Best Basic Materials Stocks for 2026
Chemicals, metals and mining, and forestry and paper, screened with a Health-pillar tilt that favors companies built to survive a down cycle.
Basic Materials covers chemicals, metals & mining, and forestry/paper. Like Energy, the sector is cyclical and capital-intensive, so the Health pillar carries weight because companies surviving the bottom of the cycle on a clean balance sheet tend to do best as conditions normalise. Valuation should be read in the context of the cycle stage.
Data as of (updated daily)
Top 20 Basic Materials stocks by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BVN.US | Compania de Minas Buenaventura SAA ADR | 79.6 |
| 2 | DRD.US | DRDGOLD Limited ADR | 79.0 |
| 3 | 000612.SHE | Jiaozuo Wanfang Aluminum | 78.5 |
| 4 | 002648.SHE | Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical Co Ltd | 78.4 |
| 5 | PE&OLES.MX | Industrias Peñoles S.A.B. de C.V | 78.2 |
| 6 | 002545.SHE | Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co Ltd | 78.1 |
| 7 | 000807.SHE | Yunnan Aluminium Co Ltd | 77.7 |
| 8 | KIN2.XETRA | Kinross Gold Corporation | 77.7 |
| 9 | GFI.US | Gold Fields Ltd ADR | 77.3 |
| 10 | IAG.US | IAMGold Corporation | 76.5 |
| 11 | TSTH.BK | Tata Steel (Thailand) Public Company Limited | 76.5 |
| 12 | 002170.SHE | Shenzhen Batian Ecotypic Engineering Co Ltd | 76.4 |
| 13 | KGC.US | Kinross Gold Corporation | 76.1 |
| 14 | 1712.HK | Dragon Mining Ltd | 75.8 |
| 15 | FSM.US | Fortuna Silver Mines Inc | 75.8 |
| 16 | 600595.SHG | Henan Zhongfu Industrial Co Ltd | 75.4 |
| 17 | INCI.JK | Intanwijaya Internasional Tbk | 75.2 |
| 18 | B.US | Barrick Mining Corporation | 75.0 |
| 19 | CMCL.US | Caledonia Mining Corporation | 74.9 |
| 20 | AGI.US | Alamos Gold Inc | 74.8 |
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Methodology: How we score stocks. Data refreshed nightly around 03:30 ET. This page lists the top 20 by composite score; use the screener for the full ranked list.