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.
164 U.S.-listed Basic Materials companies with a market cap of at least $1B are ranked here by market capitalization, worth a combined $2.97T — 3.16% of the total market tracked on MarketCapLens. The most valuable is Linde plc at $236.54B. As of November 6, 2026. Size ranking for research, not a sector recommendation.
| Industry | Companies | Combined cap | % of sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemicals - Specialty | 34 | $681.44B | 22.93% |
| Gold | 31 | $679.82B | 22.88% |
| Industrial Materials | 12 | $410.96B | 13.83% |
| Construction Materials | 25 | $379.72B | 12.78% |
| Copper | 7 | $273.43B | 9.20% |
| Steel | 12 | $220.36B | 7.42% |
The largest company, Linde plc (LIN), is 7.96% of Basic Materials. The three largest — Linde plc (LIN), BHP Group Limited (BHP), and Southern Copper Corporation (SCCO) — are 19.60% of the sector. The ten largest are 42.93%. Linde plc is classified as Chemicals - Specialty, which is also the largest industry in this sector by combined cap.
| Weight |
|---|
| 101 | Centerra Gold Inc.CGAU | $4.21B | $21.78 | +2.35% | 1.4M | 0.14% |
| 102 | Avient CorporationAVNT | $4.17B | $45.47 | +0.33% | 801.28K | 0.14% |
| 103 | Grupo Simec, S.A.B. de C.V.SIM | $4.01B | $24.18 | -7.00% | 10 | 0.13% |
| 104 | Skeena Resources LimitedSKE | $3.88B | $30.93 | +5.38% | 678.59K | 0.13% |
| 105 | Materion CorporationMTRN | $3.88B | $186.11 | +4.87% | 342.77K | 0.13% |
| 106 | The Scotts Miracle-Gro CompanySMG | $3.77B | $64.71 | -2.52% | 999.6K | 0.13% |
| 107 | Cabot Corp.CBT | $3.67B | $71.05 | -2.63% | 285.48K | 0.12% |
| 108 | Aya Gold & Silver Inc.AYA | $3.65B | $25.37 | +3.36% | 637.64K | 0.12% |
| 109 | Ashland Inc.ASH | $3.51B | $76.62 | +0.45% | 1.7M | 0.12% |
| 110 | Calumet Inc.CLMT | $3.48B | $39.64 | -8.56% | 3.08M | 0.12% |
| 111 | United States Lime & Minerals, Inc.USLM | $3.39B | $118.10 | -1.10% | 81.95K | 0.11% |
| 112 | Century Aluminum CompanyCENX | $3.31B | $33.47 | +11.31% | 3.15M | 0.11% |
| 113 | Aris Mining CorporationARIS | $3.23B | $15.65 | +2.42% | 1.6M | 0.11% |
| 114 | Allied Gold CorporationAAUC | $3.22B | $23.10 | +6.01% | 562.17K | 0.11% |
| 115 | Knife River CorporationKNF | $3.2B | $56.40 | -1.48% | 821.22K | 0.11% |
| 116 | Hawkins, Inc.HWKN | $3.14B | $150.95 | -0.69% | 101.76K | 0.11% |
| 117 | Ero Copper Corp.ERO | $3.01B | $28.86 | +2.74% | 1M | 0.10% |
| 118 | WD-40 CompanyWDFC | $2.97B | $221.58 | -2.53% | 68.34K | 0.10% |
| 119 | Constellium SECSTM | $2.93B | $21.81 | +3.91% | 1.52M | 0.10% |
| 120 | Fortuna Mining Corp.FSM | $2.85B | $9.62 | +1.48% | 5.02M | 0.10% |
| 121 | Seabridge Gold Inc.SA | $2.84B | $26.37 | +3.29% | 437.77K | 0.10% |
| 122 | NovaGold Resources Inc.NG | $2.81B | $6.40 | +5.35% | 3.23M | 0.09% |
| 123 | H.B. Fuller CompanyFUL | $2.68B | $49.86 | -0.72% | 525.28K | 0.09% |
| 124 | Quaker HoughtonKWR | $2.58B | $150.02 | -1.65% | 116.93K | 0.09% |
| 125 | Trekor Metals LimitedTGB | $2.54B | $6.95 | -0.43% | 3.54M | 0.09% |
| 126 | Boise Cascade CompanyBCC | $2.44B | $70.24 | -4.76% | 324.04K | 0.08% |
| 127 | Perpetua Resources Corp.PPTA | $2.44B | $19.53 | +16.60% | 3.12M | 0.08% |
| 128 | Endeavour Silver Corp.EXK | $2.32B | $7.84 | +3.23% | 5.5M | 0.08% |
