Top Basic Materials Stocks by Dividends Paid
Top basic materials companies ranked by dividends paid, latest annual filings.
What Dividends Paid Means for Basic Materials Companies
Dividends paid is the cash returned to shareholders across the latest fiscal year, reported in the financing section of the cash flow statement. Miners and chemical producers in basic materials earn on the commodity cycle, and several tie distributions to a formula, a fixed share of earnings or of free cash flow, which passes operating gains on price straight through to shareholders in the year they occur.
Why It Matters Less in Basic Materials
A formula payout means the ranking measures where prices sat during one fiscal year rather than what the business returns across a full cycle. Peak-cycle totals overstate what a normal year sends out, and trough years drop the same companies out of view entirely. Mine lives, permitting timelines, and a low cost position say more about a basic materials payer's durability than the size of one year's payment.
What to Read Alongside
Read it next to Net Income for the earnings a formula payout is tied to, Free Cash Flow for the cash behind it, and Share Buybacks for the other cyclical channel.
| # | Symbol | Company | Sector | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHP | BHP Group Limited | Basic Materials | $6.76B | $201.11B |
| 2 | RIO | Rio Tinto Group | Basic Materials | $6.14B | $136.16B |
| 3 | VALE | Vale S.A. | Basic Materials | $3.56B | $51.07B |
| 4 | LIN | Linde plc | Basic Materials | $2.81B | $233.98B |
| 5 | SCCO | Southern Copper Corporation | Basic Materials | $2.49B | $157.06B |
| 6 | LYB | LyondellBasell Industries N.V. | Basic Materials | $1.76B | $21.76B |
| 7 | APD | Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | Basic Materials | $1.58B | $68.08B |
| 8 | SOLS | Solstice Advanced Materials, Inc. | Basic Materials | $1.50B | $9.59B |
| 9 | DOW | Dow Inc. | Basic Materials | $1.49B | $24.60B |
| 10 | NEM | Newmont Corporation | Basic Materials | $1.11B | $114.72B |
| 11 | NTR | Nutrien Ltd. | Basic Materials | $1.06B | $32.56B |
| 12 | B | Barrick Mining Corporation | Basic Materials | $890.00M | $62.94B |
| 13 | FCX | Freeport-McMoRan Inc. | Basic Materials | $865.00M | $93.57B |
| 14 | SHW | The Sherwin-Williams Company | Basic Materials | $789.80M | $81.36B |
| 15 | ECL | Ecolab Inc. | Basic Materials | $753.60M | $81.00B |
| 16 | AEM | Agnico Eagle Mines Limited | Basic Materials | $728.08M | $88.96B |
| 17 | PPG | PPG Industries, Inc. | Basic Materials | $628.00M | $24.43B |
| 18 | DD | DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | Basic Materials | $597.00M | $18.40B |
| 19 | PKX | POSCO Holdings Inc. | Basic Materials | $571.23M | $15.31B |
| 20 | BVN | Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. | Basic Materials | $550.00M | $7.22B |
| 21 | MT | ArcelorMittal S.A. | Basic Materials | $542.00M | $44.69B |
| 22 | TX | Ternium S.A. | Basic Materials | $530.03M | $10.61B |
| 23 | NUE | Nucor Corporation | Basic Materials | $512.00M | $58.39B |
| 24 | CTVA | Corteva, Inc. | Basic Materials | $475.00M | $7.97B |
| 25 | IFF | International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. | Basic Materials | $409.00M | $23.91B |
| 26 | EMN | Eastman Chemical Company | Basic Materials | $381.00M | $7.51B |
| 27 | CF | CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | Basic Materials | $326.00M | $18.29B |
| 28 | WPM | Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. | Basic Materials | $296.37M | $55.58B |
| 29 | FMC | FMC Corporation | Basic Materials | $291.30M | $717.07M |
| 30 | STLD | Steel Dynamics, Inc. | Basic Materials | $291.18M | $33.78B |
| 31 | MOS | The Mosaic Company | Basic Materials | $280.40M | $5.63B |
| 32 | FNV | Franco-Nevada Corporation | Basic Materials | $275.10M | $44.49B |
