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Best Basic Material Stocks to Buy Now (2024)
Top basic material stocks in 2024 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

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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 %
ZEUS	OLYMPIC STEEL INC	$57.55	-9.63%	-13.69%	-19.36%	-12.60%	14.39%	23.02%	67.98%	226.80%	134.04%	$73.49	$40.85	21.69%	40.88%	0.99	145,980	122.33%
RGLD	ROYAL GOLD INC	$122.29	0.61%	-1.84%	-0.37%	9.40%	10.33%	-11.06%	5.34%	50.38%	83.59%	$143.89	$100.55	15.01%	21.62%	0.42	275,096	-0.23%
KOP	KOPPERS HOLDINGS INC	$43.97	-16.90%	-16.61%	-21.50%	-12.55%	15.99%	37.23%	28.76%	50.02%	12.20%	$58.23	$28.45	24.49%	54.57%	1.54	327,674	224.10%
CE	CELANESE CORP	$157.17	0.51%	1.73%	-8.23%	8.77%	29.94%	56.08%	-1.65%	44.50%	155.94%	$172.16	$99.33	8.71%	58.23%	1.22	449,735	-13.19%
CLF	CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC	$17.60	1.85%	-1.57%	-22.91%	-11.56%	2.80%	17.26%	-3.35%	70.87%	-2.98%	$22.97	$13.61	23.38%	29.32%	1.54	6,854,641	-17.99%
EGO	ELDORADO GOLD CORP	$14.31	-2.25%	-5.86%	-4.73%	17.30%	27.77%	21.07%	34.87%	318.42%	-54.13%	$16.07	$8.30	10.95%	72.41%	0.60	1,237,219	-0.38%
OEC	ORION SA	$23.60	-2.64%	-0.51%	-1.67%	8.51%	10.80%	0.68%	14.12%	13.57%	N/A	$28.48	$19.32	17.13%	22.15%	1.36	592,585	-21.60%
SXT	SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP	$74.00	-0.67%	5.17%	7.81%	21.37%	26.11%	-1.96%	-10.88%	2.13%	36.99%	$78.70	$52.90	5.97%	39.89%	0.93	121,331	-28.82%
NTIC	NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORP	$17.85	-1.33%	3.12%	45.60%	39.34%	43.84%	57.82%	13.91%	36.78%	69.03%	$18.23	$10.08	2.08%	77.08%	0.49	37,893	-33.87%
SCCO	SOUTHERN COPPER CORP	$115.41	2.11%	-1.31%	3.76%	44.82%	55.41%	51.62%	65.87%	205.72%	299.90%	$121.00	$64.66	4.62%	78.48%	1.05	1,523,069	-20.36%
KGC	KINROSS GOLD CORP	$6.59	0.61%	-2.23%	2.81%	22.04%	18.74%	24.81%	-10.58%	114.66%	59.56%	$6.87	$4.32	4.08%	52.55%	0.52	11,665,926	-3.67%
IDR	IDAHO STRATEGIC RESOURCES INC	$7.61	-8.31%	-15.44%	-14.21%	16.90%	50.10%	32.81%	96.95%	288.27%	443.57%	$9.71	$4.48	21.59%	69.87%	0.28	57,704	135.08%
ASIX	ADVANSIX INC	$22.13	-14.06%	-14.92%	-20.25%	-12.01%	-14.49%	-39.15%	-30.01%	-33.68%	N/A	$40.86	$21.55	45.83%	2.68%	1.20	373,283	315.82%
APT	ALPHA PRO TECH LTD	$6.09	0.50%	-0.98%	-10.70%	20.59%	53.02%	52.25%	-31.34%	68.74%	192.79%	$6.92	$3.68	11.99%	65.49%	-0.56	26,019	-30.52%
EXK	ENDEAVOUR SILVER CORP	$2.65	-0.38%	-4.68%	-5.02%	68.79%	17.26%	-35.52%	-54.55%	24.41%	-44.09%	$4.26	$1.42	37.79%	86.62%	0.94	3,343,646	8.65%
