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Best Basic Material Stocks to Buy Now (2025)
Top basic material stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Due Diligence Score. See the best basic material stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the basic materials sector.

Sector: Basic Materials
Ticker
Company
Exchange
Industry
Zen Rating
Market Cap
Price
1d %
EBITDA
P/E
D/E
Country
DD Score
SWIM
LATHAM GROUP INC
NASDAQ
Building Products & Equipment
$818.06M$7.031.30%$68.36M-54.08x1.16
United States
OC
OWENS CORNING
NYSE
Building Products & Equipment
$12.35B$145.26-0.21%$1.49B49.24x1.91
United States
RS
RELIANCE INC
NYSE
Steel
$17.19B$326.960.47%$1.32B23.14x0.46
United States
PPG
PPG INDUSTRIES INC
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$26.85B$118.28-0.26%$2.27B25.17x2.03
United States
JCI
JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC
NYSE
Building Products & Equipment
$70.22B$106.711.56%$3.88B28.38x1.60
Ireland
KOP
KOPPERS HOLDINGS INC
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$674.14M$33.69-1.20%$195.80M26.74x2.80
United States
AA
ALCOA CORP
NYSE
Aluminum
$8.06B$31.15-1.17%$2.07B8.75x1.52
United States
CCJ
CAMECO CORP
NYSE
Uranium
$31.97B$73.452.50%$482.11M260.46x0.56
Canada
SCCO
SOUTHERN COPPER CORP
NYSE
Copper
$84.28B$105.86-0.22%$6.92B23.12x1.06
United States
HL
HECLA MINING CO
NYSE
Other Precious Metals & Mining
$3.84B$6.070.66%$342.33M55.18x0.46
United States
SLVM
SYLVAMO CORP
NYSE
Paper & Paper Products
$2.16B$53.010.45%$577.00M7.59x1.90
United States
SGML
SIGMA LITHIUM CORP
NASDAQ
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$577.50M$5.197.90%-$1.11M-14.54x2.28
Canada
SXT
SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$4.58B$107.902.62%$256.40M35.38x0.91
United States
AXTA
AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS LTD
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$6.75B$30.87-1.18%$1.04B15.06x2.55
United States
CE
CELANESE CORP
NYSE
Chemicals
$6.66B$60.880.43%$286.00M-4.00x3.39
United States
RIO
RIO TINTO LTD
NYSE
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$96.04B$59.02-1.93%$22.27B8.29x0.81
Australia
SLI
STANDARD LITHIUM LTD
NYSEMKT
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$428.78M$2.21-0.90%$94.44M5.08x0.13
Canada
ECVT
ECOVYST INC
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$986.16M$8.401.20%$126.01M-84.00x1.56
United States
FCX
FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC
NYSE
Copper
$65.78B$45.800.07%$6.69B37.85x1.52
United States
BHP
BHP GROUP LTD
NYSE
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$128.11B$50.52-0.41%$25.38B11.25x1.12
Australia
CBT
CABOT CORP
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$4.21B$78.37-0.71%$776.00M10.03x1.54
United States
MTA
METALLA ROYALTY & STREAMING LTD
NYSEMKT
Other Precious Metals & Mining
$357.95M$3.870.26%-$174.29k-107.50x0.06
Canada
KWR
QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$2.20B$124.260.77%$262.31M23.53x0.92
United States
MEOH
METHANEX CORP
NASDAQ
Chemicals
$2.32B$34.370.44%$835.09M10.45x1.83
Canada
LIN
LINDE PLC
NASDAQ
Specialty Chemicals
$224.14B$475.58-0.33%$12.65B34.31x1.14
United Kingdom
FMST
FOREMOST CLEAN ENERGY LTD
NASDAQ
Chemicals
$33.97M$3.26-3.01%-$2.43M-9.31x0.13
Canada
VALE
VALE SA
NYSE
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$46.39B$10.22-0.58%$8.36B7.10x1.37
Brazil
JLHL
JULONG HOLDING LTD
NASDAQ
Building Products & Equipment
N/A$3.8013.77%$2.82M32.20x8.96
China
ACNT
ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO
NASDAQ
Steel
$127.32M$12.720.95%$4.47M-12.35x0.67
United States
SQM
CHEMICAL & MINING CO OF CHILE INC
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$10.61B$37.15-0.77%$1.17B15.49x1.22
