Largest Basic Materials Companies

Market Capitalization
Market CapitalizationEfficiencyMarket RiskExp Return
1LIN Linde plc Ordinary
213.74 B
 0.16 
 0.94 
 0.15 
2BHP BHP Group Limited
150.01 B
(0.07)
 1.49 
(0.10)
3RIO Rio Tinto ADR
110.64 B
 0.01 
 1.50 
 0.01 
4SCCO Southern Copper
84.45 B
 0.22 
 2.28 
 0.50 
5CTA-PB E I du
83.83 B
 0.00 
 0.68 
 0.00 
6SHW Sherwin Williams Co
77.18 B
 0.00 
 1.18 
 0.00 
7FCX Freeport McMoran Copper Gold
69.47 B
 0.19 
 2.07 
 0.39 
8ECL Ecolab Inc
63.12 B
 0.12 
 1.42 
 0.17 
9CTA-PA E I du
58.65 B
 0.01 
 1.01 
 0.01 
10CRH CRH PLC ADR
53.33 B
 0.12 
 1.52 
 0.18 
11VALE Vale SA ADR
52.95 B
(0.07)
 1.68 
(0.12)
12APD Air Products and
52.17 B
(0.05)
 2.32 
(0.12)
13NEM Newmont Goldcorp Corp
49.26 B
 0.15 
 2.80 
 0.41 
14NUE Nucor Corp
41.46 B
 0.01 
 1.87 
 0.01 
15DOW Dow Inc
40.34 B
 0.09 
 1.06 
 0.09 
16CTVA Corteva
38.23 B
 0.12 
 2.68 
 0.32 
17MLM Martin Marietta Materials
37.34 B
 0.22 
 1.20 
 0.27 
18VMC Vulcan Materials
34.3 B
 0.17 
 1.29 
 0.22 
19LYB LyondellBasell Industries NV
32.8 B
 0.12 
 1.16 
 0.14 
20AEM Agnico Eagle Mines
31.82 B
 0.26 
 1.80 
 0.46 
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