CMCL	CALEDONIA MINING CORP PLC	$9.77	-2.20%	-2.30%	-11.42%	-4.12%	-17.83%	-32.57%	-34.78%	67.01%	N/A	$14.49	$8.91	32.57%	9.65%	0.61	34,078	3.14%
WTTR	SELECT WATER SOLUTIONS INC	$9.16	1.22%	-3.38%	-3.07%	23.12%	19.12%	27.05%	73.48%	-18.94%	N/A	$9.74	$6.78	5.95%	35.16%	1.14	1,815,029	-4.82%
ASPN	ASPEN AEROGELS INC	$25.11	5.28%	55.96%	47.19%	130.16%	177.77%	301.76%	43.73%	464.27%	N/A	$25.65	$5.33	2.11%	371.55%	1.57	3,330,022	-71.50%
GEVO	GEVO INC	$0.66	-0.15%	2.01%	-10.69%	-16.56%	-48.03%	-39.45%	-90.19%	-68.91%	-99.99%	$1.86	$0.57	64.52%	16.20%	1.46	4,084,308	-17.04%
HNRG	HALLADOR ENERGY CO	$5.17	0.98%	0.00%	1.37%	-32.59%	-62.37%	-32.06%	129.78%	1.97%	-43.06%	$15.79	$4.33	67.26%	19.34%	0.92	245,982	39.83%
AMR	ALPHA METALLURGICAL RESOURCES INC	$332.77	2.87%	-3.24%	3.83%	-12.49%	51.39%	140.49%	2,483.62%	463.92%	N/A	$452.00	$132.72	26.38%	150.73%	1.43	189,620	14.11%
WPM	WHEATON PRECIOUS METALS CORP	$52.69	-0.64%	-2.43%	3.13%	13.34%	17.35%	3.99%	22.25%	152.59%	135.33%	$54.45	$38.37	3.23%	37.31%	0.44	1,748,771	56.39%
IE	IVANHOE ELECTRIC INC	$10.76	6.22%	0.75%	3.56%	31.54%	-1.19%	-9.27%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$16.75	$7.29	35.76%	47.60%	1.24	543,950	32.75%
CEIX	CONSOL ENERGY INC	$83.89	2.06%	-2.15%	-1.06%	-8.40%	-14.24%	38.02%	750.81%	154.83%	N/A	$114.30	$53.40	26.61%	57.10%	1.22	321,287	-11.12%
SUM	SUMMIT MATERIALS INC	$39.46	0.92%	-1.35%	-7.67%	8.17%	14.91%	44.01%	38.91%	132.24%	N/A	$44.89	$29.93	12.10%	31.84%	1.61	1,489,450	-48.28%
AVNT	AVIENT CORP	$44.16	0.50%	2.17%	2.01%	23.35%	30.00%	16.64%	-15.09%	58.05%	14.23%	$44.93	$27.74	1.71%	59.22%	1.42	305,187	-36.03%
CTVA	CORTEVA INC	$57.16	0.32%	4.08%	-0.44%	10.35%	13.80%	-4.73%	14.94%	N/A	N/A	$59.04	$43.22	3.18%	32.25%	0.91	2,977,552	-48.64%
BCPC	BALCHEM CORP	$150.40	2.82%	8.00%	-1.44%	7.21%	24.28%	15.10%	15.30%	46.37%	145.91%	$159.52	$110.74	5.72%	35.81%	0.85	102,015	-7.33%
JCTCF	JEWETT CAMERON TRADING CO LTD	$5.49	5.41%	2.27%	2.85%	5.62%	19.91%	14.42%	-43.73%	-30.22%	5.72%	$6.35	$3.70	13.51%	48.43%	0.31	14,464	585.17%
KRO	KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC	$12.00	0.17%	3.45%	-1.23%	33.04%	52.28%	30.43%	-31.23%	-10.38%	-22.78%	$12.48	$6.16	3.85%	94.81%	0.99	114,547	-21.05%
SIM	GRUPO SIMEC SAB DE CV	$31.00	0.00%	0.00%	-4.62%	-0.29%	-7.27%	-3.70%	111.60%	248.31%	171.69%	$37.00	$28.15	16.22%	10.12%	0.41	86	100.00%
MTRN	MATERION CORP	$107.23	-2.36%	-10.19%	-15.62%	-8.91%	-3.66%	-9.21%	45.51%	52.32%	224.25%	$145.08	$92.23	26.09%	16.26%	1.17	212,108	-13.99%
