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Best Basic Material Stocks to Buy Now (2023)
Top basic material stocks in 2023 ranked by overall Zen Score. See the best basic material stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the basic materials sector.

Sector: Basic Materials

Zen Score Price Valuation Financials Forecast Earnings & Revenue Dividends Ownership Technicals

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E
SQM	CHEMICAL & MINING CO OF CHILE INC	NYSE	Specialty Chemicals	$13.99B	$48.99	-1.39%	$5.57B	3.58x	1.20
ALB	ALBEMARLE CORP	NYSE	Specialty Chemicals	$13.29B	$113.26	-5.60%	$4.14B	3.99x	0.88
ROCK	GIBRALTAR INDUSTRIES INC	NASDAQ	Building Products & Equipment	$2.13B	$70.02	-1.09%	$162.74M	22.51x	0.45
BTG	B2GOLD CORP	NYSEMKT	Gold	$4.16B	$3.20	-2.14%	N/A	12.31x	0.20
ICL	ICL GROUP LTD	NYSE	Agricultural Inputs	$6.48B	$5.02	-0.99%	$2.17B	6.97x	0.95
METC	RAMACO RESOURCES INC	NASDAQ	Coking Coal	$927.80M	$17.61	3.59%	$143.19M	11.90x	0.83
ORLA	ORLA MINING LTD	NYSEMKT	Gold	$924.40M	$2.94	-2.33%	$119.06M	17.29x	0.42
ODC	OIL-DRI CORP OF AMERICA	NYSE	Specialty Chemicals	$423.57M	$58.19	4.83%	$51.74M	13.08x	0.62
NEU	NEWMARKET CORP	NYSE	Specialty Chemicals	$5.13B	$535.44	-0.17%	$611.01M	12.99x	1.36
ARLP	ALLIANCE RESOURCE PARTNERS LP	NASDAQ	Thermal Coal	$2.60B	$20.44	-2.11%	$1.05B	3.68x	0.53
APOG	APOGEE ENTERPRISES INC	NASDAQ	Building Products & Equipment	$1.07B	$48.32	1.60%	$192.90M	10.44x	1.10
MP	MP MATERIALS CORP	NYSE	Other Industrial Metals & Mining	$2.82B	$15.84	-6.38%	$148.97M	25.97x	0.69
HDSN	HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Chemicals	$578.79M	$12.72	3.00%	$86.27M	10.87x	0.30
JCI	JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC	NYSE	Building Products & Equipment	$37.02B	$54.42	0.29%	$2.69B	18.14x	1.55
CTVA	CORTEVA INC	NYSE	Agricultural Inputs	$30.93B	$43.89	-2.94%	$2.43B	33.50x	0.70
LTHM	LIVENT CORP	NYSE	Specialty Chemicals	$2.34B	$13.04	-3.55%	$458.20M	6.24x	0.36
EMN	EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO	NYSE	Specialty Chemicals	$9.91B	$83.57	-1.54%	$1.40B	16.75x	1.71
REX	REX AMERICAN RESOURCES CORP	NYSE	Chemicals	$751.96M	$42.96	-4.64%	$88.93M	15.45x	0.13
GGB	GERDAU SA	NYSE	Steel	$7.56B	$4.52	1.12%	$3.91B	3.76x	0.60
AEM	AGNICO EAGLE MINES LTD	NYSE	Gold	$26.24B	$52.90	-1.14%	$4.45B	9.91x	0.47
BIOX	BIOCERES CROP SOLUTIONS CORP	NASDAQ	Agricultural Inputs	$779.97M	$12.41	0.49%	$62.27M	56.41x	1.63
EXK	ENDEAVOUR SILVER CORP	NYSE	Other Precious Metals & Mining	$382.67M	$1.97	-6.19%	$64.08M	39.40x	0.26
HWKN	HAWKINS INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Chemicals	$1.35B	$64.25	1.24%	$128.73M	19.41x	0.50
CBT	CABOT CORP	NYSE	Specialty Chemicals	$4.21B	$76.06	-2.24%	$651.00M	9.76x	1.74
CMC	COMMERCIAL METALS CO	NYSE	Steel	$5.30B	$45.33	-1.78%	$1.38B	6.18x	0.61
VALE	VALE SA	NYSE	Other Industrial Metals & Mining	$70.35B	$14.72	-0.54%	$22.94B	3.63x	1.38
GFI	GOLD FIELDS LTD	NYSE	Gold	$13.02B	$14.61	-0.68%	$1.23B	18.26x	0.71
DOOR	MASONITE INTERNATIONAL CORP	NYSE	Building Products & Equipment	$2.00B	$91.32	-1.59%	$371.96M	12.61x	2.16
BCC	BOISE CASCADE CO	NYSE	Building Materials	$4.49B	$113.42	-1.00%	$828.81M	8.92x	0.58
CSL	CARLISLE COMPANIES INC	NYSE	Building Products & Equipment	$14.03B	$288.17	-1.11%	$1.26B	19.78x	1.33
STLD	STEEL DYNAMICS INC	NASDAQ	Steel	$18.87B	$116.61	-1.82%	$3.93B	7.40x	0.68
