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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

#TickerNameComposite
1SRB.LSESerabi Gold PLC74.3
2THX.LSEThor Explorations Ltd.72.3
3CAPD.LSECapital Drilling Ltd70.3
4GDP.LSEGoldplat PLC69.3
5ALTN.LSEAltynGold plc69.0
6ATYM.LSEAtalaya Mining Ltd68.8
7SLP.LSESylvania Platinum Limited67.7
8THS.LSETharisa plc64.0
9HOC.LSEHochschild Mining plc63.9
10SML.LSEStrategic Minerals Plc62.3
11MTL.LSEMetals Exploration Plc60.6
12GFM.LSEGriffin Mining60.6
13BREE.LSEBreedon Group PLC59.7
14IOF.LSEIofina plc58.8
15LTHM.LSEJames Latham PLC58.7
16ZTF.LSEZotefoams PLC57.5
17SRC.LSESigmaroc PLC56.9
18GLR.LSEGalileo Resources Plc56.1
19ZIOC.LSEZanaga Iron Ore Co Ltd56.0
20ANTO.LSEAntofagasta PLC55.7

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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.