Best Basic Materials Stocks in the United Kingdom 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.
United Kingdom listings on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) report under IFRS, which makes their Quality and Health pillar inputs (interest coverage, current ratio) directly comparable to other developed markets. Universe filters apply a minimum 5p share price and £200M market cap.
Data as of (updated daily)
Top 20 Basic Materials in United Kingdom by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THX.LSE | Thor Explorations Ltd. | 75.8 |
| 2 | SRB.LSE | Serabi Gold PLC | 73.5 |
| 3 | ALTN.LSE | AltynGold plc | 69.2 |
| 4 | GDP.LSE | Goldplat PLC | 68.9 |
| 5 | SLP.LSE | Sylvania Platinum Limited | 68.0 |
| 6 | ATYM.LSE | Atalaya Mining Ltd | 64.4 |
| 7 | THS.LSE | Tharisa plc | 63.9 |
| 8 | SML.LSE | Strategic Minerals Plc | 62.5 |
| 9 | MTL.LSE | Metals Exploration Plc | 62.1 |
| 10 | GFM.LSE | Griffin Mining | 61.1 |
| 11 | CAPD.LSE | Capital Drilling Ltd | 60.7 |
| 12 | IOF.LSE | Iofina plc | 59.3 |
| 13 | HOC.LSE | Hochschild Mining plc | 58.9 |
| 14 | LTHM.LSE | James Latham PLC | 57.7 |
| 15 | ZTF.LSE | Zotefoams PLC | 57.4 |
| 16 | GLR.LSE | Galileo Resources Plc | 56.9 |
| 17 | TGR.LSE | Tirupati Graphite plc | 56.7 |
| 18 | SRC.LSE | Sigmaroc PLC | 56.5 |
| 19 | AMG.LSE | Atlas Metals Group plc | 56.0 |
| 20 | ANTO.LSE | Antofagasta PLC | 56.0 |
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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 the United Kingdom; use the screener for the full ranked list.