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Best Chemical Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top chemical stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best chemical stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best chemical stocks to buy right now are:

Advansix (NYSE:ASIX) is the #1 top chemical stock out of 17 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Advansix (NYSE:ASIX) is: Value: A, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Advansix (NYSE:ASIX) has a Due Diligence Score of 48, which is 20 points higher than the chemical industry average of 28.

ASIX passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Advansix has seen its stock return 15.67% over the past year, overperforming other chemical stocks by 45 percentage points.

Advansix has an average 1 year price target of $32.00, an upside of 28.67% from Advansix's current stock price of $24.87.

Advansix stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Advansix, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Rex American Resources (NYSE:REX) is the #2 top chemical stock out of 17 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Rex American Resources (NYSE:REX) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Rex American Resources (NYSE:REX) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 16 points higher than the chemical industry average of 28.

REX passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Rex American Resources has seen its stock return 21.98% over the past year, overperforming other chemical stocks by 52 percentage points.

Rex American Resources has an average 1 year price target of $50.00, a downside of -5.75% from Rex American Resources's current stock price of $53.05.

Rex American Resources stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Rex American Resources, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Valhi (NYSE:VHI) is the #3 top chemical stock out of 17 with a Zen Rating of C. Stocks with a rating of C have had an average return of +7.53% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Valhi (NYSE:VHI) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Valhi (NYSE:VHI) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 21 points higher than the chemical industry average of 28.

VHI passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Valhi has seen its stock return 18.73% over the past year, overperforming other chemical stocks by 48 percentage points.

Valhi has an average 1 year price target of $12.00, a downside of -36.03% from Valhi's current stock price of $18.76.

Valhi stock has a consensus Strong Sell recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Valhi, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 100% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 8 chemical stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 chemical stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) has an annual dividend yield of 8.87%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the chemical industry average of 4.94%. Huntsman's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Huntsman's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Huntsman's dividend payout ratio of -109.9% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Tronox Holdings (NYSE:TROX) has an annual dividend yield of 8.83%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the chemical industry average of 4.94%. Tronox Holdings's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Tronox Holdings's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Tronox Holdings's dividend payout ratio of -52.1% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Dow (NYSE:DOW) has an annual dividend yield of 7.23%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the chemical industry average of 4.94%. Dow's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Dow's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Dow's dividend payout ratio of 700% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

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Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued chemical stocks right now are:

Advansix (NYSE:ASIX) is the most undervalued chemical stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Advansix has a valuation score of 43, which is 25 points higher than the chemical industry average of 18. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Advansix's stock has gained 15.67% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the chemical industry by 45 percentage points.

Methanex (NASDAQ:MEOH) is the second most undervalued chemical stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Methanex has a valuation score of 43, which is 25 points higher than the chemical industry average of 18. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Methanex's stock has dropped -27.28% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the chemical industry by 2 percentage points.

Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP) is the third most undervalued chemical stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Westlake Chemical Partners has a valuation score of 29, which is 11 points higher than the chemical industry average of 18. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Westlake Chemical Partners's stock has dropped -1.87% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the chemical industry by 28 percentage points.

33.33% of chemical stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect chemical stocks to rise by 10.53% over the next year.

6.67% of chemical stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of chemical stocks are rated B (Buy), 46.67% are rated C (Hold), 13.33% are rated D (Sell), and 33.33% are rated F (Strong Sell).