Best Basic Materials Stocks in Germany 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.
Germany listings on the XETRA segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange report under IFRS and skew toward industrials, autos, and financials. Composite scoring is conservative on growth (cyclical earnings) and rewards Quality + Health.
Data as of (updated daily)
Top 20 Basic Materials in Germany by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UZU.XETRA | Uzin Utz AG | 65.2 |
| 2 | DLX.XETRA | Delignit AG | 59.5 |
| 3 | ST5.XETRA | STEICO SE | 57.2 |
| 4 | KWS.XETRA | KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA | 57.1 |
| 5 | MZX.XETRA | Masterflex SE | 56.7 |
| 6 | FPE3.XETRA | Fuchs Petrolub SE Preference Shares | 54.6 |
| 7 | ACT.XETRA | AlzChem Group AG | 53.2 |
| 8 | 185.XETRA | ALCOA CORP. O.N. | 52.6 |
| 9 | HEI.XETRA | Heidelberg Materials AG | 47.5 |
| 10 | 2HRA.XETRA | H&R GmbH & Co. KGaA | 47.5 |
| 11 | EVK.XETRA | Evonik Industries AG | 46.1 |
| 12 | SDF.XETRA | K+S Aktiengesellschaft | 46.0 |
| 13 | WCH.XETRA | Wacker Chemie AG | 45.4 |
| 14 | IBU.XETRA | IBU tec advanced materials AG | 45.0 |
| 15 | LXS.XETRA | LANXESS Aktiengesellschaft | 43.9 |
| 16 | WIB.XETRA | Wienerberger AG | 42.9 |
| 17 | BNN.XETRA | BRAIN Biotech AG | 42.4 |
| 18 | SY1.XETRA | Symrise AG | 40.6 |
| 19 | BNR.XETRA | Brenntag SE | 39.6 |
| 20 | KCO.XETRA | Klöckner & Co SE | 39.5 |
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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 Germany; use the screener for the full ranked list.