What counts as a Basic Materials stock here?

We use the Basic Materials sector classification from each company’s profile, then rank the sector by market cap. The list spans our global universe above a $2 billion market cap and refreshes nightly.

Do Basic Materials companies pay dividends?

Many do. Open any company to see its dividend yield, payout ratio, and safety read. Mature Basic Materials businesses tend to pay a regular dividend; faster-growing ones more often reinvest.

Browse all

Largest Basic Materials Stocks by Market Cap

How This List Is Built

We tag each company with its Basic Materials sector from its profile and rank the sector by market capitalization, converted to US dollars with daily exchange rates and overlaid with live prices. Refreshed nightly.

Frequently Asked Questions

What counts as a Basic Materials stock here?: We use the Basic Materials sector classification from each company’s profile, then rank the sector by market cap. The list spans our global universe above a $2 billion market cap and refreshes nightly.
Do Basic Materials companies pay dividends?: Many do. Open any company to see its dividend yield, payout ratio, and safety read. Mature Basic Materials businesses tend to pay a regular dividend; faster-growing ones more often reinvest.

Largest Basic Materials Stocks by Market Cap

Data as of Aug 10, 2026prices update during market hours (15-min delayed)all figures in USD

Rank	Company				Country
1	BHP Group LimitedBHP	$230.18B	$90.61	+0.22%$0.20	AU
2	Linde plcLIN	$227.81B	$492.46	+0.51%$2.48	GB
3	Southern Copper CorporationSCCO	$166.96B	$200.11	+0.53%$1.05	US
4	Rio Tinto GroupRIO	$165.61B	$101.91	+0.80%$0.81	GB
5	Zijin Mining Group Company Limited601899.SS	$140.74B	$5.29	+0.51%$0.03	CN
6	L'Air Liquide S.A.AI.VI	$126.42B	$198.81	−0.98%$1.96	FR
7	Newmont CorporationNEM	$123.56B	$117.26	+3.79%$4.28	US
8	Grupo México, S.A.B. de C.V.GMEXICOB.MX	$102.11B	$13.12	+0.02%$0.00	MX
9	Freeport-McMoRan Inc.FCX	$101.39B	$70.53	+1.31%$0.91	US
10	Agnico Eagle Mines LimitedAEM	$91.39B	$180.48	+0.93%$1.66	CA
11	Johnson Controls International plcJCI	$91.29B	$150.70	−0.99%$1.51	IE
12	Glencore plcGLEN.L	$89.80B	$7.68	+2.10%$0.16	CH
13	The Sherwin-Williams CompanySHW	$88.05B	$362.71	−1.90%$7.02	US
14	Ecolab Inc.ECL	$80.04B	$284.40	−0.27%$0.77	US
15	Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.4063.T	$73.59B	$39.57	+2.78%$1.07	JP
16	Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.APD	$68.63B	$308.18	+1.56%$4.74	US
17	Barrick Mining CorporationB	$68.55B	$40.91	−6.34%$2.77	CA
18	CRH plcCRH	$67.22B	$100.60	+0.12%$0.12	IE
19	Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden)1211.SR	$66.99B	$17.26	+5.36%$0.88	SA
20	CMOC Group Limited603993.SS	$66.36B	$3.10	+0.63%$0.02	CN
21	Vale S.A.VALE	$63.50B	$14.89	+1.22%$0.18	BR
22	Nucor CorporationNUE	$62.54B	$274.61	+0.73%$1.98	US
23	Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.WPM	$60.58B	$133.39	−0.60%$0.81	CA
24	Anglo American plcAAL.L	$58.45B	$54.55	+0.50%$0.27	GB
25	ArcelorMittal S.A.MT	$56.25B	$73.90	+0.83%$0.61	LU
