Basic materials includes mining, metals, chemicals, building materials, fertilizers, paper, and forest products. The sector is home to names like Linde, Sherwin-Williams, Nucor, and Freeport. It is inherently cyclical, driven by global commodity prices and industrial demand — especially from China and emerging markets — and the dollar cycle. On this page we rank the best US basic-materials stocks by the EL7 Score and compare them across value, growth, quality, safety, and capital-return factors.
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P/E 18.9 vs period average 19.9 Cheaper than its history
Ranked among 134 stocks with a market cap above $2B. Smaller companies are excluded from the ranking.
Rank | Company | Price | P/E | Value | Growth | Quality | EL7 Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/134 |  | $24.79 | 5.6 | 96 | 92 | 92 | 100 |
| 2/134 |  | $22.40 | 8.6 | 91 | 89 | 96 | 99 |
| 3/134 |  | $4.82 | 8.6 | 91 | 92 | 81 | 99 |
| 4/134 |  | $38.24 | 9.8 | 89 | 91 | 90 | 99 |
| 5/134 |  | $20.34 | 6.4 | 88 | 82 | 76 | 99 |
| 6/134 |  | $175.69 | 15.1 | 69 | 90 | 91 | 99 |
| 7/134 |  | $35.20 | 8.9 | 89 | 96 | 98 | 98 |
| 8/134 |  | $16.34 | 8.3 | 93 | 84 | 96 | 98 |
| 9/134 |  | $9.30 | 7.9 | 94 | 88 | 94 | 98 |
| 10/134 |  | $40.32 | 12.0 | 83 | 88 | 89 | 98 |
Score = market-cap-weighted percentile rank of the sector stocks vs the whole market (0-100). Higher = stronger.
Score = market-cap-weighted percentile rank of the sector stocks vs the whole market (0-100). Higher = stronger.
Insider purchases in the sector's stocks
Funds that track the sector and each fund's exposure to it.
Fund | Exposure | Assets | Expense |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDXVanEck Gold Miners ETF | 100.0% | $25B | 0.51% |
| VAWVanguard Materials ETF | 88.0% | $5B | 0.09% |
| XLBState Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF | 84.9% | $8B | 0.08% |
The percentage is the sector's share of the fund's assets, per the latest available data.
The white line marks the average score (69.0) · the number beside the score is the stock count
Upgrades and downgrades on the sector's stocks
يحتل قطاع المواد الأساسية المرتبة الخامسة بدرجة 74.29، حيث يظهر قوة واضحة في معايير الأمان والمعنويات مقابل أداء أكثر اعتدالاً في جانبي التقييم والزخم. يتميز القطاع بجودة تشغيلية متينة مع وسيط مكرر ربحية يبلغ 18.92، مما يعكس توازناً استراتيجياً بين استقرار التدفقات والعوائد الرأسمالية. تبرز أسهم مثل OGC وKGC كأفضل الشركات أداءً في القطاع حالياً بفضل درجاتها المرتفعة ومكررات ربحيتها الجذابة.