| 33 | WLK | Westlake Corporation | Basic Materials | $272.00M | $8.35B |
| 34 | RPM | RPM International Inc. | Basic Materials | $271.70M | $12.49B |
| 35 | VMC | Vulcan Materials Company | Basic Materials | $259.80M | $33.88B |
| 36 | ICL | ICL Group Ltd | Basic Materials | $224.00M | $6.18B |
| 37 | MLM | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | Basic Materials | $197.00M | $35.79B |
| 38 | ALB | Albemarle Corporation | Basic Materials | $190.53M | $11.02B |
| 39 | TECK | Teck Resources Limited | Basic Materials | $179.40M | $29.56B |
| 40 | PAAS | Pan American Silver Corp. | Basic Materials | $175.00M | $16.72B |
| 41 | SMG | The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company | Basic Materials | $154.30M | $3.43B |
| 42 | KGC | Kinross Gold Corporation | Basic Materials | $152.10M | $26.57B |
| 43 | HUN | Huntsman Corporation | Basic Materials | $146.00M | $1.56B |
| 44 | CX | CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. | Basic Materials | $127.00M | $14.70B |
| 45 | HMY | Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited | Basic Materials | $118.53M | $9.97B |
| 46 | RGLD | Royal Gold, Inc. | Basic Materials | $118.53M | $19.84B |
| 47 | NEU | NewMarket Corporation | Basic Materials | $105.93M | $8.07B |
| 48 | AA | Alcoa Corporation | Basic Materials | $104.00M | $10.21B |
| 49 | BTG | B2Gold Corp. | Basic Materials | $103.44M | $6.37B |
| 50 | WFG | West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. | Basic Materials | $101.00M | $5.48B |
| 51 | AVNT | Avient Corporation | Basic Materials | $98.80M | $3.79B |
| 52 | CBT | Cabot Corporation | Basic Materials | $96.00M | $3.76B |
| 53 | OLN | Olin Corporation | Basic Materials | $91.60M | $1.82B |
| 54 | UFPI | UFP Industries, Inc. | Basic Materials | $82.35M | $4.46B |
| 55 | CC | The Chemours Company | Basic Materials | $78.00M | $1.94B |
| 56 | ESI | Element Solutions Inc | Basic Materials | $77.80M | $8.17B |
| 57 | ASH | Ashland Inc. | Basic Materials | $76.00M | $3.31B |
| 58 | SLVM | Sylvamo Corporation | Basic Materials | $73.00M | $1.30B |
| 59 | SXT | Sensient Technologies Corporation | Basic Materials | $69.61M | $5.59B |
| 60 | WDFC | WD-40 Company | Basic Materials | $54.03M | $2.90B |
| 61 | MEOH | Methanex Corporation | Basic Materials | $53.55M | $4.98B |
| 62 | KALU | Kaiser Aluminum Corporation | Basic Materials | $51.30M | $1.72B |
| 63 | FUL | H.B. Fuller Company | Basic Materials | $50.27M | $2.64B |
| 64 | TROX | Tronox Holdings plc | Basic Materials | $48.00M | $554.16M |
| 65 | SSD | Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. | Basic Materials | $47.58M | $7.46B |
| 66 | TFPM | Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. | Basic Materials | $45.84M | $5.98B |
| 67 | IOSP | Innospec Inc. | Basic Materials | $42.40M | $2.44B |
| 68 | SXC | SunCoke Energy, Inc. | Basic Materials | $41.40M | $832.62M |
| 69 | AGI | Alamos Gold Inc. | Basic Materials | $39.50M | $12.65B |
| 70 | SCL | Stepan Company | Basic Materials | $35.03M | $1.47B |
| 71 | OR | OR Royalties Inc. | Basic Materials | $34.86M | $6.26B |
| 72 | BCC | Boise Cascade Company | Basic Materials | $34.62M | $2.63B |
| 73 | KWR | Quaker Chemical Corporation | Basic Materials | $34.39M | $2.66B |
| 74 | NEXA | Nexa Resources S.A. | Basic Materials | $34.27M | $1.54B |
| 75 | WS | Worthington Steel, Inc. | Basic Materials | $32.60M | $2.16B |
| 76 | EXP | Eagle Materials Inc. | Basic Materials | $32.38M | $5.34B |
| 77 | BCPC | Balchem Corporation | Basic Materials | $28.29M | $5.44B |
| 78 | TGLS | Tecnoglass Holdings Inc. | Basic Materials | $28.13M | $1.69B |
| 79 | DRD | DRDGOLD Limited | Basic Materials | $24.33M | $2.13B |
| 80 | KRO | Kronos Worldwide, Inc. | Basic Materials | $23.00M | $875.89M |
| 81 | MATV | Mativ Holdings, Inc. | Basic Materials | $22.30M | $639.65M |
