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Best Specialty Chemical Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top specialty 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 specialty chemical stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Specialty Chemicals

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Specialty Chemicals is Zen Rated D and is the 93rd ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Price	1d %	1w %	1m %	3m %	6m %	1y %	3y %	5y %	10y %	52-week High	52-week Low	% off 52-week High	% off 52-week Low	Beta	Volume	Vol 1d %
NGVT	INGEVITY CORP	$42.01	-2.75%	-0.10%	-2.78%	-3.16%	-8.34%	-8.47%	-37.61%	-19.07%	N/A	$51.67	$28.49	18.70%	47.46%	1.25	287,000	37.98%
ODC	OIL-DRI CORP OF AMERICA	$56.26	-2.21%	2.63%	19.70%	18.37%	29.13%	62.23%	323.80%	229.20%	266.40%	$60.21	$29.47	6.56%	90.89%	0.48	34,000	12.58%
NEU	NEWMARKET CORP	$648.70	-0.95%	0.63%	2.62%	24.90%	19.77%	21.79%	117.11%	62.05%	43.85%	$671.16	$480.00	3.35%	35.15%	0.61	133,000	-20.36%
BCPC	BALCHEM CORP	$161.53	-1.43%	-2.82%	-2.07%	-2.98%	-8.08%	6.05%	37.44%	72.72%	161.71%	$186.03	$145.70	13.17%	10.86%	0.79	177,000	58.04%
SCL	STEPAN CO	$54.42	-2.26%	-0.60%	-1.02%	-4.26%	-26.02%	-36.19%	-46.55%	-43.36%	3.22%	$94.77	$44.23	42.57%	23.04%	0.86	84,000	29.23%
HWKN	HAWKINS INC	$135.77	2.04%	0.33%	12.87%	31.71%	4.54%	56.04%	281.38%	568.49%	551.80%	$139.60	$85.38	2.74%	59.02%	0.83	205,000	134.55%
CMT	CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC	$16.47	-1.26%	2.62%	5.78%	21.10%	0.98%	-1.20%	72.46%	261.98%	-36.78%	$19.20	$12.25	14.22%	34.45%	0.70	20,400	44.68%
PRM	PERIMETER SOLUTIONS INC	$13.15	-2.08%	2.73%	8.05%	45.63%	2.57%	76.04%	22.21%	N/A	N/A	$14.44	$7.45	8.93%	76.51%	1.06	627,000	-25.53%
MATV	MATIV HOLDINGS INC	$6.33	-4.24%	2.59%	-0.78%	11.64%	-47.03%	-64.48%	-76.57%	-80.81%	-83.75%	$19.96	$4.34	68.29%	45.85%	1.15	402,000	26.02%
HDSN	HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES INC	$7.28	-1.89%	1.82%	-4.34%	22.35%	29.54%	-22.22%	-22.14%	648.97%	80.65%	$9.28	$5.11	21.55%	42.47%	1.02	385,000	7.84%
WDFC	WD 40 CO	$241.51	-1.77%	-1.64%	0.81%	1.71%	-9.39%	8.33%	31.99%	27.75%	186.08%	$292.36	$208.00	17.39%	16.11%	0.49	174,000	-5.95%
DD	DUPONT DE NEMOURS INC	$66.87	-2.29%	-1.85%	-5.30%	-10.73%	-17.28%	-16.50%	9.86%	28.62%	-57.02%	$90.06	$53.77	25.75%	24.36%	1.09	1,789,000	14.17%
