Best Basic Materials Stocks in the United States 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 States listings cover NYSE, NASDAQ, and AMEX (the deepest equity market by float and analyst coverage). Composite scores combine Valuation, Quality, Growth, and Health pillars on US GAAP fundamentals refreshed nightly.
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Top 20 Basic Materials in United States by composite score
| # | Ticker | Name | Composite |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FSM.US | Fortuna Silver Mines Inc | 75.8 |
| 2 | B.US | Barrick Mining Corporation | 75.0 |
| 3 | CMCL.US | Caledonia Mining Corporation | 72.0 |
| 4 | SSRM.US | SSR Mining Inc | 71.7 |
| 5 | CENX.US | Century Aluminum Company | 69.5 |
| 6 | CF.US | CF Industries Holdings Inc | 69.4 |
| 7 | AU.US | AngloGold Ashanti plc | 69.3 |
| 8 | VOXR.US | Vox Royalty Corp. Common Stock | 68.6 |
| 9 | REX.US | REX American Resources Corporation | 64.2 |
| 10 | GROY.US | Gold Royalty Corp. | 63.9 |
| 11 | FRD.US | Friedman Industries Inc. Common Stock | 63.2 |
| 12 | CSTM.US | Constellium Nv | 62.5 |
| 13 | NEXA.US | Nexa Resources SA | 62.0 |
| 14 | BTG.US | B2Gold Corp | 62.0 |
| 15 | NEM.US | Newmont Goldcorp Corp | 61.9 |
| 16 | SCCO.US | Southern Copper Corporation | 61.6 |
| 17 | FF.US | FutureFuel Corp | 61.5 |
| 18 | AA.US | Alcoa Corp | 61.1 |
| 19 | SCZM.US | Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. Common Shares | 61.0 |
| 20 | USLM.US | United States Lime & Minerals Inc | 61.0 |
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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 States; use the screener for the full ranked list.