Best Basic Materials Stocks in Malaysia 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.
Malaysia listings on Bursa Malaysia span financials, plantations, and industrials. IFRS reporting in MYR; composite scoring captures the dividend culture and conservative balance sheets typical of mid-cap Bursa names.
Data as of (updated daily)
Top 20 Basic Materials in Malaysia by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7222.KLSE | Imaspro Corporation Bhd | 71.8 |
| 2 | 5147.KLSE | Samchem Holdings Bhd | 69.1 |
| 3 | 5000.KLSE | Hume Industries Berhad | 68.1 |
| 4 | 7203.KLSE | Wang-Zheng Bhd | 66.9 |
| 5 | 7083.KLSE | Analabs Resources Bhd | 66.3 |
| 6 | 5916.KLSE | Malaysia Smelting Corporation Bhd | 66.0 |
| 7 | 0341.KLSE | Colform Group Berhad | 65.0 |
| 8 | 0098.KLSE | Bahvest Resources Bhd | 65.0 |
| 9 | 7162.KLSE | Astino Bhd | 64.5 |
| 10 | 5143.KLSE | Luxchem Corporation Bhd | 64.5 |
| 11 | 5094.KLSE | CSC Steel Holdings Bhd | 64.3 |
| 12 | 5289.KLSE | Techbond Group Bhd | 63.3 |
| 13 | 3794.KLSE | Lafarge Malayan Cement Bhd | 62.8 |
| 14 | 9873.KLSE | Prestar Resources Bhd | 62.8 |
| 15 | 9326.KLSE | LB Aluminium Bhd | 62.2 |
| 16 | 5576.KLSE | Minho M Bhd | 61.7 |
| 17 | 0346.KLSE | Saliran Group Berhad | 61.5 |
| 18 | 0054.KLSE | Karyon Industries Bhd | 61.3 |
| 19 | 0313.KLSE | BWYS Group Berhad | 61.1 |
| 20 | 0205.KLSE | Dpi Holdings Berhad | 60.9 |
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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 Malaysia; use the screener for the full ranked list.