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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
MP
MP MATERIALS CORP
NYSE
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$5.20B$31.84-1.64%-$35.33M-49.75x1.29
United States
WMS
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS INC
NYSE
Building Products & Equipment
$9.22B$118.800.02%$866.32M20.45x1.35
United States
GRO
BRAZIL POTASH CORP
NYSEMKT
Building Materials
$52.61M$1.37-0.72%N/AN/A0.04
Canada
MLM
MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS INC
NYSE
Building Materials
$33.63B$557.89-0.14%$2.11B32.01x0.95
United States
PKX
POSCO HOLDINGS INC
NYSE
Steel
$17.24B$57.004.78%$7.35B21.95x0.76
Republic Of Korea
METC
RAMACO RESOURCES INC
NASDAQ
Coking Coal
$653.16M$11.94-0.58%$73.56M-149.25x0.93
United States
ALTO
ALTO INGREDIENTS INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Chemicals
$95.74M$1.240.81%-$25.08M-1.51x0.88
United States
HYMC
HYCROFT MINING HOLDING CORP
NASDAQ
Gold
$78.45M$3.140.00%-$36.75M-1.47x-3.91
United States
PLG
PLATINUM GROUP METALS LTD
NYSEMKT
Other Precious Metals & Mining
$160.54M$1.55-3.13%-$4.38M-31.00x0.09
Canada
IPX
IPERIONX LTD
NASDAQ
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$948.49M$30.030.94%N/A-27.30x0.10
United States
ODV
OSISKO DEVELOPMENT CORP
NYSE
Gold
$308.73M$2.260.89%-$62.68M-2.84x0.53
Canada
NTIC
NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORP
NASDAQ
Specialty Chemicals
$78.45M$8.280.98%$7.21M20.70x0.29
United States
WWR
WESTWATER RESOURCES INC
NYSEMKT
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$45.85M$0.60-1.64%-$11.97M-2.86x0.09
United States
KNF
KNIFE RIVER CORP
NYSE
Building Materials
$4.57B$80.60-0.75%$441.55M25.19x1.33
United States
USGO
US GOLDMINING INC
NASDAQ
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$106.33M$8.50-1.62%-$8.62M-12.14x0.26
Canada
APD
AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INC
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$64.95B$291.840.53%$3.53B42.30x1.50
United States
VZLA
VIZSLA SILVER CORP
NYSEMKT
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$862.72M$3.011.01%-$3.16M-215.00x0.02
Canada
NB
NIOCORP DEVELOPMENTS LTD
NASDAQ
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$134.26M$2.412.99%-$8.63M-12.68x1.29
United States
TREX
TREX CO INC
NYSE
Building Products & Equipment
$6.32B$58.94-0.59%$323.09M32.38x0.80
United States
AMR
ALPHA METALLURGICAL RESOURCES INC
NYSE
Coking Coal
$1.52B$116.64-1.81%$198.23M56.90x0.49
United States
SKE
SKEENA RESOURCES LTD
NYSE
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$1.81B$15.820.25%-$105.65M-14.38x1.47
Canada
ABAT
AMERICAN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY CO
NASDAQ
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$168.15M$1.83-2.66%-$54.59M-1.99x0.17
United States
GEVO
GEVO INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Chemicals
$359.34M$1.506.38%-$55.39M-4.17x0.43
United States
ASPI
ASP ISOTOPES INC
NASDAQ
Chemicals
$523.93M$6.98-0.71%-$32.89M-11.44x1.06
United States
NFGC
NEW FOUND GOLD CORP
NYSEMKT
Gold
$288.66M$1.440.70%-$32.29M-8.78x0.07
Canada
CRML
CRITICAL METALS CORP
NASDAQ
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$311.42M$3.48-3.87%N/A0.00x0.99
Australia
AREC
AMERICAN RESOURCES CORP
NASDAQ
Coking Coal
$71.66M$0.874.44%-$27.94MN/A-3.47
United States
TMQ
TRILOGY METALS INC
NYSEMKT
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$221.69M$1.35-2.17%-$8.61M-27.00x0.01
Canada
MERC
MERCER INTERNATIONAL INC
NASDAQ
Paper & Paper Products
$248.76M$3.72-0.27%$195.04M-2.78x4.34
Canada
AIRJ
AIRJOULE TECHNOLOGIES CORP
NASDAQ
Building Products & Equipment
$330.09M$5.485.79%$42.90M7.12x0.35
United States
GLDG
GOLDMINING INC
NYSEMKT
Gold
$142.64M$0.73-0.27%-$19.46M-7.43x0.05
