Basic Materials companies by risk reading
Basic Materials companies by risk reading: 577 companies ranked by a composite risk reading built from filed statements -- leverage, cash conversion, operating pressure, customer and supplier concentration and competitive position. Recomputed 1 September 2026.
Composite readings for 8,308 companies, recomputed 1 September 2026. A company appears here once at least three weighted categories cleared their inputs; the rest carry per-mechanism readings without a headline.
| Company | Reading | Band | Sector | Country | Coverage | Market cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BHP Group Ltd BHP | 22 | Normal | Basic Materials | Australia | 5 / 6 | $241.7B |
| Linde Plc. LIN | 36 | Normal | Basic Materials | United Kingdom | 4 / 6 | $225.7B |
| Industria De Diseno Textil SA IXD1 | 28 | Normal | Basic Materials | Spain | 4 / 6 | $210.0B |
| Southern Copper Corporation SCCO | 15 | Contained | Basic Materials | United States | 4 / 6 | $177.1B |
| Rio Tinto Group RIO1 | 42 | Elevated | Basic Materials | United Kingdom | 5 / 6 | $169.7B |
| Rio Tinto plc RIO | 42 | Elevated | Basic Materials | United Kingdom | 5 / 6 | $168.0B |
| Newmont Corp NEM | 12 | Contained | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $135.5B |
| Freeport-McMoRan Inc FCX | 38 | Normal | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $109.8B |
| Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd AEM | 9 | Contained | Basic Materials | Canada | 5 / 6 | $104.4B |
| Glencore plc 8GCA | 61 | Stretched | Basic Materials | Switzerland | 5 / 6 | $93.2B |
| Sherwin-Williams Company SHW | 45 | Elevated | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $83.7B |
| Ecolab Inc ECL | 39 | Normal | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $80.4B |
| Barrick Gold Corp B | 11 | Contained | Basic Materials | Canada | 5 / 6 | $75.1B |
| Wheaton Precious Metals Corp WPM | 9 | Contained | Basic Materials | Canada | 5 / 6 | $69.6B |
| Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. 4063 | 45 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Japan | 5 / 6 | $69.5B |
| Air Products & Chemicals Inc APD | 65 | Stretched | Basic Materials | United States | 4 / 6 | $68.6B |
| Vale S.A. VALE | 45 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Brazil | 5 / 6 | $64.0B |
| CRH Plc CRH | 44 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Ireland | 5 / 6 | $60.4B |
| AngloGold Ashanti Plc. AU | 10 | Contained | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $57.2B |
| Nucor Corp NUE | 58 | Elevated | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $56.9B |
| ArcelorMittal MT | 63 | Stretched | Basic Materials | Luxembourg | 5 / 6 | $56.6B |
| Corteva Inc CTVA | 38 | Normal | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $56.0B |
| Franco-Nevada Corporation FNV | 22 | Normal | Basic Materials | Canada | 4 / 6 | $51.3B |
| Holcim AG HOLN | 55 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Switzerland | 5 / 6 | $50.0B |
| China Molybdenum Co. Ltd D7N | 34 | Normal | Basic Materials | China | 4 / 6 | $45.2B |
| Gold Fields Ltd GFI | 12 | Contained | Basic Materials | South Africa | 5 / 6 | $41.1B |
| Fortescue Metals Group Limited FVJ | 48 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Australia | 4 / 6 | $39.3B |
| Givaudan SA GIVN | 40 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Switzerland | 5 / 6 | $37.3B |
| Vulcan Materials Company VMC | 36 | Normal | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $35.5B |
| Nutrien Ltd NTR | 55 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Canada | 5 / 6 | $35.2B |
| Steel Dynamics Inc STLD | 60 | Stretched | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $33.7B |
| Novonesis (Novozymes) A/S NSIS-B | 47 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Denmark | 3 / 6 | $33.5B |