IOSP	INNOSPEC INC	NASDAQ	Specialty Chemicals	$2.69B	$108.33	0.01%	$211.80M	21.20x	0.44
MEOH	METHANEX CORP	NASDAQ	Chemicals	$2.84B	$42.34	-2.19%	$701.73M	15.80x	2.08
SSRM	SSR MINING INC	NASDAQ	Gold	$2.33B	$11.42	-1.97%	$438.44M	11.20x	0.32
SILV	SILVERCREST METALS INC	NYSEMKT	Other Precious Metals & Mining	$957.63M	$6.57	-1.65%	$131.25M	11.53x	0.10
RS	RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM CO	NYSE	Steel	$15.50B	$269.67	-2.83%	$2.14B	11.16x	0.36
WLK	WESTLAKE CORP	NYSE	Specialty Chemicals	$16.67B	$130.09	-1.73%	$2.77B	13.81x	0.94
LYB	LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES NV	NYSE	Specialty Chemicals	$30.11B	$92.82	-1.35%	$4.76B	13.26x	1.79
AAON	AAON INC	NASDAQ	Building Products & Equipment	$5.15B	$63.41	-1.63%	$253.90M	30.24x	0.38
FBIN	FORTUNE BRANDS INNOVATIONS INC	NYSE	Building Products & Equipment	$9.03B	$71.59	-0.94%	$867.70M	21.06x	1.98
EXP	EAGLE MATERIALS INC	NYSE	Building Materials	$6.36B	$182.44	-1.54%	$808.79M	13.25x	1.23
FMC	FMC CORP	NYSE	Agricultural Inputs	$6.71B	$53.78	-2.96%	$993.30M	13.65x	2.32
NTR	NUTRIEN LTD	NYSE	Agricultural Inputs	$26.39B	$53.36	-1.68%	$6.21B	12.13x	1.08
UFPI	UFP INDUSTRIES INC	NASDAQ	Lumber & Wood Production	$7.03B	$113.69	0.01%	$849.93M	13.11x	0.36
SID	NATIONAL STEEL CO	NYSE	Steel	$4.55B	$3.43	0.29%	$1.97B	14.60x	3.26
LII	LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC	NYSE	Building Products & Equipment	$14.69B	$413.44	-1.57%	$820.20M	27.16x	17.12
ARCH	ARCH RESOURCES INC	NYSE	Coking Coal	$3.06B	$166.65	-0.24%	$790.74M	3.62x	0.70
GAU	GALIANO GOLD INC	NYSEMKT	Gold	$145.09M	$0.65	-3.87%	$66.13M	2.39x	0.05
AWI	ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES INC	NYSE	Building Products & Equipment	$3.98B	$90.13	-1.45%	$422.80M	17.95x	1.93
USLM	UNITED STATES LIME & MINERALS INC	NASDAQ	Building Materials	$1.24B	$218.36	-0.12%	$109.07M	18.18x	0.12
CE	CELANESE CORP	NYSE	Chemicals	$15.24B	$140.00	-0.99%	$2.39B	7.50x	2.86
OLN	OLIN CORP	NYSE	Specialty Chemicals	$6.01B	$49.04	-2.29%	$1.48B	10.39x	2.34
DNN	DENISON MINES CORP	NYSEMKT	Uranium	$1.55B	$1.82	-2.15%	$43.69M	35.69x	0.15
OC	OWENS CORNING	NYSE	Building Products & Equipment	$12.27B	$138.08	0.23%	$2.25B	10.48x	1.16
KALU	KAISER ALUMINUM CORP	NASDAQ	Aluminum	$937.65M	$58.55	-4.44%	$160.60M	71.40x	2.54
IDR	IDAHO STRATEGIC RESOURCES INC	NYSEMKT	Gold	$82.98M	$6.77	-3.56%	$2.81M	56.42x	0.21
ORGN	ORIGIN MATERIALS INC	NASDAQ	Chemicals	$99.99M	$0.69	-0.29%	$52.35M	1.98x	0.11
OEC	ORION SA	NYSE	Specialty Chemicals	$1.42B	$24.51	-0.41%	$345.26M	12.52x	2.80
UAN	CVR PARTNERS LP	NYSE	Agricultural Inputs	$708.27M	$67.01	-1.76%	$365.48M	2.75x	2.30
WTTR	SELECT WATER SOLUTIONS INC	NYSE	Specialty Chemicals	$868.60M	$7.23	-2.17%	$197.25M	13.64x	0.40
GMS	GMS INC	NYSE	Building Products & Equipment	$2.91B	$71.66	-0.19%	$636.15M	8.99x	1.44
UUUU	ENERGY FUELS INC	NYSEMKT	Uranium	$1.21B	$7.48	-3.98%	$109.36M	11.51x	0.05
APD	AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC	NYSE	Specialty Chemicals	$58.22B	$262.02	-3.01%	$4.39B	25.32x	1.14
SCCO	SOUTHERN COPPER CORP	NYSE	Copper	$55.35B	$71.59	-2.85%	$5.71B	19.24x	1.18
ASIX	ADVANSIX INC	NYSE	Chemicals	$709.69M	$26.33	-3.27%	$200.99M	7.74x	0.96
NX	QUANEX BUILDING PRODUCTS CORP	NYSE	Building Products & Equipment	$1.06B	$32.12	-0.16%	$141.73M	13.22x	0.61
FUL	FULLER H B CO	NYSE	Specialty Chemicals	$4.20B	$77.73	-0.44%	$502.73M	28.47x	1.70