Chile
CNR
CORE NATURAL RESOURCES INC
NYSE
Thermal Coal
$3.83B$72.78-0.64%$451.31M14.98x0.61
United States
BLDR
BUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE INC
NYSE
Building Products & Equipment
$14.06B$127.22-0.52%$1.97B16.17x1.62
United States
NUE
NUCOR CORP
NYSE
Steel
$31.81B$137.87-0.71%$3.14B24.45x0.68
United States
SA
SEABRIDGE GOLD INC
NYSE
Gold
$1.40B$15.220.40%N/A-142.24x0.60
Canada
VMC
VULCAN MATERIALS CO
NYSE
Building Materials
$35.17B$266.240.20%$2.13B37.55x1.05
United States
USAS
AMERICAS GOLD & SILVER CORP
NYSEMKT
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$573.80M$0.884.00%-$17.51M-6.80x2.33
Canada
ECL
ECOLAB INC
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$77.71B$274.090.60%$3.81B36.99x1.52
United States
NTR
NUTRIEN LTD
NYSE
Agricultural Inputs
$29.43B$60.140.25%$3.98B56.21x1.21
Canada
UFPI
UFP INDUSTRIES INC
NASDAQ
Lumber & Wood Production
$6.39B$105.76-0.68%$652.98M17.31x0.27
United States
CTGO
CONTANGO ORE INC
NYSEMKT
Gold
$246.68M$19.65-2.24%-$27.36M-5.76x-8.19
United States
IAUX
I-80 GOLD CORP
NYSEMKT
Gold
$280.20M$0.63-0.63%-$110.63M-1.66x1.07
United States
AVTR
AVANTOR INC
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$9.46B$13.88-0.07%$1.46B13.22x1.02
United States
BCC
BOISE CASCADE CO
NYSE
Building Materials
$3.51B$93.15-0.64%$591.05M11.57x0.64
United States
CARR
CARRIER GLOBAL CORP
NYSE
Building Products & Equipment
$64.86B$75.650.52%$9.45B11.80x1.61
United States
IDR
IDAHO STRATEGIC RESOURCES INC
NYSEMKT
Gold
$183.53M$13.06-0.15%$10.34M20.73x0.14
United States
CRH
CRH PUBLIC LTD CO
NYSE
Building Materials
$64.18B$94.940.50%$7.11B19.95x1.40
Ireland
SMID
SMITH MIDLAND CORP
NASDAQ
Building Materials
$185.29M$34.931.25%$12.71M24.09x0.63
United States
AVD
AMERICAN VANGUARD CORP
NYSE
Agricultural Inputs
$117.66M$4.152.98%-$93.33M-0.86x1.78
United States
FMC
FMC CORP
NYSE
Agricultural Inputs
$5.52B$44.23-0.49%$590.80M16.82x1.69
United States
IFF
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$19.52B$76.33-0.39%$431.00M-23.41x1.14
United States
GSM
FERROGLOBE PLC
NASDAQ
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$815.35M$4.362.83%$67.37M-18.96x0.97
United Kingdom
BIOX
BIOCERES CROP SOLUTIONS CORP
NASDAQ
Agricultural Inputs
$310.16M$4.94-1.00%$44.79M-34.31x1.47
Cayman Islands
SMG
SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO
NYSE
Agricultural Inputs
$3.96B$68.54-0.62%$296.40M114.23x-13.19
United States
LZM
LIFEZONE METALS LTD
NYSE
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$369.49M$4.674.24%-$37.76M-7.92x0.64
Isle Of Man
BTU
PEABODY ENERGY CORP
NYSE
Thermal Coal
$1.76B$14.50-1.23%$858.30M4.93x0.56
United States
THM
INTERNATIONAL TOWER HILL MINES LTD
NYSEMKT
Gold
$193.33M$0.931.75%-$3.72M-46.50x0.00
Canada
CSL
CARLISLE COMPANIES INC
NYSE
Building Products & Equipment
$17.21B$397.810.54%$1.75B14.56x1.52
United States
SID
NATIONAL STEEL CO
NYSE
Steel
$2.06B$1.552.65%$1.45B-4.61x7.21
Brazil
LII
LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC
NYSE
Building Products & Equipment
$21.44B$604.220.35%$1.12B26.77x3.05
United States
STAI
SCANTECH AI SYSTEMS INC
NASDAQ
Building Products & Equipment
$18.46M$0.7211.09%-$10.67M-9.01x-0.86
United States
STLD
STEEL DYNAMICS INC
NASDAQ
Steel
$19.78B$133.24-0.61%$2.04B17.46x0.80
United States
CC
CHEMOURS CO
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$1.94B$12.931.57%$647.00M61.57x11.77
United States
DC
DAKOTA GOLD CORP
NYSEMKT
Gold
$422.94M$3.780.27%-$28.69M-12.19x0.02
United States
RPM
RPM INTERNATIONAL INC
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$14.56B$113.360.21%$1.06B22.58x1.48
United States
LITM
SNOW LAKE RESOURCES LTD
NASDAQ
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$23.69M$4.031.51%-$4.23M-1.48x0.22
