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Basic Materials Sector

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.

EL7 Score

71Strong

4 of 11

P/E 21.1 vs period average 19.2 Richer than its history

Total stocks267

Total Market Cap$2.8T

Median P/E21.1x

Median Net Margin4.4%

Value

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Best Stocks in Basic Materials

Ranked among 120 stocks with a market cap above $2B. Smaller companies are excluded from the ranking.

Rank	Company	Price	Change	P/E	Fwd P/E	Value	Growth	Quality	Safety	Capital Return	EL7 Score
1/120	KGCKinross Gold	$27.21	+6.2%	9.7	6.7	92	93	94	85	83	100
2/120	EROEro Copper	$33.40	+7.4%	10.9	6.7	86	98	93	64	84	99
3/120	IAGIAMGOLD	$18.02	+12.4%	9.3	5.2	95	88	95	83	72	99
4/120	BBarrick Mining	$43.62	+5.4%	11.4	9.1	88	93	97	76	43	99
5/120	BVNCompañía de Minas	$33.77	+3.7%	7.3	7.8	91	93	83	79	84	99
6/120	AUAngloGold Ashanti	$95.82	+9.4%	11.7	10.4	87	91	95	82	80	98
7/120	CGAUCenterra Gold	$21.10	+6.5%	6.2	10.1	91	78	75	85	30	98
8/120	HBMHudbay Minerals	$27.20	+3.4%	15.4	12.9	74	90	67	67	85	98
9/120	BTGB2Gold	$5.00	+22.0%	9.9	3.4	95	96	93	82	24	97
10/120	NEMNewmont	$112.28	+6.5%	13.3	9.3	84	88	91	73	70	97