26	Antofagasta plcANTO.L	$53.44B	$54.20	+0.88%$0.47	GB
27	BASF SeBAS.DE	$51.44B	$59.66	+0.25%$0.15	DE
28	Corteva, Inc.CTVA	$51.14B	$76.47	−0.47%$0.36	US
29	Zijin Gold International Company Limited2259.HK	$50.32B	$18.80	+2.43%$0.45	HK
30	AngloGold Ashanti plcAU	$49.18B	$97.25	+1.07%$1.03	US
31	Holcim LtdHOLN.SW	$48.69B	$88.02	+0.45%$0.40	CH
32	Franco-Nevada CorporationFNV	$46.46B	$240.90	+0.94%$2.25	CA
33	Nan Ya Plastics Corporation1303.TW	$43.32B	$5.46	−4.86%$0.28	TW
34	Saudi Basic Industries Corporation2010.SR	$40.68B	$13.56	−0.29%$0.04	SA
35	Fortescue LtdFMG.AX	$39.26B	$12.75	+0.33%$0.04	AU
36	Fortescue Metals Group LimitedFSUGY	$39.16B	$25.44	−0.63%$0.16	AU
37	Givaudan S.A.GIVN.SW	$38.58B	$4,179.50	+0.27%$11.14	CH
38	Steel Dynamics, Inc.STLD	$38.50B	$268.60	+2.34%$6.15	US
39	Sika AGSIKA.SW	$38.42B	$239.47	−0.23%$0.56	CH
40	UltraTech Cement LimitedULTRACEMCO.BO	$37.39B	$126.97	+0.52%$0.66	IN
41	Vulcan Materials CompanyVMC	$36.97B	$285.34	+0.23%$0.65	US
42	Gold Fields LimitedGFI	$36.80B	$41.12	+0.73%$0.30	ZA
43	Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd.600309.SS	$36.43B	$11.64	+0.41%$0.05	CN
44	JSW Steel LimitedJSWSTEEL.BO	$33.17B	$13.60	+0.19%$0.03	IN
45	Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.MLM	$33.01B	$549.54	+0.18%$0.97	US
46	HeidelbergCement AGHEI.DE	$32.58B	$185.30	−0.31%$0.58	DE
47	Kinross Gold CorporationKGC	$32.50B	$27.40	−0.87%$0.24	CA
48	Teck Resources LimitedTECK	$32.30B	$66.87	+0.60%$0.40	CA
49	China Hongqiao Group LimitedCHHQF	$32.04B	$3.26	+3.33%$0.11	CN
50	Nutrien Ltd.NTR	$31.83B	$66.31	+2.93%$1.89	CA
51	Novozymes A/SNSIS-B.CO	$30.34B	$65.08	−1.38%$0.91	DK
52	Fresnillo plcFRES.L	$29.47B	$39.99	+3.46%$1.34	MX
53	Asian Paints LimitedASIANPAINT.BO	$27.96B	$28.85	+1.07%$0.30	IN
54	Carpenter Technology CorporationCRS	$27.82B	$559.98	−1.87%$10.68	US
55	dsm-firmenich AGDSFIR.AS	$26.92B	$109.07	+0.28%$0.30	CH
56	First Quantum Minerals Ltd.FM.TO	$26.57B	$31.85	+1.72%$0.54	CA
57	Hindustan Zinc LimitedHINDZINC.BO	$26.53B	$6.24	−1.01%$0.06	IN
58	Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group Co., Ltd.600989.SS	$26.29B	$3.58	+0.96%$0.03	CN
59	Aluminum Corporation of China Limited601600.SS	$26.04B	$1.52	+1.69%$0.03	CN
60	LyondellBasell Advanced Polymers Inc.SLMNP	$26.02B	$852.00	+0.00%$0.00	US
61	PPG Industries, Inc.PPG	$25.67B	$115.47	−3.55%$4.25	US
62	Amrize LtdAMRZ	$25.62B	$46.29	−0.75%$0.35	CH
63	Jiangxi Copper Company Limited600362.SS	$25.50B	$7.38	+1.95%$0.14	CN
64	China Jushi Co., Ltd.600176.SS	$25.11B	$6.27	−2.45%$0.16	CN
65	Tata Steel LimitedTATASTEEL.NS	$24.91B	$2.00	+1.43%$0.03	IN
66	Hindalco Industries LimitedHINDALCO.NS	$24.85B	$11.06	−0.52%$0.06	IN
67	Ems-Chemie Holding AGEMSN.SW	$23.98B	$1,025.08	−0.06%$0.62	CH
68	Grasim Industries LimitedGRASIM.BO	$23.97B	$35.23	+0.66%$0.23	IN
69	Northern Star Resources LimitedNST.AX	$23.56B	$16.53	+1.72%$0.28	AU
70	Valterra Platinum LimitedVAL.JO	$23.50B	$89.02	+3.60%$3.09	ZA
71	China Tungsten And Hightech Materals Co.,Ltd000657.SZ	$23.45B	$10.29	−4.84%$0.52	CN
72	Qinghai Salt Lake Industry Co.,Ltd000792.SZ	$23.23B	$4.39	+0.17%$0.01	CN