Canada
SHW
SHERWIN WILLIAMS CO
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$88.71B$354.000.42%$4.98B33.05x4.97
United States
LEU
CENTRUS ENERGY CORP
NYSEMKT
Uranium
$2.99B$175.65-0.46%$133.30M27.15x5.05
United States
EMN
EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$9.19B$79.57-0.44%$1.82B10.03x1.54
United States
AVNT
AVIENT CORP
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$3.15B$34.430.03%$417.10M31.30x1.52
United States
OEC
ORION SA
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$633.03M$11.250.18%$210.00M24.46x3.22
United States
MAGN
MAGNERA CORP
NYSE
Paper & Paper Products
$469.21M$13.180.84%$107.59M-1.10x2.72
United States
TGB
TASEKO MINES LTD
NYSEMKT
Copper
$1.01B$3.31-1.19%$40.11M-21.78x3.37
Canada
JHX
JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES PLC
NYSE
Building Materials
$12.37B$28.771.48%$904.80M29.36x1.42
Ireland
LXU
LSB INDUSTRIES INC
NYSE
Chemicals
$590.84M$8.220.12%$75.88M-22.22x1.40
United States
CLW
CLEARWATER PAPER CORP
NYSE
Paper & Paper Products
$489.78M$30.130.94%$284.80M2.93x0.95
United States
ASTL
ALGOMA STEEL GROUP INC
NASDAQ
Steel
$738.23M$7.09-0.28%-$112.90M-5.56x1.08
Canada
ZJK
ZJK INDUSTRIAL CO LTD
NASDAQ
Building Materials
$235.70M$3.840.79%$6.17M64.00x0.86
China
EQX
EQUINOX GOLD CORP
NYSEMKT
Gold
$2.65B$5.80-0.68%$999.46M7.53x1.01
Canada
MAS
MASCO CORP
NYSE
Building Products & Equipment
$14.00B$66.38-1.34%$1.33B18.09x-20.13
United States
WRN
WESTERN COPPER & GOLD CORP
NYSEMKT
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$249.00M$1.25-2.73%-$4.22M-56.59x0.02
Canada
FBIN
FORTUNE BRANDS INNOVATIONS INC
NYSE
Building Products & Equipment
$6.43B$53.45-1.58%$906.20M15.54x1.86
United States
WFG
WEST FRASER TIMBER CO LTD
NYSE
Lumber & Wood Production
$6.07B$76.46-1.14%$599.00M2,548.67x0.26
Canada
MTUS
METALLUS INC
NYSE
Steel
$696.33M$16.57-0.06%$23.60M-33.82x0.61
United States
TECK
TECK RESOURCES LTD
NYSE
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$20.33B$40.82-2.13%$2.87B64.79x0.73
Canada
GROY
GOLD ROYALTY CORP
NYSEMKT
Other Precious Metals & Mining
$392.12M$2.301.77%$2.09M-115.00x0.33
Canada
AAON
AAON INC
NASDAQ
Building Products & Equipment
$6.12B$75.25-0.03%$266.18M38.59x0.59
United States
GORO
GOLD RESOURCE CORP
NYSEMKT
Gold
$96.88M$0.712.90%-$30.91M-1.13x5.01
United States
LPX
LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORP
NYSE
Building Products & Equipment
$6.39B$91.77-0.87%$671.00M16.07x0.52
United States
EXK
ENDEAVOUR SILVER CORP
NYSE
Other Precious Metals & Mining
$1.33B$5.080.00%-$20.87M-20.32x0.61
Canada
AEHL
ANTELOPE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS LTD
NASDAQ
Building Products & Equipment
$2.86M$3.00-2.02%-$1.25M-0.02x0.46
Colombia
VGZ
VISTA GOLD CORP
NYSEMKT
Gold
$124.33M$1.00-0.40%$9.68M12.45x0.09
United States
CSTE
CAESARSTONE LTD
NASDAQ
Building Products & Equipment
$66.69M$1.930.00%-$34.39M-1.43x1.06
Israel
ASH
ASHLAND INC
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$2.45B$53.680.43%-$40.00M-22.65x1.05
United States
DVS
DOLLY VARDEN SILVER CORP
NYSEMKT
Silver
$279.11M$3.51-1.40%N/AN/A0.04
Canada
OLN
OLIN CORP
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$2.52B$21.92-0.23%$795.50M42.15x2.80
United States
IE
IVANHOE ELECTRIC INC
NYSEMKT
Copper
$1.24B$9.361.30%-$96.72M11.01x0.32
Canada
USAU
US GOLD CORP
NASDAQ
Gold
$158.32M$12.68-1.25%-$14.73M-9.32x0.49
United States
ALB
ALBEMARLE CORP
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$7.91B$67.21-1.15%-$250.45M-6.04x0.67
United States
NEWP
NEW PACIFIC METALS CORP
NYSEMKT
Other Precious Metals & Mining
$257.68M$1.500.07%-$3.00M-68.18x0.01
Canada
EXP
EAGLE MATERIALS INC
NYSE
Building Materials
$7.00B$214.180.21%$790.91M15.43x1.24
United States