| Martin Marietta Materials Inc MLM | 39 | Normal | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $31.9B |
| China Hongqiao Group Ltd H0Q | 36 | Normal | Basic Materials | China | 5 / 6 | $27.9B |
| DSM-Firmenich AG DSFIR | 45 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Switzerland | 5 / 6 | $27.2B |
| PPG Industries Inc PPG | 47 | Elevated | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $25.4B |
| Amrize Ltd AMRZ | 45 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Switzerland | 5 / 6 | $24.6B |
| Northern Star Resources Limited NS7 | 16 | Contained | Basic Materials | Australia | 4 / 6 | $24.4B |
| EMS-CHEMIE HOLDING AG EMSN | 35 | Normal | Basic Materials | Switzerland | 5 / 6 | $22.9B |
| Evolution Mining Limited WE7 | 25 | Normal | Basic Materials | Australia | 4 / 6 | $22.7B |
| International Flavors & Fragrances Inc IFF | 66 | Stretched | Basic Materials | United States | 4 / 6 | $22.5B |
| Royal Gold Inc RGLD | 15 | Contained | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $22.3B |
| Pan American Silver Corp PAAS | 15 | Contained | Basic Materials | Canada | 5 / 6 | $22.1B |
| Dow Inc DOW | 75 | Stretched | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $22.0B |
| Coeur Mining Inc CDE | 16 | Contained | Basic Materials | United States | 4 / 6 | $21.7B |
| LyondellBasell Industries NV - Class A LYB | 68 | Stretched | Basic Materials | Netherlands | 5 / 6 | $20.6B |
| Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company RS | 55 | Elevated | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $19.8B |
| Norsk Hydro ASA NHY | 43 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Norway | 4 / 6 | $19.4B |
| CF Industries Holdings Inc CF | 40 | Elevated | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $19.1B |
| DuPont de Nemours Inc DD | 54 | Elevated | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $18.5B |
| POSCO Holdings Inc PKX | 63 | Stretched | Basic Materials | South Korea | 5 / 6 | $18.2B |
| Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. S190 | 42 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Japan | 5 / 6 | $17.6B |
| James Hardie Industries plc JHX | 55 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Ireland | 5 / 6 | $17.4B |
| Nippon Paint Holdings Co. Ltd NI7 | 45 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Japan | 5 / 6 | $17.1B |
| Albemarle Corp ALB | 70 | Stretched | Basic Materials | United States | 4 / 6 | $16.2B |
| South32 Ltd 32Z | 49 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Australia | 5 / 6 | $15.8B |
| Cemex S.A.B. De C.V. CX | 49 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Mexico | 5 / 6 | $15.7B |
| Alamos Gold Inc - Class A AGI | 12 | Contained | Basic Materials | Canada | 5 / 6 | $15.4B |
| MMG Limited OMS1 | 16 | Contained | Basic Materials | Australia | 5 / 6 | $15.1B |
| NIPPON SANSO HOLDINGS NPX | 40 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Japan | 5 / 6 | $14.9B |
| Symrise AG SY1 | 42 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Germany | 5 / 6 | $14.5B |
| Boliden AB BWJ | 44 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Sweden | 4 / 6 | $14.1B |
| Nitto Denko Corporation ND50 | 38 | Normal | Basic Materials | Japan | 4 / 6 | $14.0B |
| Nitto Denko Corporation ND5 | 37 | Normal | Basic Materials | Japan | 4 / 6 | $14.0B |
| Hecla Mining Company HL | 12 | Contained | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $13.7B |
| RPM International Inc RPM | 44 | Elevated | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $13.6B |
| Alcoa Corp AA | 51 | Elevated | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $13.3B |
| Hudbay Minerals Inc HBM | 28 | Normal | Basic Materials | Canada | 5 / 6 | $13.0B |
| Impala Platinum Holdings Limited IPHB | 69 | Stretched | Basic Materials | South Africa | 4 / 6 | $12.6B |