KWR	QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP	$114.95	-3.74%	4.83%	4.83%	-11.83%	-24.74%	-34.31%	-20.72%	-35.16%	32.98%	$193.74	$95.91	40.67%	19.85%	1.27	152,000	-13.64%
AXTA	AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS LTD	$28.79	-4.54%	-6.28%	-12.84%	-13.91%	-24.69%	-19.36%	19.26%	26.16%	-17.93%	$41.66	$27.70	30.88%	3.94%	1.10	2,786,000	22.35%
PPG	PPG INDUSTRIES INC	$106.30	-5.11%	-5.60%	-6.21%	-4.54%	-14.39%	-18.10%	-6.18%	3.00%	-7.91%	$137.24	$90.24	22.54%	17.80%	0.99	2,505,000	93.89%
MTX	MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES INC	$54.11	-3.38%	-6.32%	-7.93%	-18.67%	-31.60%	-35.00%	-12.39%	11.94%	-21.05%	$90.30	$49.54	40.07%	9.22%	1.06	241,000	-21.24%
ECVT	ECOVYST INC	$7.87	-1.75%	-1.50%	5.07%	19.60%	5.21%	-13.89%	-16.98%	-39.41%	N/A	$9.92	$5.24	20.63%	50.19%	1.05	2,001,000	58.81%
WTTR	SELECT WATER SOLUTIONS INC	$9.12	-0.87%	3.05%	5.19%	-2.67%	-33.72%	-12.98%	12.87%	65.22%	N/A	$15.14	$7.20	39.76%	26.67%	1.15	1,547,000	63.53%
KRO	KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC	$6.23	-3.41%	-5.61%	-18.35%	-18.46%	-39.34%	-56.40%	-66.10%	-38.74%	-48.30%	$13.91	$6.13	55.21%	1.63%	1.03	237,000	-27.96%
SSL	SASOL LTD	$5.45	12.37%	18.48%	43.04%	32.28%	8.13%	-15.37%	-78.19%	-37.21%	-83.86%	$8.40	$2.78	35.12%	96.04%	1.11	3,376,000	393.57%
ESI	ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC	$21.01	-2.91%	-3.05%	-7.81%	-16.69%	-23.01%	-21.46%	7.52%	96.36%	-23.60%	$29.78	$16.77	29.45%	25.28%	1.28	1,510,000	21.38%
IOSP	INNOSPEC INC	$84.77	-2.76%	-1.58%	-6.28%	-12.43%	-26.83%	-32.47%	-11.13%	10.52%	83.76%	$133.53	$80.32	36.52%	5.54%	0.90	205,000	30.57%
KOP	KOPPERS HOLDINGS INC	$31.91	-2.51%	-0.87%	4.97%	12.44%	-5.62%	-20.76%	27.44%	88.04%	19.83%	$41.64	$22.99	23.37%	38.80%	1.12	71,000	-11.25%
CBT	CABOT CORP	$74.72	-1.98%	-0.45%	-2.17%	-8.45%	-27.72%	-25.60%	8.72%	102.82%	81.14%	$117.46	$71.64	36.39%	4.30%	1.14	322,000	6.27%
SQM	CHEMICAL & MINING CO OF CHILE INC	$32.78	-1.71%	0.06%	-8.64%	-22.08%	-13.21%	-24.78%	-64.61%	29.21%	73.35%	$45.89	$29.36	28.57%	11.65%	1.19	875,000	23.59%
SXT	SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP	$94.75	0.02%	-1.30%	2.27%	30.51%	22.59%	23.73%	20.59%	84.81%	41.46%	$98.27	$66.15	3.58%	43.25%	0.84	338,000	49.56%