RIO	RIO TINTO LTD	NYSE	Other Industrial Metals & Mining	$111.44B	$68.49	-0.81%	$23.35B	8.93x	0.89
TGLS	TECNOGLASS INC	NYSE	Building Materials	$1.75B	$37.21	-0.67%	$321.50M	8.78x	0.81
CF	CF INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS INC	NYSE	Agricultural Inputs	$13.99B	$73.22	-0.87%	$3.61B	6.79x	0.92
TT	TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC	NYSE	Building Products & Equipment	$52.24B	$229.58	0.48%	$3.01B	26.82x	1.83
SHW	SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO	NYSE	Specialty Chemicals	$72.44B	$283.00	0.55%	$4.62B	29.98x	5.09
CMT	CORE MOLDING TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSEMKT	Specialty Chemicals	$168.61M	$18.65	4.13%	$39.23M	6.93x	0.62
SBSW	SIBANYE STILLWATER LTD	NYSE	Gold	$3.11B	$4.39	-2.44%	$1.66B	3.06x	0.86
MTRN	MATERION CORP	NYSE	Other Industrial Metals & Mining	$2.33B	$113.05	-3.04%	$212.61M	22.17x	1.01
AVNT	AVIENT CORP	NYSE	Specialty Chemicals	$3.21B	$35.21	-0.48%	$880.00M	5.43x	1.53
SCL	STEPAN CO	NYSE	Specialty Chemicals	$1.93B	$86.24	0.19%	$176.60M	37.50x	0.94
NUE	NUCOR CORP	NYSE	Steel	$40.75B	$165.76	-0.98%	$7.53B	8.35x	0.62
WLKP	WESTLAKE CHEMICAL PARTNERS LP	NYSE	Chemicals	$765.16M	$21.72	-0.73%	$193.44M	13.58x	1.70
HUN	HUNTSMAN CORP	NYSE	Chemicals	$4.34B	$24.92	-1.15%	$591.00M	45.31x	1.08
WDFC	WD 40 CO	NASDAQ	Specialty Chemicals	$3.22B	$237.53	-2.29%	$98.93M	49.08x	1.08
MOS	MOSAIC CO	NYSE	Agricultural Inputs	$11.49B	$35.15	-2.66%	$2.81B	8.81x	0.87
FNV	FRANCO NEVADA CORP	NYSE	Gold	$20.64B	$107.45	-2.42%	$1.07B	30.27x	0.03
MAS	MASCO CORP	NYSE	Building Products & Equipment	$13.98B	$62.28	-0.26%	$1.36B	16.83x	-92.93
MLM	MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC	NYSE	Building Materials	$28.38B	$459.25	-1.07%	$2.03B	26.59x	0.91
APT	ALPHA PRO TECH LTD	NYSEMKT	Building Products & Equipment	$61.15M	$5.25	-2.78%	$5.83M	16.41x	0.05
SSD	SIMPSON MANUFACTURING CO INC	NYSE	Lumber & Wood Production	$7.49B	$175.46	0.18%	$565.54M	20.96x	0.69
RPM	RPM INTERNATIONAL INC	NYSE	Specialty Chemicals	$13.49B	$104.72	-0.10%	$976.60M	26.25x	1.94
HCC	WARRIOR MET COAL INC	NYSE	Coking Coal	$2.98B	$57.34	0.23%	$642.97M	6.61x	0.27
BLDR	BUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE INC	NYSE	Building Products & Equipment	$17.67B	$143.26	4.68%	$2.77B	11.83x	1.34
FSI	FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC	NYSEMKT	Specialty Chemicals	$19.52M	$1.57	-2.48%	$5.31M	5.23x	0.49
PPG	PPG INDUSTRIES INC	NYSE	Specialty Chemicals	$33.64B	$142.65	-0.35%	$2.63B	23.74x	1.75
JELD	JELD-WEN HOLDING INC	NYSE	Building Products & Equipment	$1.43B	$16.74	-1.06%	$384.79M	10.94x	2.59
BHP	BHP GROUP LTD	NYSE	Other Industrial Metals & Mining	$154.56B	$61.02	-0.55%	$26.59B	11.96x	1.19
PPIH	PERMA-PIPE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Building Products & Equipment	$52.33M	$6.49	-3.99%	$14.49M	10.30x	1.54
BCPC	BALCHEM CORP	NASDAQ	Specialty Chemicals	$4.13B	$128.02	1.19%	$206.98M	39.63x	0.56
LPX	LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP	NYSE	Building Products & Equipment	$4.58B	$63.47	-0.20%	$299.00M	33.23x	0.59
SVM	SILVERCORP METALS INC	NYSEMKT	Silver	$482.72M	$2.73	-2.15%	$78.00M	15.17x	0.21
LAAC	LITHIUM AMERICAS (ARGENTINA) CORP	NYSE	Other Industrial Metals & Mining	$826.78M	$5.17	-3.18%	$58.76M	21.54x	0.20
DD	DUPONT DE NEMOURS INC	NYSE	Specialty Chemicals	$30.48B	$70.88	-1.23%	$6.59B	7.46x	0.60