| Pilbara Minerals Ltd PLS | 72 | Stretched | Basic Materials | Australia | 4 / 6 | $12.4B |
| Eldorado Gold Corp EGO | 17 | Contained | Basic Materials | Canada | 5 / 6 | $11.9B |
| Iamgold Corp IAG | 12 | Contained | Basic Materials | Canada | 5 / 6 | $11.8B |
| Lynas Rare EARTHS Ltd LYC | 71 | Stretched | Basic Materials | Australia | 4 / 6 | $11.7B |
| Lynas Rare Earths Limited LYIC | 71 | Stretched | Basic Materials | Australia | 4 / 6 | $11.6B |
| Sociedad Quimica Y Minera de Chile S.A. SQM | 58 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Chile | 4 / 6 | $11.2B |
| Suzano S.A. SUZ | 52 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Brazil | 5 / 6 | $11.0B |
| SSAB AB (publ) SSAB-B | 61 | Stretched | Basic Materials | Sweden | 3 / 6 | $10.8B |
| Ternium S.A. TX | 57 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Luxembourg | 5 / 6 | $10.8B |
| SSAB AB (publ) SSAB-A | 62 | Stretched | Basic Materials | Sweden | 3 / 6 | $10.8B |
| Equinox Gold Corp EQX | 24 | Normal | Basic Materials | Canada | 5 / 6 | $10.3B |
| First Majestic Silver Corporation AG | 16 | Contained | Basic Materials | Canada | 5 / 6 | $10.2B |
| Solstice Advanced Materials Inc SOLS | 45 | Elevated | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $10.1B |
| MP Materials Corporation MP | 74 | Stretched | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $10.0B |
| Westlake Corporation WLK | 87 | Acute | Basic Materials | United States | 4 / 6 | $9.7B |
| Syensqo SYENS | 54 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Belgium | 3 / 6 | $9.6B |
| Mineral Resources Limited F5J | 56 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Australia | 4 / 6 | $9.4B |
| Compania de Minas Buenaventura S.A. BVN | 18 | Contained | Basic Materials | Peru | 4 / 6 | $8.9B |
| Sibanye Stillwater Ltd SBSW | 48 | Elevated | Basic Materials | South Africa | 5 / 6 | $8.6B |
| Element Solutions Inc ESI | 45 | Elevated | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $8.5B |
| Sibanye Stillwater Limited 47V | 47 | Elevated | Basic Materials | South Africa | 5 / 6 | $8.4B |
| NewMarket Corp NEU | 37 | Normal | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $8.4B |
| Eastman Chemical Company EMN | 53 | Elevated | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $8.3B |
| Axalta Coating Systems Ltd AXTA | 42 | Elevated | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $7.9B |
| SSR Mining Inc SSRM | 22 | Normal | Basic Materials | United States | 4 / 6 | $7.7B |
| Sandfire Resources Limited S2Z | 37 | Normal | Basic Materials | Australia | 4 / 6 | $7.6B |
| Sasol Ltd SSL | 53 | Elevated | Basic Materials | South Africa | 5 / 6 | $7.5B |
| Mosaic Company MOS | 64 | Stretched | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $7.5B |
| Simpson Manufacturing Co. Inc SSD | 37 | Normal | Basic Materials | United States | 5 / 6 | $7.4B |
| ICL Group Ltd ICL | 60 | Stretched | Basic Materials | Israel | 5 / 6 | $7.2B |
| Orica Limited ICA | 46 | Elevated | Basic Materials | Australia | 4 / 6 | $7.2B |
By sector
Industrials 1,536Technology 1,292Healthcare 1,214Consumer Cyclical 1,116Basic Materials 577Communication Services 565Real Estate 552Consumer Defensive 536Energy 356Utilities 232
How the reading is built
Each company is scored on six mechanisms -- market expectation, operating pressure, cash conversion, leverage, concentration and competitive position -- from its own filed statements. A mechanism whose inputs do not clear its coverage floor is left unread rather than scored zero, and a reading built on thin coverage is pulled toward a neutral prior rather than claiming safety from what nobody looked at.
Descriptive, not advisory. These bands describe measured mechanisms; they are not investment advice, not a forecast, and not a statement about whether a share is worth owning.