AVTR	AVANTOR INC	$24.72	1.64%	3.26%	-2.25%	4.17%	34.57%	22.38%	-20.95%	N/A	N/A	$26.16	$16.63	5.50%	48.65%	1.06	3,433,297	-14.72%
ASTL	ALGOMA STEEL GROUP INC	$7.81	1.56%	-0.64%	-9.40%	-5.90%	5.68%	11.10%	-19.98%	N/A	N/A	$10.25	$6.35	23.80%	23.09%	0.99	220,446	101.93%
ECL	ECOLAB INC	$227.50	0.33%	2.89%	-0.33%	16.34%	30.17%	31.24%	0.24%	22.97%	116.03%	$231.86	$156.72	1.88%	45.16%	1.06	1,067,443	-9.22%
WLK	WESTLAKE CORP	$152.25	1.83%	1.81%	-3.05%	10.16%	23.13%	35.66%	60.62%	139.76%	102.43%	$162.64	$103.28	6.39%	47.42%	1.26	460,582	24.02%
SNES	SENESTECH INC	$0.86	-0.12%	18.24%	23.14%	-19.44%	-78.30%	-94.56%	-99.77%	-99.99%	N/A	$19.20	$0.52	95.51%	65.77%	0.30	66,867	-66.31%
JELD	JELD-WEN HOLDING INC	$20.06	2.09%	-6.26%	-3.93%	9.08%	58.45%	59.08%	-33.69%	-7.73%	N/A	$21.75	$11.02	7.77%	82.03%	1.75	791,926	-29.74%
LOMA	LOMA NEGRA COMPANIA INDUSTRIAL ARGENTINA SOCIEDAD ANONIMA	$7.42	2.49%	3.20%	10.58%	9.44%	22.04%	22.44%	27.49%	-28.52%	N/A	$7.87	$5.64	5.72%	31.56%	0.97	1,068,304	84.44%
ESI	ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC	$23.82	0.93%	-0.13%	-4.87%	9.27%	22.78%	31.24%	8.77%	111.36%	20.12%	$25.81	$17.53	7.71%	35.88%	1.20	1,007,072	25.11%
KALU	KAISER ALUMINUM CORP	$96.11	1.89%	1.25%	4.18%	52.07%	63.29%	56.30%	-23.79%	-2.77%	37.93%	$96.47	$53.67	0.37%	79.09%	1.34	155,915	12.30%
SEED	ORIGIN AGRITECH LTD	$3.36	5.00%	0.60%	-12.95%	103.64%	21.74%	-47.00%	-76.70%	-48.23%	-83.77%	$6.50	$1.37	48.31%	145.26%	0.88	13,149	5.96%
BVN	BUENAVENTURA MINING CO INC	$16.88	1.02%	-2.88%	4.20%	10.11%	100.00%	134.44%	72.60%	9.04%	45.27%	$17.86	$6.45	5.49%	161.71%	0.66	595,266	17.01%
SXC	SUNCOKE ENERGY INC	$10.31	1.78%	-2.46%	-8.92%	-6.02%	12.43%	37.83%	37.65%	16.10%	-49.93%	$11.48	$6.71	10.15%	53.65%	1.31	672,410	-2.92%
PRM	PERIMETER SOLUTIONS SA	$7.09	0.00%	0.42%	-9.57%	48.33%	122.26%	-2.07%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.42	$2.79	15.75%	154.12%	1.05	440,199	-28.39%
KNF	KNIFE RIVER CORP	$78.99	0.01%	0.95%	0.18%	19.68%	44.38%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$83.78	$33.67	5.72%	134.59%	1.17	401,312	41.95%
DD	DUPONT DE NEMOURS INC	$77.67	-0.10%	5.37%	0.71%	26.89%	11.48%	20.61%	-0.78%	-25.80%	-47.55%	$79.19	$61.14	1.92%	27.04%	1.11	2,365,889	-26.12%
CPAC	CEMENTOS PACASMAYO SAA	$5.65	1.80%	6.20%	-0.53%	12.10%	12.33%	10.61%	-22.07%	-39.12%	-37.91%	$6.64	$4.65	14.95%	21.51%	0.24	5,516	48.32%
MTUS	METALLUS INC	$21.10	0.48%	-1.17%	-6.10%	4.56%	5.98%	28.58%	65.62%	98.12%	N/A	$24.30	$16.57	13.17%	27.34%	1.39	204,385	13.78%