Basic Material Industries

Industry	Stocks	1d %	1w %	1m %	1y %	P/E ratio	P/B Ratio	ROE	ROA	ROCE	Upside/Downside	Consensus
Agricultural Inputs	18	-1.61%	-0.74%	-3.64%	-37.39%	16.85x	1.29x	-66.00%	+5.05%	+9.82%	+32.48%	Buy
Aluminum	4	-4.88%	-0.16%	-0.24%	-27.63%	13.90x	1.36x	-8.03%	-3.24%	-0.83%	+30.09%	Buy
Building Materials	15	-0.84%	+1.75%	+7.47%	+35.36%	23.62x	2.65x	+16.10%	+7.45%	+12.73%	+12.05%	Strong Buy
Building Products & Equipment	33	-0.56%	+4.62%	+9.70%	+27.69%	26.96x	4.48x	-105.76%	+9.75%	+17.90%	+7.20%	Buy
Chemicals	16	-1.91%	+3.26%	+7.34%	-2.53%	17.91x	1.70x	+11.19%	+2.90%	+5.55%	+11.97%	Buy
Coking Coal	6	+0.54%	+5.14%	+25.19%	+51.10%	6.45x	3.06x	+49.52%	+26.16%	+30.79%	-11.80%	Strong Buy
Copper	7	-3.06%	+0.18%	-1.73%	+4.91%	23.28x	4.04x	+23.27%	+9.64%	+19.84%	+24.01%	Buy
Gold	45	-2.08%	-3.85%	+1.78%	-5.09%	98.33x	1.57x	+2.63%	+3.35%	+5.56%	+31.71%	Buy
Lumber & Wood Production	6	-0.35%	+5.50%	+10.66%	+18.58%	-46.42x	1.69x	+13.94%	+9.17%	+13.56%	+8.47%	Buy
Other Industrial Metals & Mining	39	-2.79%	-1.89%	+1.01%	-25.17%	9.01x	2.34x	+28.92%	+12.74%	+22.83%	+96.27%	Buy
Other Precious Metals & Mining	17	-1.15%	+2.81%	+12.68%	-8.34%	3.40x	1.26x	-8.16%	-0.42%	+1.95%	+84.64%	Strong Buy
Paper & Paper Products	6	-2.71%	+2.34%	+5.17%	-10.88%	4.21x	1.56x	+39.57%	+11.25%	+19.63%	+7.72%	Buy
Silver	3	-2.43%	-1.23%	+14.46%	-26.78%	9.35x	1.45x	-2.65%	-0.98%	-1.92%	+96.10%	Strong Buy
Specialty Chemicals	57	-0.87%	+1.41%	+5.51%	+0.72%	58.41x	3.15x	+23.01%	+8.08%	+13.88%	+13.48%	Buy
Steel	22	-2.16%	+0.90%	+2.39%	+17.65%	11.49x	0.95x	+17.82%	+10.56%	+17.21%	+3.07%	Buy
Thermal Coal	6	-0.93%	+4.46%	+9.07%	+27.71%	4.43x	1.39x	+42.62%	+23.25%	+32.08%	-10.78%	Strong Buy
Uranium	10	-1.74%	+0.23%	+4.33%	+59.51%	110.31x	4.34x	-3.07%	+0.35%	+1.63%	+21.33%	Strong Buy

Basic Material Stocks FAQ

What are the best basic material stocks to buy right now in Dec 2023?

