Basic Materials groups miners, chemical producers, steel, and other commodity manufacturers under one industry-group label. Prices of the underlying stuff can move the stocks; the ranking still measures equity size. Combined size is not a sector return. See how the ranking works.
167 U.S.-listed Basic Materials companies with a market cap of at least $1B are ranked here by market capitalization, worth a combined $3T — 3.02% of the total market tracked on MarketCapLens. The most valuable is Linde plc at $234.25B. As of October 29, 2026. Size ranking for research, not a sector recommendation.
| Industry | Companies | Combined cap | % of sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemicals - Specialty | 35 | $681.79B | 22.70% |
| Gold | 31 | $647.84B | 21.57% |
| Industrial Materials | 14 | $424.83B | 14.15% |
| Construction Materials | 25 | $379.08B | 12.62% |
| Copper | 7 | $308.12B | 10.26% |
| Steel | 12 | $234.36B | 7.80% |
The largest company, Linde plc (LIN), is 7.80% of Basic Materials. The three largest — Linde plc (LIN), BHP Group Limited (BHP), and Southern Copper Corporation (SCCO) — are 20.21% of the sector. The ten largest are 43.58%. Linde plc is classified as Chemicals - Specialty, which is also the largest industry in this sector by combined cap.
| Weight |
|---|
| 1 | Linde plcLIN | $234.25B | $508.16 | -0.10% | 2.15M | 7.80% |
| 2 | BHP Group LimitedBHP | $208.96B | $82.22 | -0.46% | 1.96M | 6.96% |
| 3 | Southern Copper CorporationSCCO | $163.73B | $193.91 | -0.27% | 885.32K | 5.45% |
| 4 | Rio Tinto GroupRIO | $139.76B | $85.93 | +0.22% | 2.22M | 4.65% |
| 5 | Newmont CorporationNEM | $118.38B | $113.92 | +1.14% | 6.06M | 3.94% |
| 6 | Freeport-McMoRan Inc.FCX | $95.74B | $66.60 | +0.99% | 9.65M | 3.19% |
| 7 | Johnson Controls International plcJCI | $95.31B | $157.35 | +0.94% | 5.45M | 3.17% |
| 8 | Agnico Eagle Mines LimitedAEM | $92.72B | $183.11 | +1.33% | 1.4M | 3.09% |
| 9 | Ecolab Inc.ECL | $81.97B | $292.41 | +0.39% | 1.17M | 2.73% |
| 10 | The Sherwin-Williams CompanySHW | $77.88B | $320.80 | -1.60% | 2.96M | 2.59% |
| 11 | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.APD | $68.41B | $307.20 | +0.03% | 835.82K | 2.28% |
| 12 | Barrick Mining CorporationB | $65.33B | $39.69 | +1.10% | 8.23M | 2.18% |
| 13 | Nucor CorporationNUE | $61.66B | $271.79 | +0.37% | 2.04M | 2.05% |
| 14 | CRH plcCRH | $57.57B | $86.54 | +0.90% | 4.61M | 1.92% |
| 15 | Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.WPM | $57.48B | $126.57 | +0.52% | 2.32M | 1.91% |
| 16 | Vale S.A.VALE | $48.81B | $11.47 | -3.13% | 51.85M | 1.63% |
| 17 | Vylor Inc.VYLR | $48.25B | $72.32 | +0.36% | 1.52M | 1.61% |
| 18 | Franco-Nevada CorporationFNV | $46.06B | $238.80 | +1.02% | 443.11K | 1.53% |
| 19 | ArcelorMittal S.A.MT | $45.47B | $60.30 | -1.33% | 1.67M | 1.51% |
| 20 | AngloGold Ashanti PlcAU | $44.13B | $87.25 | +0.60% | 1.37M | 1.47% |
| 21 | Steel Dynamics, Inc.STLD | $35.55B | $249.99 | +1.29% | 1.15M | 1.18% |
| 22 | Vulcan Materials CompanyVMC | $34.34B | $265.00 | +0.95% | 1.25M | 1.14% |
| 23 | Nutrien Ltd.NTR | $32.96B | $69.07 | -0.43% | 1.79M | 1.10% |
| 24 | Gold Fields LimitedGFI | $32.28B | $36.23 | +1.40% | 2.8M | 1.07% |
| 25 | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.MLM | $30.63B | $510.00 | +1.25% | 944.42K | 1.02% |
