Top Basic Materials Companies by Net Margin
Trailing-twelve-month net margin for the largest Basic Materials filers, ranked in USD. Switch axes via the column headers.
How TTM margins are measured
Margins divide a profitability line by trailing-twelve-month revenue, expressed as a percentage. Each column on this page measures a different layer of the income statement — gross strips only direct production costs; operating subtracts overhead, R&D and D&A; EBITDA adds D&A back to operating; net subtracts interest and taxes; FCF replaces accrual profit with operating cash flow minus capex. Together they describe where a business actually makes its money.
Margins make capital-light franchises directly comparable to capital-heavy ones — a software filer with a 35% operating margin runs a different model than a global retailer at 6%. To compare absolute scale instead of percentages see the revenue ranking and net income ranking. Non-USD filers are ranked on USD-translated TTM lines so peers stay comparable. Rankings USD translation methodology · IFRS IAS 21 (official)
Calculated from each company's four most recent reported quarters, as of (reported ).
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Top basic materials companies by net margin
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| 1 | Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM) | Basic Materials | 57.3% | 52.9% | 70.4% | 37.5% | 37.1% |
| 2 | Newmont (NEM) | Basic Materials | 55.1% | 52.6% | 68.4% | 34.6% | 50.3% |
| 3 | Southern Copper (SCCO) | Basic Materials | 56.7% | 52.2% | 59.7% | 32.3% | 25.5% |
| 4 | CF Industries Holdings (CF) | Basic Materials | 41.3% | 36.6% | 46.5% | 20.5% | 25.4% |
| 5 | Linde (LIN) | Basic Materials | 43.3% | 26.3% | 38.0% | 20.4% | 15.0% |
| 6 | Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) | Basic Materials | 30.0% | 23.3% | 32.9% | 17.4% | 14.9% |
| 7 | Vulcan Materials (VMC) | Basic Materials | 27.3% | 20.1% | 32.4% | 13.6% | 14.3% |
| 8 | Ecolab (ECL) | Basic Materials | 44.3% | 17.5% | 20.0% | 12.8% | 11.6% |
| 9 | Sherwin-Williams (SHW) | Basic Materials | 48.9% | 16.1% | 18.6% | 10.9% | 11.3% |
| 10 | Mosaic (MOS) | Basic Materials | 16.5% | 9.9% | 25.0% | 10.5% | -4.6% |
| 11 | Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) | Basic Materials | 27.8% | 27.8% | 36.3% | 10.3% | 23.6% |
| 12 | PPG Industries (PPG) | Basic Materials | 30.3% | 11.9% | 15.6% | 9.8% | 7.2% |
| 13 | CRH (CRH) | Basic Materials | 35.6% | 13.5% | 19.7% | 9.3% | 5.9% |
| 14 | RPM International (RPM) | Basic Materials | 41.4% | 12.0% | 14.0% | 8.6% | 7.5% |
| 15 | Steel Dynamics (STLD) | Basic Materials | 14.0% | 9.4% | 12.8% | 7.2% | 3.5% |
| 16 | Nucor (NUE) | Basic Materials | 14.0% | 10.0% | 14.4% | 6.8% | 1.6% |
| 17 | Corteva (CTVA) | Basic Materials | 46.4% | 14.8% | 17.6% | 6.3% | 16.2% |
| 18 | Solstice Advanced Materials (SOLS) | Basic Materials | 32.2% | 18.8% | 24.4% | 6.1% | 1.1% |
| 19 | Eastman Chemical (EMN) | Basic Materials | 21.1% | 10.7% | 14.8% | 5.4% | 4.8% |
| 20 | H.B. Fuller (FUL) | Basic Materials | 32.0% | 11.3% | 14.3% | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| 21 | Avient (AVNT) | Basic Materials | 31.7% | 6.4% | 13.2% | 2.5% | 6.0% |
| 22 | Stepan (SCL) | Basic Materials | 11.6% | 3.0% | 8.7% | 2.0% | -1.3% |
| 23 | LyondellBasell (LYB) | Basic Materials | 9.0% | -1.1% | 3.9% | -2.5% | 7.5% |
| 24 | Air Products and Chemicals (APD) | Basic Materials | 31.6% | -6.4% | 11.6% | -2.7% | -23.0% |
| 25 | International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) | Basic Materials | 34.9% | -2.9% | 7.4% | -3.2% | 2.4% |
| 26 | Dow (DOW) | Basic Materials | 6.2% | -2.3% | 2.1% | -7.0% | -3.5% |
| 27 | DuPont de Nemours (DD) | Basic Materials | 33.2% | 16.2% | 13.3% | -7.0% | 9.7% |
| 28 | Albemarle (ALB) | Basic Materials | 13.1% | 1.7% | 14.6% | -9.9% | 13.5% |
| 29 | Ashland (ASH) | Basic Materials | 28.6% | -33.9% | -21.2% | -39.0% | 19.0% |
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