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.
169 U.S.-listed Basic Materials companies with a market cap of at least $1B are ranked here by market capitalization, worth a combined $3.22T — 3.25% of the total market tracked on MarketCapLens. The most valuable is Linde plc at $229.77B. As of October 19, 2026. Size ranking for research, not a sector recommendation.
| Industry | Companies | Combined cap | % of sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 31 | $675.89B | 21.01% |
| Chemicals - Specialty | 35 | $672.23B | 20.89% |
| Industrial Materials | 13 | $611.28B | 19.00% |
| Construction Materials | 26 | $371.01B | 11.53% |
| Copper | 7 | $318.83B | 9.91% |
| Steel | 12 | $237.77B | 7.39% |
The largest company, Linde plc (LIN), is 7.14% of Basic Materials. The three largest — Linde plc (LIN), BHP Group Limited (BHP), and Amaero Inc. CDI (AMRO) — are 19.05% of the sector. The ten largest are 44.12%. Linde plc is classified as Chemicals - Specialty. The largest industry by combined cap is Gold, so the biggest company and the biggest industry slice are not the same group.
| Weight |
|---|
| 1 | Linde plcLIN | $229.77B | $498.43 | +1.06% | 2.04M | 7.14% |
| 2 | BHP Group LimitedBHP | $211.68B | $83.29 | +0.47% | 2.91M | 6.58% |
| 3 | Amaero Inc. CDIAMRO | $171.6B | $4.50 | +2.04% | 336K | 5.33% |
| 4 | Southern Copper CorporationSCCO | $169.3B | $200.51 | -0.59% | 978.08K | 5.26% |
| 5 | Rio Tinto GroupRIO | $146.9B | $90.32 | +0.12% | 2.74M | 4.57% |
| 6 | Newmont CorporationNEM | $124.97B | $118.60 | +2.43% | 8.38M | 3.88% |
| 7 | Freeport-McMoRan Inc.FCX | $99.97B | $69.54 | -0.74% | 10.9M | 3.11% |
| 8 | Agnico Eagle Mines LimitedAEM | $95.97B | $189.53 | +1.05% | 2.05M | 2.98% |
| 9 | Johnson Controls International plcJCI | $88.12B | $145.47 | -1.46% | 3.52M | 2.74% |
| 10 | The Sherwin-Williams CompanySHW | $81.37B | $335.20 | -0.51% | 1.79M | 2.53% |
| 11 | Ecolab Inc.ECL | $80.98B | $288.89 | -0.66% | 3.4M | 2.52% |
| 12 | Barrick Mining CorporationB | $67.19B | $40.82 | +0.67% | 6.99M | 2.09% |
| 13 | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.APD | $66.71B | $299.59 | +1.01% | 1.22M | 2.07% |
| 14 | Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.WPM | $60.94B | $134.18 | +0.77% | 1.27M | 1.89% |
| 15 | Nucor CorporationNUE | $58.15B | $256.29 | +0.63% | 1.12M | 1.81% |
| 16 | CRH plcCRH | $55.64B | $83.63 | +1.59% | 7.7M | 1.73% |
| 17 | Vale S.A.VALE | $55.58B | $13.06 | +0.31% | 26.35M | 1.73% |
| 18 | Vylor Inc.VYLR | $48.16B | $72.18 | -1.58% | 5.44M | 1.50% |
| 19 | ArcelorMittal S.A.MT | $47.54B | $63.05 | -0.86% | 653.32K | 1.48% |
| 20 | Franco-Nevada CorporationFNV | $47.01B | $243.72 | +1.18% | 398.91K | 1.46% |
| 21 | AngloGold Ashanti PlcAU | $46.95B | $92.82 | +1.37% | 2.23M | 1.46% |
| 22 | Steel Dynamics, Inc.STLD | $34.48B | $240.54 | -0.09% | 905.88K | 1.07% |
| 23 | Nutrien Ltd.NTR | $34.01B | $71.26 | +2.41% | 2.59M | 1.06% |
| 24 | Gold Fields LimitedGFI | $33.5B | $37.60 | +1.38% | 3.51M | 1.04% |
| 25 | Vulcan Materials CompanyVMC | $33.38B | $257.63 | +2.07% | 1.74M | 1.04% |
| 26 | Teck Resources LimitedTECK | $31.21B | $64.62 | -1.70% | 2.03M | 0.97% |
| 27 | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.MLM | $30.08B | $500.84 | +1.96% | 963.19K | 0.94% |
