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Best Basic Material Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top basic material stocks in 2026 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

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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 %
BIOX	BIOCERES CROP SOLUTIONS CORP	$0.47	4.92%	-5.44%	-15.95%	-12.01%	-73.35%	-88.75%	-95.51%	-96.91%	N/A	$5.18	$0.35	90.94%	35.16%	0.68	364,000	-39.23%
SNES	SENESTECH INC	$1.43	-4.67%	-2.05%	-12.27%	-19.66%	-55.59%	-41.63%	-99.08%	-99.96%	N/A	$6.24	$1.41	77.08%	1.42%	0.84	23,000	-55.77%
HUDI	HUADI INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO LTD	$1.20	-1.48%	-3.23%	-4.91%	4.35%	-5.51%	-9.09%	-75.61%	-75.00%	N/A	$5.46	$1.06	78.02%	13.21%	0.78	6,400	0.00%
NEXM	NEXMETALS MINING CORP	$2.49	0.40%	1.22%	-1.97%	-28.86%	-35.66%	N/A	144.12%	137.14%	-19.68%	$10.35	$2.22	75.94%	12.16%	12.78	11,000	-61.81%
GORO	GOLD RESOURCE CORP	$1.38	4.55%	-6.12%	11.29%	-9.80%	97.14%	124.76%	45.26%	-49.08%	-57.28%	$1.87	$0.43	26.20%	220.93%	0.58	1,839,000	44.24%
SEED	ORIGIN AGRITECH LTD	$1.18	-4.07%	0.00%	-2.48%	7.27%	-23.87%	2.61%	-80.86%	-91.48%	-93.37%	$2.49	$0.74	52.61%	60.33%	0.93	12,400	-44.39%
BAK	BRASKEM SA	$3.86	0.26%	12.21%	16.62%	11.88%	53.78%	9.04%	-57.91%	-80.11%	-71.43%	$5.30	$2.32	27.10%	66.38%	1.07	2,125,000	26.26%
ILAG	INTELLIGENT LIVING APPLICATION GROUP INC	$4.00	0.50%	2.56%	30.72%	81.82%	-23.66%	5.26%	-70.37%	N/A	N/A	$9.80	$2.04	59.18%	96.08%	0.16	350	-91.67%
AXTA	AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS LTD	$27.16	1.76%	-4.90%	2.92%	-19.62%	-2.72%	-18.41%	-10.51%	-18.27%	-3.76%	$35.72	$24.94	23.96%	8.92%	1.12	2,880,000	30.20%
JCTC	JEWETT CAMERON TRADING CO LTD	$1.99	-1.00%	1.02%	21.34%	10.56%	-29.43%	-48.31%	-58.28%	-79.59%	-64.30%	$4.02	$1.54	50.50%	29.22%	0.14	21,600	44.97%
LOOP	LOOP INDUSTRIES INC	$1.37	0.00%	-1.44%	-5.52%	9.60%	-15.95%	28.04%	-54.64%	-83.19%	N/A	$2.29	$0.85	40.17%	61.18%	1.06	8,500	-84.90%
TECK	TECK RESOURCES LTD	$57.80	1.81%	-0.02%	9.35%	8.08%	38.58%	65.66%	32.54%	140.03%	461.71%	$63.27	$30.98	8.64%	86.57%	1.26	1,849,000	-3.24%
NXTS	NEXENTIS TECHNOLOGIES INC	$4.62	1.54%	-2.43%	8.20%	-27.47%	-78.91%	-97.23%	-99.78%	-94.92%	N/A	$129.88	$3.38	96.44%	36.69%	-3.52	146,000	5,114.29%
MAIR	MADISON AIR SOLUTIONS CORP	$39.55	0.43%	14.31%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$40.70	$31.00	2.83%	27.58%	1.37	1,563,000	-18.89%
LUD	LUDA TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD	$5.90	-2.40%	-2.80%	48.24%	-8.95%	-20.27%	48.61%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$24.20	$2.90	75.62%	103.45%	0.32	9,600	23.08%
CAPS	CAPSTONE HOLDING CORP	$0.38	-6.13%	-6.36%	-30.24%	-28.28%	-60.39%	-78.48%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.29	$0.36	88.36%	5.80%	1.30	171,000	-32.14%
AAUC	ALLIED GOLD CORP	$29.46	4.14%	-2.22%	-5.58%	-5.21%	95.49%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$32.20	$11.41	8.51%	158.29%	0.64	177,000	-81.15%
CNEY	CN ENERGY GROUP INC	$0.73	-0.14%	6.91%	88.83%	-28.02%	-59.39%	-80.63%	-99.55%	-99.98%	N/A	$7.36	$0.31	90.12%	132.27%	0.99	55,000	197.30%
BGLC	BIONEXUS GENE LAB CORP	$2.04	0.00%	-1.45%	-9.81%	2.51%	-62.15%	-25.00%	N/A	10.27%	N/A	$15.60	$1.92	86.92%	6.25%	41.06	3,300	-8.33%
RMIX	SUNCRETE INC	$15.40	-9.06%	-2.65%	44.74%	34.62%	36.28%	39.11%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$17.99	$9.20	14.40%	67.39%	0.00	173,000	-50.85%
YMAT	J-STAR HOLDING CO LTD	$0.27	12.40%	4.62%	-15.00%	-33.82%	-67.27%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$6.45	$0.24	95.78%	15.25%	0.87	4,850,000	6,410.07%
NTIC	NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORP	$8.03	1.65%	0.00%	-0.86%	-9.06%	-0.99%	11.53%	-29.53%	-47.86%	16.29%	$10.03	$7.10	19.94%	13.10%	0.46	11,100	58.57%