Canada
RYAM
RAYONIER ADVANCED MATERIALS INC
NYSE
Chemicals
$277.11M$4.150.97%$140.41M-3.95x2.08
United States
ATLX
ATLAS LITHIUM CORP
NASDAQ
Other Precious Metals & Mining
$69.03M$3.870.00%-$40.48M-2.07x1.55
United States
URG
UR-ENERGY INC
NYSEMKT
Uranium
$397.65M$1.091.87%-$34.46M-8.38x0.49
United States
LYB
LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES NV
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$19.93B$62.01-0.88%$3.17B19.02x1.88
United States
NAK
NORTHERN DYNASTY MINERALS LTD
NYSEMKT
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$752.91M$1.40-1.41%-$50.07M-14.00x1.33
Canada
FF
FUTUREFUEL CORP
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$182.66M$4.171.21%$2.76M-27.80x0.21
United States
LWLG
LIGHTWAVE LOGIC INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Chemicals
$167.56M$1.346.35%-$19.61M-7.44x0.13
United States
INHD
INNO HOLDINGS INC
NASDAQ
Steel
$5.20M$1.18-19.18%-$5.45M-0.72x0.04
United States
SLSR
SOLARIS RESOURCES INC
NYSEMKT
Other Precious Metals & Mining
$843.92M$5.1710.00%-$73.77M10.14x-2.03
Canada (Federal Level)
USAR
USA RARE EARTH INC
NASDAQ
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$902.01M$9.93-5.61%$34.04M19.10x-1.77
United States
GPRE
GREEN PLAINS INC
NASDAQ
Chemicals
$456.49M$6.986.89%$27.71M-4.28x1.08
United States
LAR
LITHIUM ARGENTINA AG
NYSE
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$375.77M$2.32-0.85%$5.25M-33.14x0.29
Canada
TMC
TMC THE METALS CO INC
NASDAQ
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$2.58B$7.1111.44%-$71.70M-71.10x-4.85
United States
NG
NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC
NYSEMKT
Gold
$1.84B$4.520.89%-$70.22M-18.83x0.99
United States
JELD
JELD-WEN HOLDING INC
NYSE
Building Products & Equipment
$378.73M$4.44-1.33%-$152.50M-1.07x4.35
United States
CNEY
CN ENERGY GROUP INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Chemicals
$1.32M$2.700.00%-$11.31M-0.03x0.02
China
HCC
WARRIOR MET COAL INC
NYSE
Coking Coal
$2.63B$50.01-0.66%$277.85M25.01x0.26
United States
PPTA
PERPETUA RESOURCES CORP
NASDAQ
Other Precious Metals & Mining
$891.07M$12.461.67%-$19.62M-42.95x0.09
United States
DNN
DENISON MINES CORP
NYSEMKT
Uranium
$1.63B$1.820.55%-$76.37M-19.57x0.18
Canada
UEC
URANIUM ENERGY CORP
NYSEMKT
Uranium
$2.94B$6.620.00%-$74.59M-38.94x0.13
United States
ORGN
ORIGIN MATERIALS INC
NASDAQ
Chemicals
$86.97M$0.587.41%-$84.35M-0.87x0.11
United States
EU
ENCORE ENERGY CORP
NASDAQ
Uranium
$545.75M$2.931.74%-$80.56M-6.51x0.23
United States
DOW
DOW INC
NYSE
Chemicals
$20.12B$28.46-0.94%$4.41B71.15x2.40
United States
HUN
HUNTSMAN CORP
NYSE
Chemicals
$1.93B$11.11-1.86%$383.00M-12.21x1.38
United States
CNL
COLLECTIVE MINING LTD
NYSEMKT
Gold
$1.01B$11.891.84%-$38.51M-25.29x0.06
Canada
BGLC
BIONEXUS GENE LAB CORP
NASDAQ
Specialty Chemicals
$11.55M$6.43-5.72%-$1.95M-5.95x0.22
Malaysia
TROX
TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC
NYSE
Chemicals
$884.22M$5.580.90%$422.00M-5.81x2.61
United States
ASPN
ASPEN AEROGELS INC
NYSE
Building Products & Equipment
$530.85M$6.461.89%-$249.10M-1.86x0.76
United States
TSE
TRINSEO PLC
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$112.65M$3.165.33%$152.00M-0.32x-4.91
United States
LAC
LITHIUM AMERICAS CORP
NYSE
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$582.29M$2.66-1.85%-$47.83M-11.57x0.26
Canada
UROY
URANIUM ROYALTY CORP
NASDAQ
Uranium
$309.86M$2.49-0.80%-$14.08k177.86x0.00
Canada
WLK
WESTLAKE CORP
NYSE
Specialty Chemicals
$10.40B$81.11-0.90%$1.91B27.04x0.94
United States
CLF
CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC
NYSE
Steel
$4.36B$8.820.68%-$107.00M-3.60x2.30
United States
UUUU
ENERGY FUELS INC
NYSEMKT
Uranium
$1.34B$6.17-1.44%-$75.49M-14.35x0.11
United States