Basic Material Industries

IndustryStocks1d %1w %1m %1y %DD ScoreP/E ratioP/B RatioROEROAROCEUpside/DownsideConsensus
16+0.07%+3.66%+6.18%+16.85%41.85x1.71x+6.07%+2.91%+6.48%-2.38%Buy
4+1.00%+6.04%+9.95%-12.92%20.48x1.67x+14.72%+4.87%+10.88%-7.74%Buy
18+0.27%+3.86%+1.05%+7.18%26.74x2.58x+15.09%+7.27%+11.83%+15.92%Strong Buy
32+0.39%+5.23%+6.67%+1.34%25.35x5.76x+13.81%+12.16%+22.72%+8.75%Buy
17+0.65%+4.77%+9.28%-31.15%37.03x1.15x-4.43%-1.71%+1.33%+11.59%Buy
5-1.37%+15.93%+6.93%-55.14%10.82x1.21x+4.65%+2.70%+3.64%+26.40%Strong Buy
7-0.39%+0.98%+13.95%-9.11%29.54x5.00x+24.87%+11.31%+21.81%-9.23%Buy
45+0.59%+0.42%-0.79%+47.83%38.67x2.49x+3.85%+6.86%+10.31%+6.83%Buy
5-0.88%+3.93%+4.55%-1.75%814.60x1.60x+10.15%+7.02%+11.02%+22.63%Buy
39-0.43%+1.04%+10.56%-3.34%10.49x1.98x+16.31%+6.95%+9.18%+29.60%Buy
15+1.73%+2.09%+0.74%+22.90%159.22x2.00x+0.69%-5.25%-7.67%+26.33%Buy
6+0.61%+5.30%+2.23%-28.58%-72.31x1.51x+2.38%+1.07%+5.17%+18.45%Hold
4+0.42%+1.97%+11.39%+57.86%-6.43x2.01x+2.95%+3.44%+6.47%+3.66%Buy
56+0.62%+5.06%+6.15%+1.19%8.56x3.44x+20.30%+6.62%+12.10%+15.75%Buy
24+0.44%+4.42%+7.04%+1.67%24.05x0.91x+6.05%+4.13%+7.50%+4.35%Buy
6-0.76%+5.40%+5.71%-5.11%10.73x1.08x+4.95%+4.27%+2.05%+30.26%Strong Buy
9+0.35%-0.14%+28.06%+127.56%175.57x5.80x+4.22%-0.50%+1.80%+10.00%Buy