Basic Material Industries

Industry	Stocks	1d %	1w %	1m %	1y %	P/E ratio	P/B Ratio	ROE	ROA	ROCE	Upside/Downside	Consensus
Agricultural Inputs	13	+1.51%	+2.29%	-1.41%	-6.53%	32.19x	1.81x	+7.71%	+3.89%	+7.98%	+0.41%	Hold
Aluminum	4	+3.63%	+2.41%	+13.77%	+175.12%	42.47x	3.15x	+18.85%	+5.70%	+9.55%	+0.22%	Buy
Building Materials	18	+0.78%	-2.70%	+2.73%	+1.35%	27.85x	2.78x	+14.90%	+7.13%	+11.34%	+16.93%	Buy
Building Products & Equipment	31	+1.10%	+0.08%	+9.20%	-1.12%	30.67x	6.07x	+2.25%	+9.69%	+17.65%	+15.80%	Buy
Chemicals	17	+1.41%	+5.91%	+6.27%	+45.84%	-18.51x	2.02x	-17.27%	-4.88%	-2.23%	-0.58%	Buy
Coking Coal	5	+2.39%	-2.86%	-8.50%	+53.42%	3.85x	1.86x	+0.18%	+0.44%	+0.55%	+7.72%	Buy
Copper	6	+3.19%	-0.64%	-3.36%	+92.50%	29.40x	6.62x	+31.92%	+15.74%	+28.19%	+5.76%	Buy
Gold	52	-0.08%	-3.35%	-9.26%	+63.37%	16.68x	3.47x	+20.55%	+13.81%	+19.45%	+36.90%	Strong Buy
Lumber & Wood Production	5	+1.80%	-5.19%	+2.97%	+0.46%	13.88x	1.61x	+5.48%	+3.34%	+5.15%	+22.47%	Strong Buy
Other Industrial Metals & Mining	47	+1.53%	+4.33%	+22.25%	+101.39%	13.39x	3.00x	+4.31%	+2.72%	+9.59%	-4.05%	Strong Buy
Other Precious Metals & Mining	17	-0.48%	-2.76%	-7.93%	+104.58%	7.84x	3.09x	+7.32%	+2.58%	+6.25%	+59.76%	Buy
Paper & Paper Products	6	+3.79%	-2.09%	+0.09%	-31.45%	5.33x	1.04x	+21.33%	+6.06%	+14.12%	+20.49%	Buy
Silver	4	-2.65%	-2.81%	-4.72%	+223.36%	8.75x	3.21x	+4.21%	+2.58%	+7.14%	+18.82%	Hold
Specialty Chemicals	57	+1.46%	-0.29%	+4.84%	+15.07%	6.51x	3.75x	+15.39%	+5.46%	+10.48%	+8.42%	Buy
Steel	22	+3.04%	+3.30%	+23.92%	-69.70%	27.38x	1.33x	+7.29%	+4.61%	+7.73%	-1.76%	Buy
Thermal Coal	6	+0.33%	-0.28%	-8.51%	+22.21%	-17.17x	1.33x	+7.11%	+4.40%	+6.11%	+34.36%	Strong Buy
Uranium	12	-1.72%	-0.55%	+9.42%	+158.97%	60.87x	7.79x	-0.29%	-0.53%	+3.01%	+28.14%	Strong Buy

Basic Material Stocks FAQ

What are the best basic material stocks to buy right now in May 2026?

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. Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP)

Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP) is the #1 top basic material stock out of 322 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 Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: A.

Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 11 points higher than the basic material sector average of 30. It passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Westlake Chemical Partners has seen its stock lose -2.55% over the past year, underperforming other basic material stocks by -1 percentage points.