AVNT	AVIENT CORP	$34.30	-3.98%	-7.40%	-11.58%	-13.14%	-27.82%	-21.71%	-23.64%	31.77%	-11.85%	$54.68	$27.86	37.27%	23.12%	1.43	624,000	-11.11%
FUL	FULLER H B CO	$54.16	-3.42%	-3.60%	-4.87%	2.42%	-26.24%	-31.05%	-17.17%	33.63%	31.42%	$87.67	$47.56	38.22%	13.88%	1.02	358,000	54.98%
ECL	ECOLAB INC	$264.21	-2.49%	-1.07%	5.05%	5.22%	5.60%	9.39%	72.92%	32.18%	132.01%	$273.69	$220.96	3.46%	19.57%	0.90	1,221,000	5.53%
LIN	LINDE PLC	$465.98	-0.97%	-1.42%	3.40%	2.81%	7.05%	5.95%	54.64%	129.28%	N/A	$487.49	$408.65	4.41%	14.03%	0.82	1,416,000	-9.98%
CC	CHEMOURS CO	$10.98	-4.27%	-1.26%	-6.79%	-19.85%	-42.33%	-57.04%	-71.47%	-28.56%	-47.34%	$25.54	$9.13	57.01%	20.26%	1.54	2,966,000	25.78%
RPM	RPM INTERNATIONAL INC	$108.08	-5.90%	-6.45%	-5.54%	-6.44%	-18.39%	-3.74%	38.03%	44.69%	120.35%	$141.79	$95.28	23.77%	13.44%	0.89	1,186,000	121.27%
AVTR	AVANTOR INC	$13.07	-3.47%	0.00%	-1.73%	-17.38%	-41.47%	-40.64%	-55.47%	-24.14%	N/A	$28.00	$11.82	53.32%	10.58%	0.96	7,429,000	21.89%
IFF	INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC	$76.09	-2.91%	-1.05%	-0.54%	-3.89%	-12.94%	-19.96%	-36.36%	-40.25%	-30.43%	$106.77	$65.85	28.73%	15.55%	0.88	1,058,000	-5.54%
OEC	ORION SA	$10.92	-3.28%	-3.28%	-1.97%	-14.29%	-37.17%	-54.04%	-37.92%	0.92%	-44.57%	$24.85	$9.59	56.06%	13.87%	1.24	588,000	-14.78%
SHW	SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO	$335.88	-5.70%	-6.04%	-5.66%	-1.82%	-7.85%	11.79%	41.21%	76.78%	261.34%	$400.42	$292.27	16.12%	14.92%	0.82	2,798,000	215.09%
EMN	EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO	$76.19	-3.50%	-3.35%	-7.53%	-15.85%	-22.65%	-25.72%	-22.10%	9.47%	-1.89%	$114.50	$70.90	33.46%	7.46%	1.07	1,688,000	16.66%
OLN	OLIN CORP	$20.38	-3.18%	2.10%	-9.46%	-14.37%	-45.38%	-60.33%	-64.13%	57.74%	-28.39%	$50.75	$17.66	59.84%	15.40%	1.31	1,528,000	-16.91%
ASH	ASHLAND INC	$49.59	-4.03%	-1.08%	-4.96%	-11.37%	-33.69%	-49.08%	-49.87%	-26.97%	-60.48%	$98.99	$45.21	49.90%	9.69%	0.93	460,000	3.84%
ALB	ALBEMARLE CORP	$60.72	-2.82%	1.49%	-1.84%	-16.13%	-38.90%	-43.90%	-72.68%	-20.53%	4.83%	$113.91	$49.43	46.69%	22.84%	1.54	2,499,000	-5.38%
ALTO	ALTO INGREDIENTS INC	$1.17	6.36%	14.71%	43.03%	-11.36%	-19.86%	-13.97%	-75.37%	47.17%	-89.21%	$2.05	$0.76	42.93%	53.95%	1.30	866,000	179.35%
