6 more industries$63.092B3.5%
View all 14 industries →Concentration
Share of sector market cap by constituent
56.5%top 10
Next 728.5%
Other 14543.5%
HHI index
452.2
Mega caps
1
Median cap
$2.014B
Valuation vs market
Sector totals valued as one company; marker is the all-equities median
P/E (TTM): 28.1× · market 20.6×
P/S: 2.5× · market 2.6×
EV / EBITDA: 11.6× · market 13.2×
Operating margin: 17% · market 8.7%
Dividend yield: 1.6% · market 2.3%
Trading at a 2% 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 | -1.81% | -0.37% | -1.44pp |
| 1 week | +0.79% | +0.03% | +0.76pp |
| 1 month | +0.59% | -3.54% | +4.13pp |
| 3 months | -4.63% | -3.28% | -1.35pp |
| Year to date | +11.18% | +9.45% | +1.73pp |
| 1 year | +19.49% | +9.51% | +9.98pp |
Constituents
155 equities
Linde plcLINUS | Specialty Chemicals | $240.586B | 13.2% | $521.90 | +0.30% | +0.42% | +7.09% | $573.37M | 33.2× |
| Copper | $143.833B | 7.9% | $170.35 | -3.22% | -4.02% | -17.51% | $358.26M | 25.4× | |
Newmont CorporationNEMUS | Gold | $127.032B | 7% | $119.96 | -4.16% | +9.96% | +2.40% | $755.33M | 14.8× |
| Copper | $86.606B | 4.7% | $60.30 | -3.26% | -4.24% | -17.72% | $819.2M | 29.4× | |
| Specialty Chemicals | $86.262B | 4.7% | $355.34 | -0.72% | +0.84% | +10.97% | $414.42M | 32.1× | |
Ecolab Inc.ECLUS | Specialty Chemicals | $85.792B | 4.7% | $306.04 | -0.23% | -0.76% | +7.65% | $710.95M | 40.5× |
| Specialty Chemicals | $69.53B | 3.8% | $312.23 | +0.37% | -1.20% | +9.99% | $163.09M | -1,470× | |
| Gold | $65.317B | 3.6% | $39.69 | -6.12% | +4.53% | -2.79% | $746.39M | 10× | |
| Building Materials | $64.499B | 3.5% | $96.86 | -0.89% | +0.28% | +19.51% | $465.23M | 16.9× | |
| Gold | $62.043B | 3.4% | $136.61 | -5.09% | +14.65% | -1.09% | $757.5M | 30.3× | |
Nucor CorporationNUEUS | Steel | $58.173B | 3.2% | $256.41 | +2.88% | -7.65% | +1.82% | $450.12M | 20.3× |
| Gold | $47.469B | 2.6% | $93.86 | -5.55% | +14.10% | +0.45% | $388.95M | 12.5× | |
| Building Materials | $37.184B | 2% | $287.36 | -0.72% | -0.62% | +17.22% | $189.64M | 33.3× | |
Steel Dynamics, Inc.STLDUS | Steel | $33.914B | 1.9% | $236.15 | +3.78% | -6.26% | -1.25% | $136.34M | 21.1× |
| Building Materials | $31.715B | 1.7% | $528.13 | -0.53% | -4.36% | +10.68% | $432.51M | 12.9× | |
PPG Industries, Inc.PPGUS | Specialty Chemicals | $27.663B | 1.5% | $124.44 | -0.69% | -0.36% | +19.99% | $120.39M | 17.6× |
| Gold | $25.673B | 1.4% | $21.50 | -5.91% | +4.57% | -8.71% | $237.64M | 8.1× | |
Royal Gold, Inc.RGLDUS | Gold | $23.248B | 1.3% | $274.56 | -2.87% | +16.34% | +15.89% | $238.24M | 31.5× |
Dow Inc.DOWUS | Chemicals | $22.736B | 1.2% | $31.48 | +1.66% | -7.90% | +11.95% | $330.36M | -17.4× |
Reliance, Inc.RSUS | Steel | $21.815B | 1.2% | $427.30 | +1.48% | -4.64% | +6.53% | $71.42M | 24.4× |
| Specialty Chemicals | $21.235B | 1.2% | $83.18 | -1.49% | -12.10% | -2.10% | $141.02M | 73.2× | |
| Specialty Chemicals | $21.181B | 1.2% | $156.85 | +1.10% | +11.00% | +21.24% | $150.91M | 385.1× | |
| Specialty Chemicals | $19.568B | 1.1% | $60.58 | +1.82% | -9.42% | +1.97% | $155.58M | -55.1× | |
| Agricultural Inputs | $18.552B | 1% | $122.38 | +2.60% | +1.70% | +6.81% | $367.46M | 8.8× | |
| Building Materials | $16.859B | 0.9% | $29.05 | -2.97% | +4.46% | +17.33% | $3.409B | 115.7× |
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