How many Basic Materials stocks does ShareValue.ai cover?

ShareValue.ai covers Basic Materials stocks on every exchange we support, scoring the ones that pass our market-cap and listing-quality filters. The leaderboard on this page shows the top 20 Basic Materials stocks ranked by 4-pillar composite score; use the screener (filter by sector=Basic Materials) for the full ranked list.

What is the top-rated Basic Materials stock right now?

As of the most recent scoring run, Fresnillo PLC (FRES.LSE) ranks first in the Basic Materials sector with a composite score of 84.9 out of 100. The composite blends Valuation, Quality, Growth, and Health pillars; the top-rated name typically combines strong fundamentals across all four rather than dominating any single one. Rankings refresh every weekday night.

How is the Basic Materials composite score computed?

Each Basic Materials stock receives four pillar scores (Valuation, Quality, Growth, Health) on a 0-100 scale, then a weighted composite. Detailed pillar weights are documented on the /methodology page. The same scoring framework runs across all sectors, but the high-ranking names within Basic Materials tend to share sector-specific patterns (capital-light margin profiles in Technology, capital-ratio strength in Financial Services, balance-sheet runway in Healthcare). Momentum is a separate price-trend signal (Strong / Neutral / Weak), not one of the four scores and not folded into the composite.

How often do the Basic Materials rankings update?

Every weekday night, after the scoring pipeline completes around 03:30 ET. The dateModified stamp on this page reflects the actual last-refresh time so you can verify freshness. Markets-closed weekends and holidays show the most recent weekday's rankings.

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 Nov 6, 2026 (updated daily)

Top 20 Basic Materials stocks by composite score

#	Ticker	Name	Industry	Composite	P/E
1	FRES.LSE	Fresnillo PLC	Other Precious Metals & Mining	84.9	11.8
2	BVN.US	Compania de Minas Buenaventura SAA ADR	Other Precious Metals & Mining	81.8	6.5
3	000807.SHE	Yunnan Aluminium Co Ltd	Aluminum	80.4	8.2
4	2600.HK	Aluminum Corp of China Ltd	Aluminum	80.0	6.8
5	PE&OLES.MX	Industrias Peñoles S.A.B. de C.V	Other Industrial Metals & Mining	79.4	7.8
6	002545.SHE	Qingdao East Steel Tower Stock Co Ltd	Steel	79.2	10.3
7	DRD.US	DRDGOLD Limited ADR	Gold	79.2	7.8
8	600595.SHG	Henan Zhongfu Industrial Co Ltd	Aluminum	78.5	6.9
9	000612.SHE	Jiaozuo Wanfang Aluminum	Aluminum	77.9	6.1
10	002648.SHE	Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical Co Ltd	Specialty Chemicals	77.3	10.6
11	1712.HK	Dragon Mining Ltd	Gold	77.2	3.0
12	CMOCTEZ.MX	Corporación Moctezuma S.A.B. de C.V	Building Materials	77.0	10.3
13	GMEXICOB.MX	Grupo México S.A.B. de C.V	Other Industrial Metals & Mining	76.0	13.5
14	002440.SHE	Zhejiang Runtu Co Ltd	Specialty Chemicals	75.9	10.2
15	301219.SHE	Ganzhou Tengyuan Cobalt New Material Co. Ltd.	Other Industrial Metals & Mining	75.9	10.0
16	APH.JSE	Alphamin Resources Corporation CDR (CAD Hedged)	Other Industrial Metals & Mining	75.8	5.2
17	000933.SHE	Henan Shenhuo Coal & Power Co Ltd	Aluminum	75.5	6.9
18	603225.SHG	Xinfengming Group Co Ltd	Chemicals	75.5	9.4
19	000792.SHE	Qinghai Salt Lake Industry Co.Ltd	Agricultural Inputs	75.4	10.5
20	CYL.AU	Catalyst Metals Ltd	Gold	75.4	6.1

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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.