| 82 | HCC | Warrior Met Coal, Inc. | Basic Materials | $17.82M | $4.50B |
| 83 | HWKN | Hawkins, Inc. | Basic Materials | $15.66M | $2.83B |
| 84 | MTX | Minerals Technologies Inc. | Basic Materials | $14.20M | $1.94B |
| 85 | CE | Celanese Corporation | Basic Materials | $13.00M | $5.28B |
| 86 | MTRN | Materion Corporation | Basic Materials | $11.51M | $4.72B |
| 87 | ASTL | Algoma Steel Group Inc. | Basic Materials | $10.79M | $513.51M |
| 88 | GSM | Ferroglobe PLC | Basic Materials | $10.45M | $723.15M |
| 89 | ODC | Oil-Dri Corporation of America | Basic Materials | $10.38M | $1.10B |
| 90 | HL | Hecla Mining Company | Basic Materials | $10.38M | $9.39B |
| 91 | AG | First Majestic Silver Corp. | Basic Materials | $9.84M | $7.32B |
| 92 | USLM | United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. | Basic Materials | $6.87M | $3.15B |
| 93 | KOP | Koppers Holdings Inc. | Basic Materials | $6.40M | $753.25M |
| 94 | HBM | Hudbay Minerals Inc. | Basic Materials | $5.60M | $9.84B |
| 95 | SVM | Silvercorp Metals Inc. | Basic Materials | $4.95M | $1.82B |
| 96 | SQM | Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. | Basic Materials | $4.27M | $16.27B |
| 97 | GPRE | Green Plains Inc. | Basic Materials | $721,000 | $984.14M |
| 98 | AMR | Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. | Basic Materials | $415,000 | $2.01B |
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This list ranks the total dollars paid out over the latest fiscal year, so the largest companies lead it; a big payout says nothing about the yield a share buys today. A company whose balance sheet runs above 150 times its market cap is left out, because at that gap the accounts are not in US dollars.
How this ranking is built
Companies are ranked by dividends paid as reported in their most recent annual filing with the SEC. Figures shown are in US dollars (or percent, as noted), rounded to two decimals.
- Source: annual 10-K / 20-F filings from companies trading on US exchanges (NYSE, Nasdaq, AMEX).
- Fiscal year: whichever annual period the company has most recently filed. Fiscal years don't always align with the calendar year, so the "as of FY" stamp above reflects the most common year across the table.
- Filtered out: warrants, preferred shares, and duplicate listings that share a parent company's financials.
- Size floor: A company qualifies at $500 million in market cap or above. Below that, one mis-stated figure outranks the companies the list is about.
- Currency check: A company whose annual revenue runs above 15 times its market cap is left out, because at that gap the two figures are not in the same currency.
- Currency check: A company whose balance sheet runs above 150 times its market cap is left out for the same reason.
- Update cadence: refreshed as companies file new annual reports (typically within 60–90 days of fiscal year end).
Not financial advice. This is a research tool, not a recommendation.
Frequently asked questions
What is a formula dividend?
A policy that ties the distribution to a stated share of earnings or cash flow rather than to a fixed amount per share. Miners and chemical producers use it so the payment expands when commodity prices are high and contracts when they fall, which protects the balance sheet through the trough. It also means the total in this ranking reflects where prices sat during one fiscal year.
Does a large total mean the payment is durable?
Not by itself. In a cyclical sector the same company can top the list near a price peak and pay a fraction of that amount a couple of years later, without anything changing in how the policy is written. Cost position, mine or plant life, and the debt load carried through the trough describe durability far better than the size of a single year's payment.