X	UNITED STATES STEEL CORP	$36.47	-1.57%	-2.54%	-12.92%	-19.85%	6.51%	67.68%	47.77%	116.05%	41.85%	$50.20	$20.40	27.35%	78.77%	1.29	2,188,091	-2.63%
UUUU	ENERGY FUELS INC	$5.54	-1.07%	2.59%	-19.71%	-25.64%	-30.23%	-0.18%	-9.48%	85.28%	-27.11%	$9.03	$5.16	38.61%	7.36%	1.58	2,348,495	2.89%
AZEK	AZEK CO INC	$46.52	1.73%	0.85%	-5.25%	17.62%	63.29%	71.34%	-6.72%	N/A	N/A	$50.78	$23.08	8.39%	101.56%	1.60	2,214,452	19.60%
CSTM	CONSTELLIUM SE	$20.21	1.15%	-2.37%	-11.67%	7.33%	18.53%	43.74%	31.06%	110.96%	-34.60%	$23.20	$14.12	12.89%	43.13%	1.72	606,353	-17.69%
BYU	BAIYU HOLDINGS INC	$1.19	10.90%	-1.65%	-13.14%	1.71%	-38.97%	-96.91%	-99.63%	-99.68%	-99.98%	$57.00	$1.05	97.91%	13.33%	0.39	51,933	34.30%
FCX	FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC	$50.45	3.42%	-0.10%	1.69%	30.43%	43.53%	38.87%	30.33%	322.18%	48.08%	$52.52	$32.83	3.94%	53.69%	1.52	14,490,197	-40.57%
EQX	EQUINOX GOLD CORP	$5.38	-1.28%	-2.71%	-17.10%	22.00%	10.25%	-2.71%	-34.55%	N/A	N/A	$6.50	$3.95	17.23%	36.20%	0.61	1,724,299	-46.25%
FBIN	FORTUNE BRANDS INNOVATIONS INC	$73.15	2.41%	-1.39%	-10.96%	-4.08%	18.44%	15.71%	-32.10%	31.61%	81.51%	$84.92	$54.10	13.86%	35.21%	1.29	1,610,727	35.57%
PLL	PIEDMONT LITHIUM INC	$13.33	2.22%	9.53%	0.45%	7.67%	-54.58%	-74.97%	-80.49%	20.13%	N/A	$65.72	$10.83	79.72%	23.14%	1.42	492,137	0.81%
UEC	URANIUM ENERGY CORP	$7.21	1.26%	4.34%	-6.12%	-9.65%	24.74%	194.29%	117.17%	393.84%	606.86%	$8.34	$2.45	13.55%	194.29%	1.84	4,827,129	-18.96%
SCL	STEPAN CO	$85.70	0.14%	2.05%	-2.78%	-3.14%	10.30%	-4.95%	-36.01%	-5.87%	54.39%	$100.61	$63.60	14.82%	34.75%	0.88	57,951	-21.98%
VOXR	VOX ROYALTY CORP	$2.00	-0.50%	-5.66%	-4.76%	10.50%	-3.38%	-30.31%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.02	$1.70	33.77%	17.65%	0.56	179,502	29.53%
LVRO	LAVORO LTD	$6.00	0.00%	7.14%	5.82%	-27.18%	15.38%	17.88%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$9.00	$4.75	33.33%	26.32%	0.21	343	-79.22%
PKX	POSCO HOLDINGS INC	$74.70	2.09%	4.33%	-0.25%	-10.00%	-10.47%	5.55%	-10.02%	36.44%	1.21%	$133.09	$67.42	43.87%	10.81%	1.02	59,915	-25.22%
LIN	LINDE PLC	$423.60	0.95%	-4.42%	-8.40%	5.73%	7.92%	16.53%	46.73%	134.08%	N/A	$477.71	$350.60	11.33%	20.82%	0.93	2,588,735	-50.68%
TRX	TRX GOLD CORP	$0.45	-1.11%	-3.26%	-2.84%	35.67%	10.15%	-20.54%	-20.54%	-33.78%	-79.86%	$0.60	$0.32	25.46%	41.27%	0.32	179,712	-18.81%
MP	MP MATERIALS CORP	$15.41	-3.45%	-3.69%	2.53%	-5.17%	-6.15%	-25.12%	-49.56%	N/A	N/A	$26.53	$12.68	41.91%	21.53%	1.55	4,719,920	46.53%
