Best Basic Materials Stocks in Australia 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.
Australia listings on the ASX have a deep materials and financials tilt with a long-running dividend culture, so the dividend-yield preset and Health pillar tend to be where ASX stocks differentiate against global peers.
Data as of (updated daily)
Top 20 Basic Materials in Australia by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CZR.AU | CZR Resources Ltd | 75.1 |
| 2 | CUL.AU | Cullen Resources Ltd | 69.8 |
| 3 | KSN.AU | Kingston Resources Ltd | 69.5 |
| 4 | PNR.AU | Pantoro Gold Ltd | 68.7 |
| 5 | NMG.AU | New Murchison Gold Ltd | 68.1 |
| 6 | DPM.AU | Dpm Metals Inc. | 67.9 |
| 7 | ZIM.AU | Zimplats Holdings Ltd | 66.9 |
| 8 | CMM.AU | Capricorn Metals Ltd | 66.8 |
| 9 | GUL.AU | Gullewa Ltd | 66.7 |
| 10 | CAA.AU | Capral Ltd | 66.4 |
| 11 | FML.AU | Focus Minerals Ltd | 66.0 |
| 12 | WGX.AU | Westgold Resources Ltd | 66.0 |
| 13 | WAF.AU | West African Resources Ltd | 65.9 |
| 14 | LSX.AU | Lion Selection Group Ltd | 65.9 |
| 15 | MLX.AU | Metals X Ltd | 65.6 |
| 16 | KCN.AU | Kingsgate Consolidated Ltd | 65.5 |
| 17 | MEK.AU | Meeka Metals Ltd | 65.2 |
| 18 | ALK.AU | Alkane Resources Ltd | 65.0 |
| 19 | GGP.AU | Greatland Resources Limited | 64.9 |
| 20 | KRR.AU | King River Resources Ltd | 64.6 |
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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 within the Basic Materials sector listed in Australia; use the screener for the full ranked list.