| 26 | Teck Resources LimitedTECK | $30.45B | $63.04 | +1.22% | 3.16M | 1.01% |
| 27 | Kinross Gold CorporationKGC | $27.26B | $22.98 | -0.09% | 10.13M | 0.91% |
| 28 | PPG Industries, Inc.PPG | $26.33B | $118.44 | +4.41% | 4.92M | 0.88% |
| 29 | Dow Inc.DOW | $24.71B | $34.13 | +1.05% | 7.17M | 0.82% |
| 30 | International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.IFF | $23.13B | $90.66 | -2.74% | 3.4M | 0.77% |
| 31 | Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.RS | $22.32B | $437.18 | +1.01% | 435.07K | 0.74% |
| 32 | Amrize AGAMRZ | $21.89B | $40.03 | -0.50% | 7.31M | 0.73% |
| 33 | LyondellBasell Industries N.V.LYB | $21.69B | $67.13 | -0.44% | 2.81M | 0.72% |
| 34 | Royal Gold, Inc.RGLD | $20.53B | $241.95 | +0.96% | 822.08K | 0.68% |
| 35 | DuPont de Nemours, Inc.DD | $18.73B | $138.68 | +0.73% | 537.36K | 0.62% |
| 36 | International Paper CompanyIP | $18.26B | $34.48 | +3.30% | 11.68M | 0.61% |
| 37 | CF Industries Holdings, Inc.CF | $18.15B | $119.92 | -0.51% | 1.33M | 0.60% |
| 38 | Pan American Silver Corp.PAAS | $17.39B | $41.95 | +0.70% | 3.61M | 0.58% |
| 39 | Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.SQM | $16.84B | $58.94 | -2.26% | 616.32K | 0.56% |
| 40 | POSCO Holdings Inc.PKX | $15.77B | $52.14 | +0.27% | 292.78K | 0.53% |
| 41 | CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V.CX | $15.26B | $10.52 | -0.28% | 7.14M | 0.51% |
| 42 | James Hardie Industries plcJHX | $15.13B | $26.06 | -0.99% | 5.73M | 0.50% |
| 43 | Masco CorporationMAS | $15B | $76.05 | +1.17% | 3.87M | 0.50% |
| 44 | Coeur Mining, Inc.CDE | $14.92B | $14.42 | +1.48% | 38.15M | 0.50% |
| 45 | Carpenter Technology CorporationCRS | $13.87B | $280.00 | -2.94% | 1.46M | 0.46% |
| 46 | Carlisle Companies IncorporatedCSL | $13.72B | $345.55 | -0.87% | 478.07K | 0.46% |
| 47 | Alamos Gold Inc.AGI | $13.26B | $31.67 | +1.57% | 3.25M | 0.44% |
| 48 | RPM International Inc.RPM | $12.66B | $99.26 | +0.86% | 1.37M | 0.42% |
| 49 | Equinox Gold Corp.EQX | $12.23B | $10.48 | +0.48% | 10.06M | 0.41% |
| 50 | Albemarle CorporationALB | $11.44B | $96.96 | -2.02% | 2.72M | 0.38% |
| 51 | Sasol LimitedSSL | $11.09B | $17.30 | +0.87% | 2.04M | 0.37% |
| 52 | Suzano S.A.SUZ | $11.09B | $8.99 | +1.01% | 8.88M | 0.37% |
| 53 | Alcoa CorporationAA | $10.61B | $40.21 | +0.70% | 6.17M | 0.35% |
| 54 | Ternium S.A.TX | $10.58B | $53.92 | -1.39% | 655.64K | 0.35% |
| 55 | Hudbay Minerals Inc.HBM | $10.48B | $23.60 | +0.90% | 4.46M | 0.35% |
| 56 | Resolution Minerals Ltd. Sponsored ADRRML | $10.43B | $4.02 | +4.35% | 3.89K | 0.35% |
| 57 | Harmony Gold Mining Company LimitedHMY | $10.16B | $16.16 | -0.80% | 3.08M | 0.34% |
| 58 | Solstice Advanced Materials Inc.SOLS | $10.05B | $63.25 | +0.44% | 1.17M | 0.33% |
| 59 | Hecla Mining CompanyHL | $10.02B | $14.92 | +2.05% | 25.88M | 0.33% |
| 60 | Iamgold CorporationIAG | $9.87B | $17.28 | +1.17% | 4.6M | 0.33% |
| 61 | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.WMS | $9.81B | $130.11 | -0.63% | 804.1K | 0.33% |
| 62 | Owens CorningOC | $9.17B | $115.95 | -0.31% | 591.45K | 0.31% |
| 63 | Eldorado Gold CorporationEGO | $8.99B | $34.46 | +0.85% | 3.79M | 0.30% |
| 64 | Gerdau S.A.GGB | $8.87B | $4.51 | -3.01% | 29.92M | 0.30% |
| 65 | Element Solutions IncESI | $8.72B | $35.79 | +2.17% | 3.11M | 0.29% |