UAN	CVR PARTNERS LP	$80.75	1.71%	-1.37%	0.94%	13.75%	0.71%	-20.78%	38.70%	121.84%	-61.64%	$104.86	$60.50	22.99%	33.47%	1.07	27,617	-5.52%
ORLA	ORLA MINING LTD	$3.90	-0.51%	-3.23%	-0.26%	11.75%	20.74%	-14.47%	5.98%	N/A	N/A	$4.82	$2.60	19.09%	50.00%	0.87	150,271	-14.97%
CRH	CRH PUBLIC LTD CO	$80.44	1.12%	2.41%	-5.91%	10.80%	41.42%	68.74%	68.50%	135.00%	173.79%	$88.00	$47.14	8.59%	70.64%	1.12	2,531,673	-7.14%
FURY	FURY GOLD MINES LTD	$0.40	-6.98%	-14.89%	-20.00%	3.63%	20.12%	-23.81%	-68.25%	-75.31%	N/A	$0.59	$0.31	32.20%	29.03%	0.61	167,133	-10.27%
NXE	NEXGEN ENERGY LTD	$8.29	1.47%	4.15%	-5.90%	4.94%	38.40%	119.89%	93.24%	405.49%	N/A	$8.88	$3.61	6.59%	129.96%	1.29	5,313,608	-15.80%
PZG	PARAMOUNT GOLD NEVADA CORP	$0.43	4.13%	-3.38%	-6.74%	22.57%	34.91%	32.00%	-59.14%	-47.30%	-57.10%	$0.51	$0.24	15.88%	78.75%	0.51	54,167	0.42%
MTEN	MINGTENG INTERNATIONAL CORP INC	$4.61	2.40%	16.71%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.79	$3.00	3.76%	53.67%	-0.11	84,850	-49.85%
AEHL	ANTELOPE ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS LTD	$1.87	2.75%	-9.66%	16.15%	22.22%	-12.21%	-83.45%	-93.13%	-94.80%	-99.42%	$16.40	$1.22	88.60%	53.28%	0.68	12,208	-59.80%
BHIL	BENSON HILL INC	$0.22	13.99%	11.68%	2.80%	25.00%	-44.86%	-80.70%	-97.87%	N/A	N/A	$1.85	$0.13	88.08%	74.60%	1.51	690,694	77.47%
ALTO	ALTO INGREDIENTS INC	$1.90	1.06%	-2.06%	-16.67%	5.56%	-58.87%	39.71%	-68.12%	80.95%	-84.87%	$4.98	$1.36	61.81%	39.71%	1.10	333,088	-62.26%
GURE	GULF RESOURCES INC	$1.54	4.19%	1.32%	6.94%	25.20%	-13.48%	-45.39%	-75.20%	-75.56%	-83.44%	$3.07	$0.85	49.84%	80.33%	0.53	41,149	56.80%
CARR	CARRIER GLOBAL CORP	$62.09	1.89%	2.63%	9.04%	10.36%	22.88%	51.11%	42.87%	N/A	N/A	$63.79	$40.49	2.66%	53.35%	0.99	3,570,617	-1.02%
TECK	TECK RESOURCES LTD	$49.29	1.73%	-2.16%	2.99%	28.06%	32.39%	13.44%	129.36%	114.40%	118.39%	$51.65	$34.38	4.57%	43.39%	1.28	2,686,359	-18.81%
CENX	CENTURY ALUMINUM CO	$16.81	3.26%	-6.46%	0.18%	62.57%	144.69%	107.53%	2.50%	100.84%	18.05%	$18.64	$5.70	9.82%	194.91%	1.58	1,228,749	-28.27%
SSL	SASOL LTD	$7.05	4.60%	1.73%	-13.28%	-13.81%	-44.71%	-42.59%	-58.01%	-77.97%	-87.42%	$14.49	$6.74	51.35%	4.68%	1.64	589,399	-23.49%
UAMY	UNITED STATES ANTIMONY CORP	$0.22	3.24%	-0.89%	-16.48%	-5.51%	-32.42%	-33.43%	-76.87%	-58.08%	-88.74%	$0.48	$0.17	53.54%	28.90%	0.57	223,360	103.02%
AUST	AUSTIN GOLD CORP	$0.99	-3.04%	12.39%	-29.36%	37.36%	37.36%	-7.91%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.66	$0.54	40.42%	83.15%	0.48	38,385	-59.07%