NXE
NEXGEN ENERGY LTD
NYSE
Uranium
$3.86B$6.790.15%-$32.13M-56.12x0.42
Canada
ILAG
INTELLIGENT LIVING APPLICATION GROUP INC
NASDAQ
Building Products & Equipment
$9.07M$0.50-6.52%-$2.78M-2.51x0.14
Hong Kong
GMS
GMS INC
NYSE
Building Products & Equipment
$4.18B$109.700.59%$427.52M36.94x1.70
United States
HUDI
HUADI INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO LTD
NASDAQ
Steel
$18.71M$1.310.77%$391.87k131.00x0.32
China
HLP
HONGLI GROUP INC
NASDAQ
Steel
$56.18M$0.770.66%-$463.81k-6.95x0.22
China
FSI
FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC
NYSEMKT
Specialty Chemicals
$70.07M$5.542.59%$5.62M30.78x0.52
Canada
MAG
MAG SILVER CORP
NYSEMKT
Silver
$2.24B$21.631.22%$97.85M24.30x0.07
Canada
GURE
GULF RESOURCES INC
NASDAQ
Chemicals
$9.21M$0.690.15%-$38.32M-0.12x0.16
China
VAPE
CEA INDUSTRIES INC
NASDAQ
Agricultural Inputs
$8.48M$10.580.71%-$3.16M-2.50x0.15
United States
ITP
IT TECH PACKAGING INC
NYSEMKT
Paper & Paper Products
$1.91M$0.191.60%$6.21M-0.20x0.15
China
TRX
TRX GOLD CORP
NYSEMKT
Gold
$93.94M$0.331.22%N/A-33.30x0.72
Canada
PZG
PARAMOUNT GOLD NEVADA CORP
NYSEMKT
Gold
$51.44M$0.726.19%-$7.08M5.54x0.55
United States
NMG
NOUVEAU MONDE GRAPHITE INC
NYSE
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$252.75M$1.660.61%-$19.12M-9.71x0.31
Canada
ENFY
ENLIGHTIFY INC
NYSE
Agricultural Inputs
$15.75M$1.090.00%-$25.59M-0.55x0.76
China
FURY
FURY GOLD MINES LTD
NYSEMKT
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$78.10M$0.511.78%$76.12M1.00x0.09
Canada
JCTC
JEWETT CAMERON TRADING CO LTD
NASDAQ
Lumber & Wood Production
$13.02M$3.70-1.33%-$1.52M-10.28x0.17
United States
NEXA
NEXA RESOURCES SA
NYSE
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$654.25M$4.94-0.80%$544.60M-3.86x4.09
Luxembourg
AMRZ
AMRIZE LTD
NYSE
Building Materials
N/A$49.89-0.12%N/AN/A1.38
Switzerland
SNES
SENESTECH INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Chemicals
$9.13M$5.141.38%-$5.84M-0.75x0.25
United States
MTAL
MAC COPPER LTD
NYSE
Copper
$991.73M$12.03-0.50%$155.40M-10.55x1.53
Jersey
NVA
NOVA MINERALS LTD
NASDAQ
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$3.38B$12.10-1.03%N/AN/A0.14
Australia
SEED
ORIGIN AGRITECH LTD
NASDAQ
Agricultural Inputs
$7.01M$0.970.10%$3.46M2.20x-6.08
China
NITO
N2OFF INC
NASDAQ
Agricultural Inputs
$6.52M$0.25-2.76%-$4.63M-0.39x0.93
United States
XPL
SOLITARIO RESOURCES CORP
NYSEMKT
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$52.91M$0.64-0.16%-$5.08M-9.14x0.03
United States
PLL
PIEDMONT LITHIUM INC
NASDAQ
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$143.09M$6.52-1.51%-$55.25M-2.34x0.15
Australia
FEAM
5E ADVANCED MATERIALS INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Chemicals
$73.67M$3.685.14%-$9.54M-0.26x0.11
United States
LUD
LUDA TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD
NYSEMKT
Steel
$110.25M$4.90-0.81%$939.97k-245.00x2.10
Hong Kong
LOOP
LOOP INDUSTRIES INC
NASDAQ
Specialty Chemicals
$57.26M$1.20-4.76%-$13.92M-3.75x49.62
Canada
NWGL
NATURE WOOD GROUP LTD
NASDAQ
Lumber & Wood Production
$17.05M$1.030.00%-$6.41M-1.84x-3.48
Macau
CPAC
CEMENTOS PACASMAYO SAA
NYSE
Building Materials
$526.57M$6.150.00%$150.46M9.69x1.52
Peru
LGO
LARGO INC
NASDAQ
Other Industrial Metals & Mining
$88.47M$1.383.76%-$29.32M-1.92x0.94
Canada
LVRO
LAVORO LTD
NASDAQ
Agricultural Inputs
$250.71M$2.155.39%$87.48M-1.50x9.41
Brazil
KBSX
FST CORP
NASDAQ
Steel
$63.80M$1.69-1.74%$1.87M-18.78x1.56
Taiwan
AUST
AUSTIN GOLD CORP
NYSEMKT
Gold
$18.32M$1.382.99%-$2.03M-9.08x0.01
Canada
ZKIN
ZK INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO LTD
NASDAQ
Steel
$11.26M$2.182.35%-$687.79k-3.89x1.84
China

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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