| 28 | Kinross Gold CorporationKGC | $28.49B | $24.02 | +0.71% | 6.38M | 0.89% |
| 29 | PPG Industries, Inc.PPG | $23.86B | $107.34 | -0.44% | 3.87M | 0.74% |
| 30 | International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.IFF | $23.14B | $90.68 | +0.43% | 2.25M | 0.72% |
| 31 | Dow Inc.DOW | $21.62B | $29.93 | +0.91% | 5.04M | 0.67% |
| 32 | Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.RS | $20.99B | $411.17 | +1.11% | 238.06K | 0.65% |
| 33 | Amrize AGAMRZ | $20.68B | $37.82 | +1.34% | 4.46M | 0.64% |
| 34 | LyondellBasell Industries N.V.LYB | $20.68B | $64.01 | +2.14% | 3.82M | 0.64% |
| 35 | Royal Gold, Inc.RGLD | $20.2B | $238.05 | +2.17% | 648.79K | 0.63% |
| 36 | Carpenter Technology CorporationCRS | $18.69B | $377.09 | -0.91% | 507.31K | 0.58% |
| 37 | Pan American Silver Corp.PAAS | $18.33B | $44.21 | +1.01% | 4.99M | 0.57% |
| 38 | CF Industries Holdings, Inc.CF | $18.29B | $120.85 | +0.90% | 1.73M | 0.57% |
| 39 | International Paper CompanyIP | $18.03B | $34.05 | -0.15% | 5.51M | 0.56% |
| 40 | DuPont de Nemours, Inc.DD | $17.62B | $130.45 | -0.87% | 873.35K | 0.55% |
| 41 | Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.SQM | $17.2B | $60.20 | -0.45% | 1.02M | 0.53% |
| 42 | POSCO Holdings Inc.PKX | $16.63B | $54.97 | -0.43% | 96.89K | 0.52% |
| 43 | Coeur Mining, Inc.CDE | $16B | $15.47 | +0.39% | 31.92M | 0.50% |
| 44 | James Hardie Industries plcJHX | $14.99B | $25.82 | -0.31% | 7.13M | 0.47% |
| 45 | CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V.CX | $14.87B | $10.25 | +1.89% | 13.09M | 0.46% |
| 46 | Masco CorporationMAS | $14.37B | $72.87 | +0.40% | 2.21M | 0.45% |
| 47 | Alamos Gold Inc.AGI | $13.45B | $32.12 | +0.44% | 2.77M | 0.42% |
| 48 | Carlisle Companies IncorporatedCSL | $13.26B | $333.86 | -0.49% | 451.61K | 0.41% |
| 49 | Equinox Gold Corp.EQX | $13.02B | $11.15 | +0.36% | 9.43M | 0.40% |
| 50 | RPM International Inc.RPM | $12.72B | $99.73 | -0.36% | 956.39K | 0.40% |
| 51 | Resolution Minerals Ltd. Sponsored ADRRML | $12.43B | $4.84 | +2.98% | 5.81K | 0.39% |
| 52 | Albemarle CorporationALB | $11.27B | $95.48 | -2.75% | 2.22M | 0.35% |
| 53 | Ternium S.A.TX | $11.21B | $57.10 | +0.39% | 415.8K | 0.35% |
| 54 | Alcoa CorporationAA | $10.94B | $41.45 | +2.55% | 13.63M | 0.34% |
| 55 | Harmony Gold Mining Company LimitedHMY | $10.86B | $17.12 | +0.82% | 2.79M | 0.34% |
| 56 | Hudbay Minerals Inc.HBM | $10.49B | $23.62 | -2.48% | 4.18M | 0.33% |
| 57 | Suzano S.A.SUZ | $10.48B | $8.50 | +1.80% | 2.16M | 0.33% |
| 58 | Sasol LimitedSSL | $10.47B | $16.34 | +2.64% | 1.92M | 0.33% |
| 59 | Iamgold CorporationIAG | $10.33B | $18.09 | +1.86% | 3.97M | 0.32% |
| 60 | Hecla Mining CompanyHL | $10.28B | $15.30 | -1.67% | 22.32M | 0.32% |
| 61 | Gerdau S.A.GGB | $9.88B | $5.02 | -0.59% | 17.73M | 0.31% |
| 62 | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.WMS | $9.67B | $128.20 | -0.23% | 1.27M | 0.30% |
| 63 | Solstice Advanced Materials Inc.SOLS | $9.41B | $59.25 | -1.12% | 1.9M | 0.29% |
| 64 | Eldorado Gold CorporationEGO | $9.37B | $35.94 | -0.80% | 3.05M | 0.29% |
| 65 | Owens CorningOC | $8.92B | $112.80 | -0.78% | 1.38M | 0.28% |
| 66 | Corteva, Inc.CTVA | $8.59B | $12.88 | 0.00% | 15.71M | 0.27% |