ODV	OSISKO DEVELOPMENT CORP	$1.87	-3.11%	-10.10%	-23.11%	-24.90%	-42.11%	-64.58%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$5.40	$1.85	65.37%	1.08%	0.90	171,713	-19.48%
CCJ	CAMECO CORP	$48.41	-0.02%	-1.90%	-2.91%	0.21%	15.40%	80.50%	161.68%	344.54%	135.00%	$52.64	$26.15	8.04%	85.12%	0.94	2,207,356	-37.66%
SID	NATIONAL STEEL CO	$2.83	2.54%	2.17%	-6.60%	-17.97%	10.98%	4.43%	-67.73%	-23.92%	-29.43%	$4.03	$2.11	29.78%	34.12%	1.51	2,504,815	42.46%
CX	CEMEX SAB DE CV	$8.00	2.30%	-3.26%	-12.57%	-5.44%	19.58%	26.78%	-1.48%	72.41%	-30.13%	$9.27	$5.67	13.65%	41.09%	1.35	3,746,200	-31.70%
LOOP	LOOP INDUSTRIES INC	$2.86	-2.56%	0.53%	-4.83%	-16.76%	-13.48%	2.70%	-66.57%	-57.07%	N/A	$4.70	$2.58	39.26%	10.66%	0.74	15,894	-7.89%
ASM	AVINO SILVER & GOLD MINES LTD	$0.72	2.42%	-6.98%	-11.11%	56.18%	50.00%	-18.18%	-44.62%	38.46%	-58.86%	$0.90	$0.40	20.00%	80.00%	0.92	480,842	-45.29%
USAP	UNIVERSAL STAINLESS & ALLOY PRODUCTS INC	$28.98	5.31%	9.15%	9.32%	46.51%	92.05%	207.97%	228.94%	92.69%	-14.76%	$30.47	$9.13	4.89%	217.42%	0.67	162,213	20.96%
NEM	NEWMONT CORP	$40.66	-0.95%	-4.84%	9.21%	21.88%	4.20%	-14.38%	-36.92%	34.55%	63.62%	$49.08	$29.42	17.16%	38.21%	0.39	7,182,736	-11.38%
SAND	SANDSTORM GOLD LTD	$5.43	-1.99%	-3.55%	-1.45%	22.57%	11.27%	-10.10%	-30.38%	5.44%	-7.34%	$6.24	$3.96	12.98%	37.12%	0.47	2,226,319	-27.44%
TROX	TRONOX HOLDINGS PLC	$18.84	-1.77%	7.78%	9.47%	38.02%	61.44%	43.82%	-15.02%	40.81%	-24.03%	$19.75	$10.08	4.58%	86.90%	1.69	1,566,586	-53.04%
HUN	HUNTSMAN CORP	$24.53	0.86%	2.25%	-6.52%	2.98%	1.62%	-6.52%	-17.46%	13.67%	-3.54%	$29.90	$22.14	17.95%	10.79%	1.14	3,363,853	13.70%
MUX	MCEWEN MINING INC	$11.76	1.29%	-4.08%	6.14%	61.98%	65.17%	35.02%	-10.23%	-16.00%	-50.59%	$12.50	$5.92	5.92%	98.65%	0.83	468,517	36.52%
DOW	DOW INC	$57.04	0.37%	-0.44%	-4.92%	7.30%	14.70%	7.62%	-11.63%	7.02%	N/A	$60.69	$47.26	6.01%	20.69%	1.13	2,542,903	-42.65%
LGO	LARGO INC	$1.67	2.45%	4.38%	5.03%	-9.73%	-29.54%	-64.24%	-90.62%	N/A	N/A	$5.40	$1.38	69.07%	21.01%	1.32	23,322	-18.99%
ARMN	ARIS MINING CORP	$4.12	-1.90%	1.48%	10.46%	32.90%	53.73%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.31	$2.16	4.41%	90.74%	0.94	225,416	-39.27%
WFG	WEST FRASER TIMBER CO LTD	$78.34	-0.03%	-0.42%	-5.39%	0.82%	5.30%	7.29%	-0.96%	N/A	N/A	$90.17	$64.11	13.12%	22.20%	0.98	171,981	60.00%
ASPI	ASP ISOTOPES INC	$3.72	9.09%	8.14%	0.00%	28.28%	254.29%	471.43%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.97	$0.28	25.11%	1,228.57%	0.70	813,769	-1.26%