2. Orla Mining (NYSEMKT:ORLA)

Orla Mining (NYSEMKT:ORLA) is the #2 top basic material stock out of 322 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 Orla Mining (NYSEMKT:ORLA) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: B, and AI: A.

Orla Mining (NYSEMKT:ORLA) has a Due Diligence Score of 32, which is 2 points higher than the basic material sector average of 30. It passed 11 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Orla Mining has seen its stock return 24.81% over the past year, overperforming other basic material stocks by 27 percentage points.

Orla Mining has an average 1 year price target of $15.00, an upside of 11.69% from Orla Mining's current stock price of $13.43.

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

3. Nexa Resources Sa (NYSE:NEXA)

Nexa Resources Sa (NYSE:NEXA) is the #3 top basic material stock out of 322 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 Nexa Resources Sa (NYSE:NEXA) is: Value: A, Growth: A, Momentum: A, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Nexa Resources Sa (NYSE:NEXA) has a Due Diligence Score of 24, which is -6 points lower than the basic material sector average of 30. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates NEXA as a "A".It passed 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Nexa Resources Sa has seen its stock return 198.88% over the past year, overperforming other basic material stocks by 201 percentage points.

Nexa Resources Sa has an average 1 year price target of $11.75, a downside of -26.52% from Nexa Resources Sa's current stock price of $15.99.

Nexa Resources Sa stock has a consensus Hold recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Nexa Resources Sa, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 100% 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 136 basic material stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 basic material stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP)

Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP) has an annual dividend yield of 9.55%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the basic material sector average of 1.69%. Alliance Resource Partners's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Alliance Resource Partners's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Alliance Resource Partners's dividend payout ratio of 104.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Fmc (NYSE:FMC)

Fmc (NYSE:FMC) has an annual dividend yield of 8.88%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the basic material sector average of 1.69%. Fmc's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Fmc's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Fmc's dividend payout ratio of -6.6% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP)

Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP) has an annual dividend yield of 8.35%, which is 7 percentage points higher than the basic material sector average of 1.69%. Westlake Chemical Partners's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Westlake Chemical Partners's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Westlake Chemical Partners'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 up?

Basic material stocks were up 1.25% in the last day, and down -0.25% over the last week. Dupont De Nemours was the among the top gainers in the basic materials sector, gaining 8.43% yesterday.

DuPont de Nemours shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 financial results, raised its FY26 adjusted EPS and sales guidance above estimates and issued Q2 adjusted EPS guidance above estimates.

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. Fortuna Mining (NYSE:FSM)

Fortuna Mining (NYSE:FSM) 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.

Fortuna Mining has a valuation score of 71, which is 53 points higher than the basic material sector average of 18. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Fortuna Mining's stock has gained 52.98% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the basic material sector by 55 percentage points.

2. Oceanagold (NYSE:OGC)

Oceanagold (NYSE:OGC) 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.

Oceanagold has a valuation score of 71, which is 53 points higher than the basic material sector average of 18. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

3. Nexa Resources Sa (NYSE:NEXA)

Nexa Resources Sa (NYSE:NEXA) 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.

Nexa Resources Sa has a valuation score of 29, which is 11 points higher than the basic material sector average of 18. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Nexa Resources Sa's stock has gained 198.88% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the basic material sector by 201 percentage points.

Are basic material stocks a good buy now?

43.86% of basic material stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect basic material stocks to rise by 13.6% over the next year.

6.92% of basic material stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 19.38% of basic material stocks are rated B (Buy), 47.75% are rated C (Hold), 14.88% are rated D (Sell), and 11.07% 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 18.74x.

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Sectors & IndustriesBasic Materials
Best Basic Material Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top basic material stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Due Diligence Score. See the best basic material stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the basic materials sector.

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Basic Material Stocks FAQ

1. Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP)

2. Orla Mining (NYSEMKT:ORLA)

3. Nexa Resources Sa (NYSE:NEXA)

1. Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP)

2. Fmc (NYSE:FMC)

3. Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP)

1. Fortuna Mining (NYSE:FSM)

2. Oceanagold (NYSE:OGC)

3. Nexa Resources Sa (NYSE:NEXA)

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1. Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP)

2. Orla Mining (NYSEMKT:ORLA)

3. Nexa Resources Sa (NYSE:NEXA)

1. Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP)

2. Fmc (NYSE:FMC)

3. Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE:WLKP)

1. Fortuna Mining (NYSE:FSM)

2. Oceanagold (NYSE:OGC)

3. Nexa Resources Sa (NYSE:NEXA)

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Best Basic Material Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top basic material stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Due Diligence Score. See the best basic material stocks to buy now, according to analyst forecasts for the basic materials sector.