Best Basic Materials Stocks June 2026

Explore the current leadership pattern across Basic Materials.

Largest company LIN · Linde plc
Total size 1.11T
Avg move -0.01%
Industries 6

Largest companies by size

Share of the sector's total market value held by each company.

LIN
21.4%
NEM
10.0%
FCX
8.9%
SHW
7.1%
ECL
6.8%
CRH
6.7%
APD
5.6%
NUE
5.0%

What's in this sector

The different industries that make up Basic Materials and how much capital each holds.

#1 Specialty Chemicals 9 stocks 557.62B
#2 Building Materials 3 stocks 150.2B
#3 Gold 1 stocks 110.8B
#4 Copper 1 stocks 98.73B
#5 Steel 2 stocks 91.57B
#6 Agricultural Inputs 3 stocks 75.65B

Top companies

#1
Linde plc LIN · Specialty Chemicals
236.79B
#2
Newmont Corporation NEM · Gold
110.8B
#3
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. FCX · Copper
98.73B
#4
The Sherwin-Williams Company SHW · Specialty Chemicals
79.12B
#5
Ecolab Inc. ECL · Specialty Chemicals
75.74B
#6
CRH plc CRH · Building Materials
74.33B
#7
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. APD · Specialty Chemicals
62.4B
#8
Nucor Corporation NUE · Steel
55.53B
#9
Corteva, Inc. CTVA · Agricultural Inputs
52.56B
#10
Vulcan Materials Company VMC · Building Materials
39.29B
#11
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. MLM · Building Materials
36.58B
#12
Steel Dynamics, Inc. STLD · Steel
36.04B
#13
PPG Industries, Inc. PPG · Specialty Chemicals
26.36B
#14
Dow Inc. DOW · Chemicals
22.87B
#15
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. IFF · Specialty Chemicals
19.59B
#16
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. LYB · Specialty Chemicals
19.39B
#17
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. DD · Specialty Chemicals
19.33B
#18
Albemarle Corporation ALB · Specialty Chemicals
18.91B
#19
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. CF · Agricultural Inputs
15.81B
#20
The Mosaic Company MOS · Agricultural Inputs
7.28B

How this sector scores on key measures

The best performer and average value for each metric across Basic Materials companies.

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