Basic Material Industries

Industry	Stocks	1d %	1w %	1m %	1y %	P/E ratio	P/B Ratio	ROE	ROA	ROCE	Upside/Downside	Consensus
Agricultural Inputs	18	+1.34%	+0.48%	-4.32%	-27.02%	34.78x	1.38x	+8.26%	+3.12%	+5.51%	+27.48%	Buy
Aluminum	4	+2.02%	-0.33%	+0.48%	+43.17%	1.82x	2.04x	+3.09%	-0.05%	+3.36%	-10.48%	Buy
Building Materials	15	+1.24%	+1.30%	-1.12%	+65.10%	34.10x	3.02x	+18.61%	+9.04%	+14.89%	+7.91%	Buy
Building Products & Equipment	33	+0.75%	+0.46%	-1.68%	+60.25%	28.70x	5.32x	-2.51%	+10.07%	+18.18%	+5.95%	Buy
Chemicals	16	-0.20%	+0.11%	-6.35%	+17.36%	17.45x	1.98x	+5.99%	+2.26%	+4.39%	+17.18%	Buy
Coking Coal	6	+2.39%	-2.99%	+3.90%	+92.98%	8.12x	2.09x	+28.79%	+19.74%	+26.52%	+12.71%	Strong Buy
Copper	7	+2.30%	-1.25%	+2.81%	+37.54%	37.85x	6.02x	+20.33%	+8.54%	+18.42%	-7.21%	Buy
Gold	45	-0.02%	-2.77%	+0.33%	-12.08%	17.74x	1.73x	-0.65%	-0.40%	+2.36%	+18.50%	Buy
Lumber & Wood Production	6	+1.10%	+2.17%	-8.69%	+24.49%	-8.90x	1.75x	+13.45%	+8.81%	+13.27%	+13.13%	Buy
Other Industrial Metals & Mining	40	+0.32%	-3.00%	-5.32%	-26.14%	18.89x	2.17x	+10.51%	+7.04%	+14.08%	+61.85%	Buy
Other Precious Metals & Mining	17	-0.12%	-3.95%	-1.90%	-9.91%	75.74x	1.61x	-5.15%	+0.12%	+2.06%	+51.46%	Buy
Paper & Paper Products	6	+0.27%	+6.01%	+3.46%	+38.37%	5.95x	1.72x	+29.82%	+9.04%	+16.51%	-15.56%	Hold
Silver	3	-0.45%	-4.42%	-5.15%	-6.97%	4.65x	1.59x	-0.77%	+0.51%	+0.04%	+39.14%	Strong Buy
Specialty Chemicals	58	+0.55%	+1.80%	-4.64%	+12.50%	32.83x	3.37x	+18.51%	+6.15%	+11.63%	+14.66%	Buy
Steel	23	+0.35%	-0.34%	-10.37%	+18.26%	11.96x	0.97x	+14.19%	+8.74%	+14.15%	+16.37%	Buy
Thermal Coal	6	+1.84%	+0.98%	+1.04%	+33.24%	4.26x	1.25x	+34.20%	+19.50%	+26.90%	+16.62%	Strong Buy
Uranium	10	+0.07%	+3.14%	-4.82%	+74.63%	-5.59x	4.53x	-4.97%	+4.14%	+6.02%	+35.76%	Strong Buy