| 67 | Element Solutions IncESI | $8.54B | $35.05 | -1.35% | 3.77M | 0.27% |
| 68 | SPX Technologies, Inc.SPXC | $8.32B | $166.04 | -0.82% | 863.81K | 0.26% |
| 69 | Westlake CorporationWLK | $8.09B | $63.33 | -0.44% | 775.52K | 0.25% |
| 70 | NewMarket CorporationNEU | $8.06B | $876.01 | -1.33% | 88.04K | 0.25% |
| 71 | First Majestic Silver Corp.AG | $7.88B | $15.98 | -0.68% | 9.34M | 0.24% |
| 72 | Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.BVN | $7.73B | $30.42 | -2.34% | 671.58K | 0.24% |
| 73 | Aura MineralsAUGO | $7.31B | $87.20 | +2.02% | 572.17K | 0.23% |
| 74 | Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.SSD | $7.23B | $176.41 | +0.74% | 367.06K | 0.22% |
| 75 | Arcosa, Inc.ACA | $7.22B | $147.06 | +0.03% | 398.22K | 0.22% |
| 76 | Commercial Metals CompanyCMC | $7.19B | $64.98 | -0.60% | 1.57M | 0.22% |
| 77 | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.AXTA | $7.16B | $33.44 | -0.86% | 1.62M | 0.22% |
| 78 | MP Materials Corp.MP | $7.15B | $40.17 | -3.46% | 5.6M | 0.22% |
| 79 | Sibanye Stillwater LimitedSBSW | $7.15B | $10.11 | +1.61% | 4.55M | 0.22% |
| 80 | Eastman Chemical CompanyEMN | $7.13B | $62.33 | -2.41% | 1.76M | 0.22% |
| 81 | Armstrong World Industries, Inc.AWI | $7.11B | $168.16 | +0.94% | 282.03K | 0.22% |
| 82 | B2Gold Corp.BTG | $7.02B | $5.31 | +2.51% | 23.65M | 0.22% |
| 83 | Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.CLF | $6.91B | $12.12 | -0.25% | 24.91M | 0.21% |
| 84 | OR Royalties Inc.OR | $6.67B | $35.55 | +1.11% | 805.78K | 0.21% |
| 85 | SSR Mining Inc.SSRM | $6.49B | $31.85 | +0.31% | 2.34M | 0.20% |
| 86 | ICL Group LtdICL | $6.41B | $4.97 | 0.00% | 1.37M | 0.20% |
| 87 | Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp.TFPM | $6.33B | $30.71 | +0.72% | 295.49K | 0.20% |
| 88 | OceanaGold CorporationOGC | $6.01B | $27.03 | +1.43% | 348.08K | 0.19% |
| 89 | The Mosaic CompanyMOS | $5.98B | $18.82 | -0.69% | 9.44M | 0.19% |
| 90 | Builders FirstSource, Inc.BLDR | $5.88B | $54.65 | +1.81% | 2.6M | 0.18% |
| 91 | Sensient Technologies CorporationSXT | $5.69B | $133.74 | +0.24% | 300.33K | 0.18% |
| 92 | Balchem CorpBCPC | $5.44B | $170.73 | +0.12% | 197.3K | 0.17% |
| 93 | Eagle Materials Inc.EXP | $5.22B | $170.01 | -0.33% | 437.03K | 0.16% |
| 94 | Celanese CorporationCE | $5.21B | $47.49 | +2.26% | 1.4M | 0.16% |
| 95 | Materion CorporationMTRN | $5.11B | $245.44 | -2.66% | 227.45K | 0.16% |
| 96 | Calumet Inc.CLMT | $5.08B | $57.75 | -0.84% | 1.5M | 0.16% |
| 97 | Methanex CorporationMEOH | $5.03B | $64.96 | +2.12% | 579.48K | 0.16% |
| 98 | West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.WFG | $4.97B | $65.40 | -0.20% | 337.66K | 0.15% |
| 99 | Louisiana-Pacific CorporationLPX | $4.9B | $70.05 | +0.95% | 1.34M | 0.15% |
| 100 | Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.FBIN | $4.78B | $40.04 | +0.20% | 2.17M | 0.15% |
| Agricultural Inputs | 8 | $125.96B | 3.91% |
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| Chemicals | 9 | $65.64B | 2.04% |
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| Other | 28 | $138.82B | 4.31% |
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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.