73	Lundin Mining CorporationLUN.TO	$23.22B	$27.14	+0.50%$0.14	CA
74	PJSC Mining and Metallurgical Company Norilsk NickelGMKN.ME	$23.18B	$1.52	+0.06%$0.00	RU
75	China Northern Rare Earth (Group) High-Tech Co.,Ltd.600111.SS	$23.04B	$6.37	−1.76%$0.11	CN
76	Nippon Steel Corporation5401.T	$22.68B	$4.34	−1.16%$0.05	JP
77	Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.600547.SS	$22.19B	$4.81	+2.96%$0.14	CN
78	Dow Inc.DOW	$22.09B	$30.58	+4.23%$1.24	US
79	International Paper CompanyIP	$21.89B	$41.34	−0.58%$0.24	US
80	Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.RS	$21.88B	$428.49	+1.09%$4.61	US
81	Pan American Silver Corp.PAAS	$21.83B	$51.80	+1.13%$0.58	CA
82	International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.IFF	$21.72B	$85.09	−0.93%$0.80	US
83	Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.SQM	$20.81B	$72.84	+1.24%$0.89	CL
84	Industrias Peñoles, S.A.B. de C.V.PE&OLES.MX	$20.68B	$52.02	+1.07%$0.55	MX
85	Israel Corporation LtdIRLCF	$20.63B	$275.00	−1.79%$5.00	IL
86	Zangge Mining Company Limited000408.SZ	$20.34B	$12.96	−2.16%$0.29	CN
87	LyondellBasell Industries N.V.LYB	$20.22B	$62.65	+5.14%$3.06	NL
88	Evolution Mining LimitedEVN.AX	$20.14B	$9.92	+2.30%$0.22	AU
89	Rongsheng Petrochemical Co., Ltd.002493.SZ	$19.99B	$2.00	−0.37%$0.01	CN
90	Royal Gold, Inc.RGLD	$19.87B	$234.13	+1.83%$4.21	US
91	Kingspan Group plcKRX.IR	$19.85B	$110.07	−0.88%$0.98	IE
92	Heidelberg Materials AGHDLMY	$19.77B	$36.88	−0.94%$0.35	DE
93	Zhongjin Gold Corp.,Ltd600489.SS	$19.43B	$4.01	+1.39%$0.05	CN
94	Vedanta Aluminium Metal LimitedVAML.NS	$19.36B	$4.96	+0.54%$0.03	IN
95	Norsk Hydro ASANHY.OL	$19.32B	$9.83	+3.13%$0.30	NO
96	KGHM Polska Miedz S.A.KGH.WA	$19.28B	$96.42	+1.66%$1.57	PL
97	Hengli Petrochemical Co.,Ltd.600346.SS	$19.18B	$2.72	+0.00%$0.00	CN
98	DuPont de Nemours, Inc.DD	$19.11B	$141.56	−0.64%$0.91	US
99	Coeur Mining, Inc.CDE	$18.70B	$18.15	+4.37%$0.76	US
100	CF Industries Holdings, Inc.CF	$18.67B	$121.52	+6.27%$7.17	US
101	Resonac Holdings Corporation4004.T	$18.61B	$102.84	−0.37%$0.38	JP
102	Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd.4612.T	$18.08B	$7.80	−1.67%$0.13	JP
103	Korea Zinc Company, Ltd.010130.KS	$18.07B	$886.12	+1.70%$14.82	KR
104	Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.600019.SS	$18.03B	$0.86	−0.35%$0.00	CN
105	Pidilite Industries LimitedPIDILITIND.BO	$17.88B	$17.42	−0.12%$0.02	IN
106	Solar Industries India LimitedSOLARINDS.BO	$17.82B	$196.94	+2.02%$3.90	IN
107	PT Amman Mineral Internasional TbkAMMN.JK	$17.73B	$0.24	−0.68%$0.00	ID
108	Zhejiang Juhua Co., Ltd.600160.SS	$17.71B	$6.56	−0.25%$0.02	CN
109	James Hardie Industries plcJHX	$17.66B	$30.43	+0.66%$0.20	IE
110	POSCO Holdings Inc.PKX	$17.65B	$58.36	+1.02%$0.59	KR
111	Industries Qatar Q.P.S.C.IQCD.QA	$17.37B	$2.87	−0.10%$0.00	QA
112	Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.5713.T	$17.14B	$63.36	+11.85%$6.71	JP
113	Ganfeng Lithium Co., Ltd.002460.SZ	$16.84B	$8.03	−0.13%$0.01	CN
114	Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation4091.T	$16.63B	$38.41	+0.89%$0.34	JP