Basic Material Stocks FAQ

What are the best basic material stocks to buy right now in May 2024?

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

1. Oil Dri Of America (NYSE:ODC)

Oil Dri Of America (NYSE:ODC) is the top basic material stock with a Zen Score of 63, which is 33 points higher than the basic material sector average of 30. It passed 23 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Oil Dri Of America has seen its stock return 78.49% over the past year, overperforming other basic material stocks by 55 percentage points.

2. Vale Sa (NYSE:VALE)

Vale Sa (NYSE:VALE) is the second best basic material stock with a Zen Score of 60, which is 30 points higher than the basic material sector average of 30. It passed 22 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Vale Sa has seen its stock lose -8.56% over the past year, underperforming other basic material stocks by -32 percentage points.

Vale Sa has an average 1 year price target of $17.00, an upside of 34.81% from Vale Sa's current stock price of $12.61.

Vale Sa stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Vale Sa, 42.86% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 14.29% have issued a Buy, 42.86% have issued a Hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Hudson Technologies (NASDAQ:HDSN)

Hudson Technologies (NASDAQ:HDSN) is the third best basic material stock with a Zen Score of 59, which is 29 points higher than the basic material sector average of 30. It passed 18 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Hudson Technologies has seen its stock return 20.13% over the past year, underperforming other basic material stocks by -3 percentage points.

Hudson Technologies has an average 1 year price target of $13.00, an upside of 42.39% from Hudson Technologies's current stock price of $9.13.

Hudson Technologies stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Hudson Technologies, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 25% 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 132 basic material stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 basic material stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Futurefuel (NYSE:FF)

Futurefuel (NYSE:FF) has an annual dividend yield of 50.93%, which is 48 percentage points higher than the basic material sector average of 2.91%. Futurefuel's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Futurefuel's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Futurefuel's dividend payout ratio of 28.2% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Cvr Partners (NYSE:UAN)

Cvr Partners (NYSE:UAN) has an annual dividend yield of 22.04%, which is 19 percentage points higher than the basic material sector average of 2.91%. Cvr Partners's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% twelve 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 226.5% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. National Steel Co (NYSE:SID)

National Steel Co (NYSE:SID) has an annual dividend yield of 14.02%, which is 11 percentage points higher than the basic material sector average of 2.91%. National Steel Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% six 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 -860.2% 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 0.78% in the last day, and up 0.56% over the last week. Interface was the among the top gainers in the basic materials sector, gaining 9.65% yesterday.

Interface shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 financial results, issued Q2 net sales guidance above estimates and raised FY24 net sales guidance above estimates.

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. Hudson Technologies (NASDAQ:HDSN)

Hudson Technologies (NASDAQ:HDSN) is the most undervalued basic material stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Hudson Technologies has a valuation score of 100, which is 74 points higher than the basic material sector average of 26. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Hudson Technologies's stock has gained 20.13% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the basic material sector by -3 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 60 points higher than the basic material sector average of 26. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Algoma Steel Group's stock has gained 11.1% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the basic material sector by -13 percentage points.

3. Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP)

Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ:ARLP) is the third most undervalued basic material stock based on WallStreetZen's Valuation Score. Alliance Resource Partners has a valuation score of 71, which is 45 points higher than the basic material sector average of 26. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Alliance Resource Partners's stock has gained 12.59% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the basic material sector by -11 percentage points.

Are basic material stocks a good buy now?

53.14% of basic material stocks rated by analysts are a buy right now. On average, analysts expect basic material stocks to rise by 13.1% 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 26.17x.

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