Basic Material Stocks FAQ

What are the best basic material stocks to buy right now in Jul 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 basic material stocks to buy right now are:

1. Caledonia Mining (NYSEMKT:CMCL)


Caledonia Mining (NYSEMKT:CMCL) is the #1 top basic material stock out of 308 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 Caledonia Mining (NYSEMKT:CMCL) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: A, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Caledonia Mining (NYSEMKT:CMCL) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 2 points higher than the basic material sector average of 31. It passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Caledonia Mining has seen its stock return 109.66% over the past year, overperforming other basic material stocks by 107 percentage points.

Caledonia Mining has an average 1 year price target of $21.00, a downside of -2.28% from Caledonia Mining's current stock price of $21.49.

Caledonia Mining stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Caledonia Mining, 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.

2. Pan American Silver (NYSE:PAAS)


Pan American Silver (NYSE:PAAS) is the #2 top basic material stock out of 308 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 Pan American Silver (NYSE:PAAS) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: A.

Pan American Silver (NYSE:PAAS) has a Due Diligence Score of 47, which is 16 points higher than the basic material sector average of 31. It passed 18 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Pan American Silver has seen its stock return 39.58% over the past year, overperforming other basic material stocks by 37 percentage points.

Pan American Silver has an average 1 year price target of $33.00, an upside of 13.01% from Pan American Silver's current stock price of $29.20.

Pan American Silver stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Pan American Silver, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 66.67% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC)


Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC) is the #3 top basic material stock out of 308 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 Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC) has a Due Diligence Score of 40, which is 9 points higher than the basic material sector average of 31. It passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Kinross Gold has seen its stock return 91.31% over the past year, overperforming other basic material stocks by 89 percentage points.

Kinross Gold has an average 1 year price target of $16.50, an upside of 4.04% from Kinross Gold's current stock price of $15.86.

Kinross Gold stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Kinross Gold, 25% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 25% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the basic material stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 128 basic material stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 basic material stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD)


American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the basic material sector average of 2.17%. American Vanguard's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. American Vanguard's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

American Vanguard's dividend payout ratio of -0.6% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Huntsman (NYSE:HUN)


Huntsman (NYSE:HUN) has an annual dividend yield of 9%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the basic material sector average of 2.17%. 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.

3. Tronox Holdings (NYSE:TROX)


Tronox Holdings (NYSE:TROX) has an annual dividend yield of 8.96%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the basic material sector average of 2.17%. 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.

Why are basic material stocks up?

Basic material stocks were up 0.36% in the last day, and up 4.29% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why basic material stocks are up.

What are the most undervalued basic material 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 basic material stocks right now are:

1. Advansix (NYSE:ASIX)


Advansix (NYSE:ASIX) is the most undervalued basic material 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 20 points higher than the basic material sector average of 23. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Advansix's stock has gained 14.18% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the basic material sector by 12 percentage points.

2. Fortuna Mining (NYSE:FSM)


Fortuna Mining (NYSE:FSM) is the second most undervalued basic material stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Fortuna Mining has a valuation score of 43, which is 20 points higher than the basic material sector average of 23. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Fortuna Mining's stock has gained 30.89% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the basic material sector by 29 percentage points.

3. Vale Sa (NYSE:VALE)


Vale Sa (NYSE:VALE) is the third most undervalued basic material stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Vale Sa has a valuation score of 71, which is 48 points higher than the basic material sector average of 23. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Vale Sa's stock has dropped -11.97% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the basic material sector by -14 percentage points.

Are basic material stocks a good buy now?

43.26% of basic material stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect basic material stocks to rise by 12.27% over the next year.

6.02% of basic material stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 13.16% of basic material stocks are rated B (Buy), 52.26% are rated C (Hold), 17.29% are rated D (Sell), and 11.28% are rated F (Strong Sell).

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

The average P/E ratio of the basic materials sector is 31.1x.
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