NTIC	NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORP	$7.17	-1.24%	-2.98%	-1.78%	-35.11%	-50.10%	-59.35%	-30.52%	-13.61%	-13.14%	$17.52	$6.75	59.08%	6.22%	0.47	44,300	101.36%
GEVO	GEVO INC	$1.28	4.07%	10.34%	3.23%	7.56%	-16.88%	110.87%	-52.42%	7.56%	-99.91%	$3.39	$0.48	62.24%	166.67%	1.95	5,531,000	75.64%
APD	AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC	$280.37	-1.03%	0.21%	2.46%	-4.26%	-10.22%	-1.73%	15.53%	18.29%	94.53%	$341.14	$243.69	17.81%	15.05%	0.77	933,000	37.61%
LYB	LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES NV	$60.10	-0.05%	6.30%	-0.40%	-17.23%	-20.58%	-37.11%	-38.42%	-10.67%	-42.14%	$100.46	$51.11	40.17%	17.59%	0.96	5,098,000	24.65%
LWLG	LIGHTWAVE LOGIC INC	$1.22	-8.96%	10.91%	17.31%	-7.58%	-38.69%	-64.33%	-77.86%	46.99%	54.43%	$4.23	$0.79	71.16%	54.43%	1.69	889,000	-25.98%
FF	FUTUREFUEL CORP	$4.14	6.98%	6.43%	-1.19%	-5.05%	-21.44%	-10.20%	-42.74%	-66.53%	-68.59%	$6.40	$3.77	35.31%	9.81%	0.82	1,001,000	421.35%
CNEY	CN ENERGY GROUP INC	$2.68	-4.86%	-6.62%	-39.20%	-38.59%	-66.60%	-79.31%	-99.76%	N/A	N/A	$40.00	$2.53	93.30%	5.93%	1.05	326,000	1,081.16%
TSE	TRINSEO PLC	$3.40	0.59%	8.63%	35.46%	-16.46%	-38.29%	21.00%	-91.76%	-84.92%	-87.74%	$7.05	$1.94	51.77%	75.71%	1.66	204,000	13.33%
SDST	STARDUST POWER INC	$0.54	2.08%	-13.74%	-27.52%	-9.85%	-89.87%	-95.29%	-94.50%	N/A	N/A	$28.38	$0.41	98.10%	31.71%	0.13	294,000	-46.55%
BGLC	BIONEXUS GENE LAB CORP	$2.76	-5.25%	-10.90%	-9.44%	-21.31%	6.19%	-42.34%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.40	$2.01	67.12%	37.62%	44.53	26,700	60.84%
WLK	WESTLAKE CORP	$77.30	-1.68%	5.08%	-10.67%	-26.88%	-35.29%	-49.55%	-33.03%	42.30%	8.01%	$153.34	$68.55	49.59%	12.76%	1.06	1,329,000	-24.01%
SNES	SENESTECH INC	$3.40	21.43%	20.14%	20.57%	41.67%	-13.71%	-46.87%	-99.72%	-99.92%	N/A	$6.60	$1.30	48.48%	161.54%	0.70	976,000	1,437.01%
FSI	FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC	$4.25	-3.19%	-1.62%	-4.28%	-16.99%	7.59%	110.40%	67.98%	112.50%	64.09%	$7.24	$1.65	41.30%	157.58%	0.75	4,200	-82.05%
FEAM	5E ADVANCED MATERIALS INC	$4.04	-0.05%	-6.09%	-8.23%	28.19%	-59.17%	-87.19%	-99.08%	N/A	N/A	$33.81	$2.82	88.06%	43.19%	1.03	3,000	-84.04%
LOOP	LOOP INDUSTRIES INC	$1.51	-6.79%	-12.72%	67.96%	22.76%	-17.49%	-38.74%	-71.24%	-84.88%	N/A	$2.47	$0.85	38.87%	77.65%	1.03	199,000	9.34%