115	CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V.CX	$16.39B	$11.30	−0.26%$0.03	MX
116	South32 LimitedS32.AX	$16.37B	$3.65	+1.57%$0.06	AU
117	Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Berhad8869.KL	$15.94B	$1.93	−0.50%$0.01	MY
118	Lundin Gold Inc.LUG.TO	$15.89B	$65.69	−0.47%$0.31	CA
119	Boliden ABBOL.ST	$15.78B	$55.56	+1.19%$0.65	SE
120	Boliden AB (publ)BDNNY	$15.74B	$110.84	+0.73%$0.80	SE
121	SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company2020.SR	$15.67B	$32.92	−0.48%$0.16	SA
122	Carlisle Companies IncorporatedCSL	$15.59B	$385.25	−0.58%$2.24	US
123	Albemarle CorporationALB	$15.47B	$131.21	+0.08%$0.10	US
124	Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union Co., Ltd.600010.SS	$15.25B	$0.34	−0.87%$0.00	CN
125	LG Chem, Ltd.051910.KS	$15.24B	$194.72	−0.72%$1.41	KR
126	Western Mining Co.,Ltd.601168.SS	$14.97B	$6.28	−0.40%$0.03	CN
127	Nitto Denko Corporation6988.T	$14.87B	$22.38	+1.08%$0.24	JP
128	RPM International Inc.RPM	$14.81B	$115.93	−1.22%$1.43	US
129	Masco CorporationMAS	$14.73B	$74.71	−3.62%$2.81	US
130	Yunnan Aluminium Co., Ltd.000807.SZ	$14.57B	$4.20	+1.58%$0.07	CN
131	Guangdong Hec Technologyholding Co., Ltd600673.SS	$14.55B	$4.83	−2.22%$0.11	CN
132	Symrise AGSY1.DE	$14.53B	$105.94	−0.26%$0.28	DE
133	Covestro AG1COV.DE	$14.42B	$69.45	−1.15%$0.81	DE
134	UPM-Kymmene OyjRPL.DE	$14.28B	$27.09	−0.85%$0.23	FI
135	Anhui Conch Cement Company Limited600585.SS	$13.99B	$2.64	−0.39%$0.01	CN
136	Alamos Gold Inc.AGI	$13.94B	$33.19	+0.12%$0.04	CA
137	Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co.,Ltd.000630.SZ	$13.76B	$1.03	+0.14%$0.00	CN
138	Sinoma Science & Technology Co.,Ltd.002080.SZ	$13.68B	$8.15	−3.48%$0.29	CN
139	Alcoa CorporationAA	$13.63B	$51.63	+2.91%$1.46	US
140	Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.600549.SS	$13.60B	$8.57	−3.79%$0.34	CN
141	Jiangsu Eastern Shenghong Co., Ltd.000301.SZ	$13.33B	$2.02	+0.30%$0.01	CN
142	Satellite Chemical Co.,Ltd.002648.SZ	$13.30B	$3.95	+0.45%$0.02	CN
143	Endeavour Mining plcEDV.L	$13.29B	$54.99	+0.69%$0.38	GB
144	MMG LimitedMMLTF	$13.23B	$1.03	+0.00%$0.00	AU
145	Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co., Ltd603799.SS	$12.61B	$6.66	−2.71%$0.19	CN
146	Toray Industries, Inc.3402.T	$12.59B	$8.65	+1.37%$0.12	JP
147	Harmony Gold Mining Company LimitedHMY	$12.43B	$19.90	+1.02%$0.20	ZA
148	Tianqi Lithium Corporation002466.SZ	$12.42B	$7.25	−0.20%$0.01	CN
149	Owens CorningOC	$12.39B	$153.80	−2.10%$3.30	US
150	Akzo Nobel N.V.AKZA.AS	$12.38B	$72.39	−1.39%$1.02	NL

How This List Is Built

Frequently Asked Questions

What counts as a Basic Materials stock here?: We use the Basic Materials sector classification from each company’s profile, then rank the sector by market cap. The list spans our global universe above a $2 billion market cap and refreshes nightly.
Do Basic Materials companies pay dividends?: Many do. Open any company to see its dividend yield, payout ratio, and safety read. Mature Basic Materials businesses tend to pay a regular dividend; faster-growing ones more often reinvest.