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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:

Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP) is the #1 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 Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: D, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: B.

Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP) has a Due Diligence Score of 43, which is 16 points higher than the chemical industry average of 27.

WLKP passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Westlake Chemical Partners has seen its stock lose -2.22% over the past year, overperforming other chemical stocks by 34 percentage points.

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 42, which is 15 points higher than the chemical industry average of 27.

REX passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Rex American Resources has seen its stock return 18.17% over the past year, overperforming other chemical stocks by 54 percentage points.

Rex American Resources has an average 1 year price target of $50.00, a downside of -9.06% from Rex American Resources's current stock price of $54.98.

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.

Celanese (NYSE:CE) 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 Celanese (NYSE:CE) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: F, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Celanese (NYSE:CE) has a Due Diligence Score of 14, which is -13 points lower than the chemical industry average of 27.

CE passed 5 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Celanese has seen its stock lose -67.15% over the past year, underperforming other chemical stocks by -31 percentage points.

Celanese has an average 1 year price target of $59.44, an upside of 39.46% from Celanese's current stock price of $42.62.

Celanese stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 16 analysts covering Celanese, 37.5% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 6.25% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 6.25% 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:

Tronox Holdings (NYSE:TROX) has an annual dividend yield of 13.3%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the chemical industry average of 5.63%. 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 -31.4% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) has an annual dividend yield of 9.82%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the chemical industry average of 5.63%. 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 -51% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Dow (NYSE:DOW) has an annual dividend yield of 8.99%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the chemical industry average of 5.63%. 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 -200% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Chemical stocks were down -0.17% in the last day, and up 2.9% over the last week. Origin Materials was the among the top losers in the chemicals industry, dropping -33.25% yesterday.

Origin Materials shares are trading lower after the company reported a year-over-year decrease in Q2 sales results. Additionally, the company reduced its FY26 and FY27 sales guidance and filed for a $100 million mixed shelf offering.

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 B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Advansix has a valuation score of 71, which is 52 points higher than the chemical industry average of 19. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Advansix's stock has dropped -33.23% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the chemical industry by 3 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 29, which is 10 points higher than the chemical industry average of 19. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Methanex's stock has dropped -24.46% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the chemical industry by 11 percentage points.

Celanese (NYSE:CE) 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.

Celanese has a valuation score of 14, which is -5 points higher than the chemical industry average of 19. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates CE a Valuation Rating of "B".

Celanese's stock has dropped -67.15% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the chemical industry by -31 percentage points.

33.33% of chemical stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect chemical stocks to rise by 16.79% over the next year.

0% of chemical stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 0% of chemical stocks are rated B (Buy), 53.33% are rated C (Hold), 6.67% are rated D (Sell), and 40% are rated F (Strong Sell).