Top Basic Materials Stocks by Net Income
Top basic materials companies ranked by net income, latest annual filings.
What Net Income Means for Basic Materials Companies
Net income in basic materials reflects the spread between commodity selling prices and the cost of extracting, refining, or processing them. That spread expands rapidly when prices rise against stable unit costs and compresses just as quickly when demand softens, so reported profit in the sector often swings more than revenue does from year to year, driven by operating leverage on price rather than volume changes.
Why It Matters Less in Basic Materials
Low-cost producers with long-life reserves and valuable byproduct streams earn profit across a wider slice of the cycle, which is the durable quality signal in the sector. Still, impairments, smelter disruptions, and permitting delays can push reported earnings materially away from underlying operating capacity in any single year. Multi-cycle averages and cost curve position matter far more than peak-year profit for evaluating long-term earning power.
What to Read Alongside
Read net income alongside [Free Cash Flow](/financials/top-free-cash-flow-stocks/basic-materials/) for the cash remaining after sustaining capital, [Capital Expenditures](/financials/biggest-capex-stocks/basic-materials/) for the investment cycle that reshapes future supply, and [Return on Equity](/financials/top-roe-stocks/basic-materials/) for how efficiently deployed capital produces earnings across price cycles.
| # | Symbol | Company | Sector | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHP | BHP Group Limited | Basic Materials | $11.14B | $218.22B |
| 2 | RIO | Rio Tinto Group | Basic Materials | $10.25B | $158.04B |
| 3 | NEM | Newmont Corporation | Basic Materials | $7.08B | $100.90B |
| 4 | LIN | Linde plc | Basic Materials | $6.90B | $235.17B |
| 5 | SCCO | Southern Copper Corporation | Basic Materials | $4.33B | $145.05B |
| 6 | CRH | CRH Public Limited Company | Basic Materials | $3.75B | $63.87B |
| 7 | GFI | Gold Fields Ltd ADR | Basic Materials | $3.65B | $29.99B |
| 8 | MT | ArcelorMittal S.A. | Basic Materials | $3.24B | $52.29B |
| 9 | AU | AngloGold Ashanti plc | Basic Materials | $3.17B | $41.64B |
| 10 | SHW | The Sherwin-Williams Company | Basic Materials | $2.57B | $83.71B |
| 11 | KGC | Kinross Gold Corporation | Basic Materials | $2.47B | $28.02B |
| 12 | NTR | Nutrien Ltd. | Basic Materials | $2.30B | $33.95B |
| 13 | FCX | Freeport-McMoran Inc. | Basic Materials | $2.20B | $91.20B |
| 14 | ECL | Ecolab Inc. | Basic Materials | $2.08B | $78.62B |
| 15 | VALE | Vale S.A. | Basic Materials | $1.98B | $63.79B |
| 16 | CF | CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | Basic Materials | $1.80B | $19.32B |
| 17 | NUE | Nucor Corporation | Basic Materials | $1.74B | $58.54B |
| 18 | PPG | PPG Industries, Inc. | Basic Materials | $1.58B | $24.90B |
| 19 | WPM | Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. | Basic Materials | $1.47B | $51.49B |
| 20 | STLD | Steel Dynamics, Inc. | Basic Materials | $1.19B | $36.19B |
| 21 | AMRZ | Amrize Ltd | Basic Materials | $1.19B | $27.46B |
| 22 | AA | Alcoa Corporation | Basic Materials | $1.16B | $11.87B |
| 23 | MLM | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | Basic Materials | $1.14B | $32.42B |
| 24 | FNV | Franco-Nevada Corporation | Basic Materials | $1.11B | $42.69B |
| 25 | CTVA | Corteva, Inc. | Basic Materials | $1.09B | $59.75B |
| 26 | VMC | Vulcan Materials Company | Basic Materials | $1.08B | $35.15B |
| 27 | PAAS | Pan American Silver Corp. | Basic Materials | $0.98B | $18.55B |
| 28 | CX | Cemex S.A.B. de C.V. | Basic Materials | $0.97B | $17.21B |
| 29 | AGI | Alamos Gold Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.89B | $11.89B |
| 30 | BVN | Compania de Minas Buenaventura S.A. | Basic Materials | $0.83B | $8.09B |
| 31 | RS | Reliance, Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.74B | $20.47B |
| 32 | IAG | IAMGold Corporation | Basic Materials | $0.73B | $8.42B |
| 33 | RPM | RPM International, Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.66B | $13.76B |
| 34 | SQM | Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. | Basic Materials | $0.64B | $19.55B |
| 35 | CDE | Coeur Mining, Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.59B | $15.87B |
| 36 | HBM | Hudbay Minerals Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.56B | $10.10B |
| 37 | MOS | The Mosaic Company | Basic Materials | $0.54B | $7.24B |
| 38 | EGO | Eldorado Gold Corporation | Basic Materials | $0.50B | $8.53B |
| 39 | EMN | Eastman Chemical Company | Basic Materials | $0.47B | $8.01B |
| 40 | RGLD | Royal Gold, Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.47B | $17.23B |
| 41 | BTG | B2Gold Corp. | Basic Materials | $0.43B | $5.13B |
| 42 | EXP | Eagle Materials Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.42B | $6.30B |
| 43 | NEU | NewMarket Corporation | Basic Materials | $0.42B | $7.97B |