Specialty Chemical Stocks FAQ

What are the best specialty chemical stocks to buy right now in Jun 2025?

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 specialty chemical stocks to buy right now are:

1. Ingevity (NYSE:NGVT)

Ingevity (NYSE:NGVT) is the #1 top specialty chemical stock out of 56 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 Ingevity (NYSE:NGVT) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Ingevity (NYSE:NGVT) has a Due Diligence Score of 6, which is -28 points lower than the specialty chemical industry average of 34. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates NGVT as a "A".

NGVT passed 2 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ingevity has seen its stock lose -8.47% over the past year.

Ingevity has an average 1 year price target of $51.50, an upside of 22.59% from Ingevity's current stock price of $42.01.

Ingevity stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Ingevity, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 50% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Oil Dri Of America (NYSE:ODC)

Oil Dri Of America (NYSE:ODC) is the #2 top specialty chemical stock out of 56 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 Oil Dri Of America (NYSE:ODC) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Oil Dri Of America (NYSE:ODC) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 6 points higher than the specialty chemical industry average of 34.

ODC passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Oil Dri Of America has seen its stock return 62.23% over the past year, overperforming other specialty chemical stocks by 71 percentage points.

3. Newmarket (NYSE:NEU)

Newmarket (NYSE:NEU) is the #3 top specialty chemical stock out of 56 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

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

Newmarket (NYSE:NEU) has a Due Diligence Score of 43, which is 9 points higher than the specialty chemical industry average of 34.

NEU passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Newmarket has seen its stock return 21.79% over the past year, overperforming other specialty chemical stocks by 30 percentage points.

What are the specialty chemical stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 37 specialty chemical stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 specialty chemical stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (NYSE:SQM)

Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (NYSE:SQM) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the specialty chemical industry average of 2.3%. Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% fifteen times in the last 10 years. Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile's dividend payout ratio of 8.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Chemours Co (NYSE:CC)

Chemours Co (NYSE:CC) has an annual dividend yield of 7.63%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the specialty chemical industry average of 2.3%. Chemours Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Chemours Co's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Chemours Co's dividend payout ratio of 476.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Lyondellbasell Industries Nv (NYSE:LYB)

Lyondellbasell Industries Nv (NYSE:LYB) has an annual dividend yield of 6.69%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the specialty chemical industry average of 2.3%. Lyondellbasell Industries Nv's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Lyondellbasell Industries Nv's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Lyondellbasell Industries Nv's dividend payout ratio of 164.4% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are specialty chemical stocks down?

Specialty chemical stocks were down -2.17% in the last day, and down -1.23% over the last week. Sherwin Williams Co was the among the top losers in the specialty chemicals industry, dropping -5.7% yesterday.

Sherwin-Williams shares are trading lower after Citigroup downgraded its rating from Buy to Neutral and lowered the price target on the stock from $405 to $385.

What are the most undervalued specialty chemical stocks?

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 specialty chemical stocks right now are:

1. Kronos Worldwide (NYSE:KRO)

Kronos Worldwide (NYSE:KRO) is the most undervalued specialty chemical stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Kronos Worldwide has a valuation score of 71, which is 46 points higher than the specialty chemical industry average of 25. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Kronos Worldwide's stock has dropped -56.4% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty chemical industry by -48 percentage points.

2. Eastman Chemical Co (NYSE:EMN)

Eastman Chemical Co (NYSE:EMN) is the second most undervalued specialty chemical stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

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

Eastman Chemical Co's stock has dropped -25.72% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty chemical industry by -17 percentage points.

3. Cabot (NYSE:CBT)

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

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

Cabot's stock has dropped -25.6% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the specialty chemical industry by -17 percentage points.

Are specialty chemical stocks a good buy now?

53.66% of specialty chemical stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect specialty chemical stocks to rise by 21.05% over the next year.

3.85% of specialty chemical stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 3.85% of specialty chemical stocks are rated B (Buy), 65.38% are rated C (Hold), 15.38% are rated D (Sell), and 11.54% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the specialty chemicals industry?

The average P/E ratio of the specialty chemicals industry is 10.29x.

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Specialty Chemical Stocks FAQ

1. Ingevity (NYSE:NGVT)

2. Oil Dri Of America (NYSE:ODC)

3. Newmarket (NYSE:NEU)

1. Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (NYSE:SQM)

2. Chemours Co (NYSE:CC)

3. Lyondellbasell Industries Nv (NYSE:LYB)

1. Kronos Worldwide (NYSE:KRO)

2. Eastman Chemical Co (NYSE:EMN)

3. Cabot (NYSE:CBT)

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1. Ingevity (NYSE:NGVT)

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1. Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (NYSE:SQM)

2. Chemours Co (NYSE:CC)

3. Lyondellbasell Industries Nv (NYSE:LYB)

1. Kronos Worldwide (NYSE:KRO)

2. Eastman Chemical Co (NYSE:EMN)

3. Cabot (NYSE:CBT)

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