| 129 | Almonty Industries Inc.ALM | $2.3B | $8.12 | +2.14% | 5.9M | 0.08% |
| 130 | DRDGOLD LimitedDRD | $2.2B | $25.48 | +3.79% | 279.98K | 0.07% |
| 131 | Titan America S.A.TTAM | $2.08B | $11.26 | -3.60% | 694.09K | 0.07% |
| 132 | Ingevity CorporationNGVT | $2.07B | $60.12 | -5.63% | 620.95K | 0.07% |
| 133 | Olin CorporationOLN | $1.97B | $17.31 | -4.15% | 3.93M | 0.07% |
| 134 | Silvercorp Metals Inc.SVM | $1.97B | $8.90 | +6.71% | 2.65M | 0.07% |
| 135 | Sinda Ltd.SIND | $1.95B | $12.28 | +4.60% | 85.01K | 0.07% |
| 136 | Tecnoglass Inc.TGLS | $1.95B | $43.94 | -2.64% | 491.39K | 0.07% |
| 137 | Innospec Inc.IOSP | $1.93B | $78.21 | -1.16% | 238.35K | 0.06% |
| 138 | The Chemours CompanyCC | $1.92B | $12.75 | 0.00% | 3.7M | 0.06% |
| 139 | Minerals Technologies Inc.MTX | $1.91B | $61.63 | -1.53% | 405.79K | 0.06% |
| 140 | Sunshine Silver Mining & Refining CompanySSMR | $1.91B | $13.27 | +8.24% | 347.75K | 0.06% |
| 141 | Standard Nuclear Inc.STDN | $1.81B | $12.16 | +5.74% | 245.76K | 0.06% |
| 142 | Hycroft Mining Holding CorporationHYMC | $1.75B | $18.77 | +10.28% | 2.73M | 0.06% |
| 143 | Kaiser Aluminum CorporationKALU | $1.75B | $106.84 | +3.19% | 219.89K | 0.06% |
| 144 | Huntsman CorporationHUN | $1.66B | $9.45 | -3.47% | 2.89M | 0.06% |
| 145 | Sylvamo CorpSLVM | $1.57B | $39.38 | +19.08% | 847.85K | 0.05% |
| 146 | Stepan CoSCL | $1.52B | $66.94 | -1.34% | 166.2K | 0.05% |
| 147 | Nexa Resources S.A.NEXA | $1.51B | $11.40 | +0.80% | 749.16K | 0.05% |
| 148 | REX American Resources CorporationREX | $1.31B | $39.38 | +0.51% | 152.61K | 0.04% |
| 149 | Collective Mining Ltd.CNL | $1.24B | $13.39 | +7.38% | 245.31K | 0.04% |
| 150 | i-80 Gold CorpIAUX | $1.23B | $1.42 | +4.41% | 6.74M | 0.04% |
| 151 | Evolution Metals & Technologies Corp. Common StockEMAT | $1.23B | $1.96 | +2.62% | 473.81K | 0.04% |
| 152 | Elemental Royalty CorporationELE | $1.22B | $15.94 | +2.84% | 361.86K | 0.04% |
| 153 | Ivanhoe Electric Inc.IE | $1.21B | $7.58 | +7.82% | 2.38M | 0.04% |
| 154 | Solaris Resources IncSLSR | $1.18B | $7.09 | +1.14% | 188.21K | 0.04% |
| 155 | Vizsla Silver Corp.VZLA | $1.17B | $3.30 | +3.45% | 2.87M | 0.04% |
| 156 | CVR Partners, LPUAN | $1.16B | $109.48 | +0.82% | 47.33K | 0.04% |
| 157 | Ecovyst Inc.ECVT | $1.15B | $10.49 | +3.05% | 2.53M | 0.04% |
| 158 | Companhia Siderúrgica NacionalSID | $1.13B | $0.8511 | +9.13% | 12.74M | 0.04% |
| 159 | USA Rare Earth IncUSAR | $1.09B | $8.23 | +10.85% | 13.25M | 0.04% |
| 160 | Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A.CPAC | $1.09B | $12.73 | 0.00% | 57.73K | 0.04% |
| 161 | New Pacific Metals Corp.NEWP | $1.05B | $5.65 | +6.20% | 312.7K | 0.04% |
| 162 | Americas Gold and Silver CorporationUSAS | $1.04B | $3.09 | +4.57% | 3.85M | 0.04% |
| 163 | Loma Negra Compañía Industrial Argentina Sociedad AnónimaLOMA | $1.02B | $8.73 | -0.91% | 136.95K | 0.03% |
| 164 | TMC the metals company inc.TMC | $1B | $2.27 | +9.66% | 4.81M | 0.03% |
| Agricultural Inputs | 8 | $124.93B | 4.20% |
|---|
| Chemicals | 8 | $67.19B | 2.26% |
|---|
| Other | 27 | $133.79B | 4.50% |
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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.