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Top Basic Materials Stocks by Free Cash Flow

Top basic materials companies ranked by free cash flow, latest annual filings.

What Free Cash Flow Means for Basic Materials Companies

Free cash flow in basic materials reflects long commodity cycles and the heavy, lumpy capex that characterizes mining, chemicals, and forest-products operations. Sustaining capex alone can absorb a meaningful share of operating cash, and major new projects sometimes consume cash for years before production ramps. The result is a line that tends to look strong at commodity peaks and thin at troughs, more cyclical than most other sectors even after the recent focus on capital return discipline.

Why It Matters in Basic Materials

Free cash flow across a full cycle is where operators distinguish themselves through low-cost asset quality and project discipline. Yet a single strong year often reflects commodity prices more than any management improvement, and the heaviest project capex usually lands just before a new asset starts producing cash. Reading free cash flow alongside unit costs and reserve or asset-life data gives a more honest read of underlying economics than the headline number.

What to Read Alongside

Pair free cash flow with [Net Income](/financials/top-net-income-stocks/basic-materials/) to test accounting quality against cyclical commodity moves, [Share Buybacks](/financials/top-share-buyback-stocks/basic-materials/) for capital return discipline through the cycle, and [Revenue](/financials/top-revenue-stocks/basic-materials/) for how commodity-linked sales translate into cash.