| 66 | Westlake CorporationWLK | $8.41B | $65.83 | -0.51% | 693.89K | 0.28% |
| 67 | SPX Technologies, Inc.SPXC | $8.27B | $165.20 | +0.08% | 634.91K | 0.28% |
| 68 | NewMarket CorporationNEU | $8.03B | $873.27 | -0.25% | 102.11K | 0.27% |
| 69 | Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.CLF | $7.95B | $13.94 | +0.29% | 16.65M | 0.26% |
| 70 | Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.SSD | $7.82B | $190.74 | -0.48% | 303.18K | 0.26% |
| 71 | First Majestic Silver Corp.AG | $7.79B | $15.80 | +1.02% | 10.65M | 0.26% |
| 72 | Eastman Chemical CompanyEMN | $7.62B | $66.67 | +0.83% | 1.29M | 0.25% |
| 73 | Corteva, Inc.CTVA | $7.56B | $11.33 | -2.58% | 21.87M | 0.25% |
| 74 | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.AXTA | $7.41B | $34.64 | +0.35% | 2.36M | 0.25% |
| 75 | MP Materials Corp.MP | $7.31B | $41.06 | +0.46% | 4.16M | 0.24% |
| 76 | Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.BVN | $7.27B | $28.61 | -0.42% | 979.78K | 0.24% |
| 77 | Commercial Metals CompanyCMC | $7.06B | $64.16 | +1.18% | 1.02M | 0.23% |
| 78 | Aura MineralsAUGO | $6.86B | $81.82 | +0.73% | 507.32K | 0.23% |
| 79 | B2Gold Corp.BTG | $6.77B | $5.12 | +2.81% | 28.33M | 0.23% |
| 80 | Sibanye Stillwater LimitedSBSW | $6.66B | $9.41 | -0.11% | 6.4M | 0.22% |
| 81 | Armstrong World Industries, Inc.AWI | $6.62B | $156.66 | +0.84% | 1.13M | 0.22% |
| 82 | OR Royalties Inc.OR | $6.37B | $34.00 | -0.29% | 980.04K | 0.21% |
| 83 | Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp.TFPM | $6.15B | $29.87 | +0.71% | 417.13K | 0.20% |
| 84 | SSR Mining Inc.SSRM | $6.05B | $29.68 | +1.44% | 1.77M | 0.20% |
| 85 | ICL Group LtdICL | $6.01B | $4.66 | -5.28% | 1.92M | 0.20% |
| 86 | Builders FirstSource, Inc.BLDR | $6.01B | $55.88 | -1.45% | 2.82M | 0.20% |
| 87 | The Mosaic CompanyMOS | $5.83B | $18.33 | -2.45% | 6.98M | 0.19% |
| 88 | OceanaGold CorporationOGC | $5.78B | $26.00 | +0.15% | 742.95K | 0.19% |
| 89 | Sensient Technologies CorporationSXT | $5.6B | $131.59 | -0.23% | 324.77K | 0.19% |
| 90 | Celanese CorporationCE | $5.36B | $48.85 | +0.45% | 1.3M | 0.18% |
| 91 | Eagle Materials Inc.EXP | $5.33B | $173.72 | -0.58% | 285.84K | 0.18% |
| 92 | Balchem CorpBCPC | $5.3B | $166.30 | -1.42% | 168.1K | 0.18% |
| 93 | West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.WFG | $5.22B | $68.66 | -1.44% | 244.84K | 0.17% |
| 94 | Trex Company, Inc.TREX | $5.05B | $49.54 | -0.62% | 1.45M | 0.17% |
| 95 | Materion CorporationMTRN | $5.03B | $241.48 | +2.48% | 153.21K | 0.17% |
| 96 | Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.FBIN | $5.03B | $42.13 | -2.23% | 2.2M | 0.17% |
| 97 | Methanex CorporationMEOH | $4.92B | $63.55 | -0.31% | 402.49K | 0.16% |
| 98 | Louisiana-Pacific CorporationLPX | $4.9B | $70.06 | -2.76% | 1.35M | 0.16% |
| 99 | Perimeter Solutions, Inc.PRM | $4.67B | $28.56 | -0.66% | 1.24M | 0.16% |
| 100 | Griffon CorporationGFF | $4.58B | $99.87 | -0.39% | 245.63K | 0.15% |
| Agricultural Inputs | 8 | $123.55B | 4.11% |
|---|
| Chemicals | 8 | $69.56B | 2.32% |
|---|
| Other | 27 | $133.95B | 4.46% |
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Chemicals, metals and mining, and paper or packaging stay in their labeled rows. Combined cap is not a commodity index and not a total return for the sector.