| 44 | SSRM | SSR Mining Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.40B | $5.54B |
| 45 | AXTA | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. | Basic Materials | $0.38B | $7.71B |
| 46 | SSD | Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.35B | $7.68B |
| 47 | CBT | Cabot Corporation | Basic Materials | $0.33B | $4.55B |
| 48 | HL | Hecla Mining Company | Basic Materials | $0.32B | $10.01B |
| 49 | FSM | Fortuna Mining Corp. | Basic Materials | $0.31B | $2.66B |
| 50 | TX | Ternium S.A. American | Basic Materials | $0.30B | $9.64B |
| 51 | UFPI | UFP Industries, Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.29B | $4.87B |
| 52 | ICL | ICL Group Ltd. | Basic Materials | $0.28B | $6.69B |
| 53 | CSTM | Constellium SE | Basic Materials | $0.27B | $3.87B |
| 54 | ERO | Ero Copper Corp. | Basic Materials | $0.27B | $2.82B |
| 55 | TFPM | Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. | Basic Materials | $0.24B | $6.12B |
| 56 | SOLS | Solstice Advanced Materials, Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.24B | $9.12B |
| 57 | NEXA | Nexa Resources S.A. | Basic Materials | $0.22B | $1.74B |
| 58 | EQX | Equinox Gold Corp. | Basic Materials | $0.22B | $7.43B |
| 59 | AG | First Majestic Silver Corp. | Basic Materials | $0.21B | $7.73B |
| 60 | OR | OR Royalties Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.21B | $5.75B |
| 61 | ESI | Element Solutions Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.19B | $8.68B |
| 62 | TTAM | Titan America SA | Basic Materials | $0.19B | $2.93B |
| 63 | TGLS | Tecnoglass Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.16B | $1.93B |
| 64 | KNF | Knife River Corporation | Basic Materials | $0.16B | $4.15B |
| 65 | BCPC | Balchem Corporation | Basic Materials | $0.15B | $5.23B |
| 66 | FUL | H.B. Fuller Company | Basic Materials | $0.15B | $2.98B |
| 67 | SMG | The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company | Basic Materials | $0.15B | $3.97B |
| 68 | MEOH | Methanex Corporation | Basic Materials | $0.14B | $4.27B |
| 69 | SXT | Sensient Technologies Corporation | Basic Materials | $0.13B | $5.28B |
| 70 | USLM | United States Lime & Minerals, Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.13B | $3.24B |
| 71 | BCC | Boise Cascade Company | Basic Materials | $0.13B | $2.65B |
| 72 | SLVM | Sylvamo Corporation | Basic Materials | $0.13B | $1.49B |
| 73 | IOSP | Innospec Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.12B | $2.12B |
| 74 | KALU | Kaiser Aluminum Corporation | Basic Materials | $0.11B | $2.61B |
| 75 | WS | Worthington Steel, Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.11B | $1.75B |
| 76 | ORLA | Orla Mining Ltd. | Basic Materials | $0.11B | $3.54B |
| 77 | JHX | James Hardie Industries plc | Basic Materials | $0.10B | $15.36B |
| 78 | NGD | New Gold Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.10B | $7.19B |
| 79 | UAN | CVR Partners, LP | Basic Materials | $0.10B | $1.35B |
| 80 | WDFC | WD-40 Company | Basic Materials | $0.09B | $3.06B |
| 81 | DD | DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.09B | $18.75B |
| 82 | REX | REX American Resources Corporation | Basic Materials | $0.08B | $1.44B |
| 83 | AVNT | Avient Corporation | Basic Materials | $0.08B | $3.36B |
| 84 | HWKN | Hawkins, Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.08B | $2.70B |
| 85 | ARIS | Aris Mining Corporation | Basic Materials | $0.08B | $2.94B |
| 86 | SVM | Silvercorp Metals Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.08B | $2.13B |
| 87 | MAG | MAG Silver Corp. | Basic Materials | $0.08B | $2.54B |
| 88 | MTRN | Materion Corporation | Basic Materials | $0.07B | $4.33B |
| 89 | HCC | Warrior Met Coal, Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.06B | $4.25B |
| 90 | KOP | Koppers Holdings Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.06B | $0.94B |
| 91 | ODC | Oil-Dri Corporation of America | Basic Materials | $0.05B | $1.42B |
| 92 | ASIX | AdvanSix Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.05B | $0.56B |
| 93 | WLKP | Westlake Chemical Partners LP | Basic Materials | $0.05B | $0.77B |
| 94 | SCL | Stepan Co. | Basic Materials | $0.05B | $1.48B |
| 95 | CENX | Century Aluminum Company | Basic Materials | $0.04B | $4.44B |
| 96 | NWPX | NWPX Infrastructure, Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.04B | $1.22B |
| 97 | ASM | Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. (Canada) | Basic Materials | $0.03B | $0.97B |
| 98 | LXU | LSB Industries, Inc. | Basic Materials | $0.02B | $0.79B |
| 99 | ZEUS | Olympic Steel Inc | Basic Materials | $0.02B | $0.54B |
| 100 | VMET | Versamet Royalties Corporation | Basic Materials | $0.02B | $0.98B |
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How this ranking is built
Companies are ranked by net income 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).
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