Data as of FY 2025 100 companies Rhea AI
# Symbol Company Sector
1 BHP BHP Group Limited Basic Materials $9.29B $201.88B
2 NEM Newmont Corporation Basic Materials $7.30B $122.48B
3 LIN Linde plc Basic Materials $5.09B $231.34B
4 SCCO Southern Copper Corporation Basic Materials $3.43B $155.51B
5 CRH CRH plc Basic Materials $2.91B $76.42B
6 CTVA Corteva, Inc. Basic Materials $2.81B $54.49B
7 SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company Basic Materials $2.65B $82.46B
8 GFI Gold Fields Limited Basic Materials $2.37B $42.16B
9 NTR Nutrien Ltd. Basic Materials $2.13B $35.86B
10 ECL Ecolab Inc. Basic Materials $1.90B $76.04B
11 CF CF Industries Holdings, Inc. Basic Materials $1.80B $19.16B
12 FNV Franco-Nevada Corporation Basic Materials $1.49B $49.70B
13 KGC Kinross Gold Corporation Basic Materials $1.37B $40.56B
14 PPG PPG Industries, Inc. Basic Materials $1.16B $25.10B
15 VMC Vulcan Materials Company Basic Materials $1.14B $37.28B
16 FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc. Basic Materials $1.12B $98.13B
17 PAAS Pan American Silver Corp. Basic Materials $1.02B $23.81B
18 MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Basic Materials $0.98B $36.63B
19 MEOH Methanex Corporation Basic Materials $0.92B $4.51B
20 CX CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. Basic Materials $0.89B $16.92B
21 IAG IAMGOLD Corporation Basic Materials $0.85B $11.00B
22 CE Celanese Corporation Basic Materials $0.80B $7.65B
23 ALB Albemarle Corporation Basic Materials $0.69B $25.42B
24 CDE Coeur Mining, Inc. Basic Materials $0.67B $20.19B
25 AA Alcoa Corporation Basic Materials $0.57B $18.58B
26 RPM RPM International Inc. Basic Materials $0.54B $13.48B
27 RS Reliance, Inc. Basic Materials $0.50B $16.52B
28 STLD Steel Dynamics, Inc. Basic Materials $0.50B $28.33B
29 NEU NewMarket Corporation Basic Materials $0.49B $6.10B
30 AXTA Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. Basic Materials $0.45B $6.13B
31 EMN Eastman Chemical Company Basic Materials $0.42B $8.39B
32 CBT Cabot Corporation Basic Materials $0.39B $3.83B
33 LYB LyondellBasell Industries N.V. Basic Materials $0.38B $24.30B
34 JHX James Hardie Industries plc Basic Materials $0.38B $11.65B
35 EXP Eagle Materials Inc. Basic Materials $0.35B $6.21B
36 HBM Hudbay Minerals Inc. Basic Materials $0.32B $9.90B
37 HL Hecla Mining Company Basic Materials $0.31B $12.81B
38 SQM Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. Basic Materials $0.30B $27.22B
39 SSD Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. Basic Materials $0.30B $7.00B
40 AGI Alamos Gold Inc. Basic Materials $0.29B $20.31B
41 UFPI UFP Industries, Inc. Basic Materials $0.28B $5.23B
42 SMG The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Basic Materials $0.27B $3.62B
43 NGVT Ingevity Corporation Basic Materials $0.27B $2.60B
44 IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. Basic Materials $0.26B $18.41B
45 OLN Olin Corporation Basic Materials $0.25B $3.19B
46 SSRM SSR Mining Inc. Basic Materials $0.24B $6.38B
47 ESI Element Solutions Inc Basic Materials $0.23B $9.09B
48 DD DuPont de Nemours, Inc. Basic Materials $0.23B $19.16B
49 PRM Perimeter Solutions, Inc. Basic Materials $0.21B $4.14B
50 WLKP Westlake Chemical Partners LP Basic Materials $0.20B $0.79B
51 AVNT Avient Corporation Basic Materials $0.20B $3.45B
52 CSTM Constellium SE Basic Materials $0.16B $4.04B
53 ORLA Orla Mining Ltd. Basic Materials $0.16B $5.47B
54 BVN Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. Basic Materials $0.15B $9.19B
55 TTAM Titan America SA Basic Materials $0.13B $2.94B
56 SVM Silvercorp Metals Inc. Basic Materials $0.13B $2.79B
57 AG First Majestic Silver Corp. Basic Materials $0.13B $10.38B
58 ARIS Aris Mining Corporation Basic Materials $0.13B $4.19B
59 CMP Compass Minerals International, Inc. Basic Materials $0.13B $1.08B
60 FUL H.B. Fuller Company Basic Materials $0.12B $3.40B
61 SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials, Inc. Basic Materials $0.12B $12.69B
62 HUN Huntsman Corporation Basic Materials $0.12B $2.39B
63 USLM United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. Basic Materials $0.10B $3.83B
64 WS Worthington Steel, Inc. Basic Materials $0.10B $1.64B
65 UAN CVR Partners, LP Basic Materials $0.10B $1.34B
66 MATV Mativ Holdings, Inc. Basic Materials $0.09B $0.52B
67 MTX Minerals Technologies Inc. Basic Materials $0.09B $2.23B
68 CENX Century Aluminum Company Basic Materials $0.08B $6.49B
69 WDFC WD-40 Company Basic Materials $0.08B $2.74B
70 KWR Quaker Chemical Corporation Basic Materials $0.08B $2.27B
71 GPRE Green Plains Inc. Basic Materials $0.07B $1.11B
72 HWKN Hawkins, Inc. Basic Materials $0.07B $3.08B
73 ECVT Ecovyst Inc. Basic Materials $0.07B $1.58B
74 KOP Koppers Holdings Inc. Basic Materials $0.07B $0.72B
75 CLMT Calumet, Inc. Basic Materials $0.06B $2.82B
76 CC The Chemours Company Basic Materials $0.05B $3.58B
77 REX REX American Resources Corporation Basic Materials $0.05B $1.44B
78 ODC Oil-Dri Corporation of America Basic Materials $0.05B $1.03B
79 NWPX NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. Basic Materials $0.05B $0.77B
80 SLVM Sylvamo Corporation Basic Materials $0.04B $1.68B
81 GAU Galiano Gold Inc. Basic Materials $0.04B $0.66B
82 SXC SunCoke Energy, Inc. Basic Materials $0.04B $0.53B
83 SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation Basic Materials $0.04B $4.06B
84 ASH Ashland Inc. Basic Materials $0.04B $2.63B
85 TGLS Tecnoglass Inc. Basic Materials $0.03B $1.97B
86 IPI Intrepid Potash, Inc. Basic Materials $0.03B $0.53B
87 SCL Stepan Company Basic Materials $0.03B $1.15B
88 LXU LSB Industries, Inc. Basic Materials $0.02B $1.08B
89 AMR Alpha Metallurgical Resources, Inc. Basic Materials $0.02B $2.42B
90 NEXA Nexa Resources S.A. Basic Materials $0.01B $1.97B
91 BCC Boise Cascade Company Basic Materials $0.01B $2.83B
92 IDR Idaho Strategic Resources, Inc. Basic Materials $0.01B $0.63B
93 ASIX AdvanSix Inc. Basic Materials $0.01B $0.64B
94 ZEUS Olympic Steel Inc Basic Materials $0.00B $0.54B
95 NEWP New Pacific Metals Corp. Basic Materials $-0.00B $0.99B
96 MAG MAG Silver Corp. Basic Materials $-0.01B $2.54B
97 GSM Ferroglobe PLC Basic Materials $-0.01B $0.83B
98 ITRG Integra Resources Corp. Basic Materials $-0.01B $0.62B
99 CRML Critical Metals Corp. Basic Materials $-0.01B $1.17B
100 LWLG Lightwave Logic, Inc. Basic Materials $-0.02B $1.86B

How this ranking is built

Companies are ranked by free cash flow 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.
  • 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.