According to Zen Score, the 3 best basic material stocks to buy right now are:

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

Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (NYSE:SQM) is the top basic material stock with a Zen Score of 63, which is 31 points higher than the basic material sector average of 32. It passed 24 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile has seen its stock lose -48.51% over the past year, underperforming other basic material stocks by -56 percentage points.

Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile has an average 1 year price target of $77.07, an upside of 57.32% from Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile's current stock price of $48.99.

Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile, 42.86% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 28.57% have issued a Buy, 14.29% have issued a Hold, while 14.29% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Albemarle (NYSE:ALB)

Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) is the second best basic material stock with a Zen Score of 62, which is 30 points higher than the basic material sector average of 32. It passed 23 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Albemarle has seen its stock lose -57.3% over the past year, underperforming other basic material stocks by -65 percentage points.

Albemarle has an average 1 year price target of $200.14, an upside of 76.71% from Albemarle's current stock price of $113.26.

Albemarle stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 14 analysts covering Albemarle, 28.57% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 28.57% have issued a Buy, 14.29% have issued a Hold, while 14.29% have issued a Sell rating, and 14.29% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ:ROCK)

Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ:ROCK) is the third best basic material stock with a Zen Score of 60, which is 28 points higher than the basic material sector average of 32. It passed 19 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Gibraltar Industries has seen its stock return 40.6% over the past year, overperforming other basic material stocks by 33 percentage points.

What are the basic material stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 139 basic material stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 basic material stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Cvr Partners (NYSE:UAN)

Cvr Partners (NYSE:UAN) has an annual dividend yield of 39.73%, which is 37 percentage points higher than the basic material sector average of 3.1%. Cvr Partners's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% thirteen times in the last 10 years. Cvr Partners's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cvr Partners's dividend payout ratio of 110.1% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

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

Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile (NYSE:SQM) has an annual dividend yield of 15.72%, which is 13 percentage points higher than the basic material sector average of 3.1%. Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% seventeen times in the last 10 years. Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile's dividend payout ratio of 65.4% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

3. National Steel Co (NYSE:SID)

National Steel Co (NYSE:SID) has an annual dividend yield of 14.47%, which is 11 percentage points higher than the basic material sector average of 3.1%. National Steel Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% seven times in the last 10 years. National Steel Co's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

National Steel Co's dividend payout ratio of 136.5% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are basic material stocks down?

Basic material stocks were down -1.12% in the last day, and up 1.89% over the last week. Albemarle was the among the top losers in the basic materials sector, dropping -5.6% yesterday.

Albemarle shares are trading lower after Piper Sandler downgraded the stock from Neutral to Underweight and lowered its price target from $140 to $128.

What are the most undervalued basic material stocks?

Based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score, the 3 most undervalued basic material stocks right now are:

1. Methanex (NASDAQ:MEOH)

Methanex (NASDAQ:MEOH) is the most undervalued basic material stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Methanex has a valuation score of 100, which is 70 points higher than the basic material sector average of 30. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Methanex's stock has gained 12.13% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the basic material sector by 5 percentage points.

2. Algoma Steel Group (NASDAQ:ASTL)

Algoma Steel Group (NASDAQ:ASTL) is the second most undervalued basic material stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Algoma Steel Group has a valuation score of 86, which is 56 points higher than the basic material sector average of 30. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Algoma Steel Group's stock has gained 27.48% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the basic material sector by 20 percentage points.

3. Eastman Chemical Co (NYSE:EMN)

Eastman Chemical Co (NYSE:EMN) is the third most undervalued basic material stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Eastman Chemical Co has a valuation score of 71, which is 41 points higher than the basic material sector average of 30. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Eastman Chemical Co's stock has dropped -2.92% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the basic material sector by -10 percentage points.

Are basic material stocks a good buy now?

46.54% of basic material stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect basic material stocks to rise by 14.49% over the next year.

What is the average p/e ratio of the basic materials sector?

The average P/E ratio of the basic materials sector is 37.45x.

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