Chemicals Stocks: Companies & Metrics

Browse 17 chemicals stocks with financial metrics and performance data (Materials sector).

Industry market cap: $43.97B
Cap-weighted, today: +2.31%
Cap-weighted, 1 year: +24.07%
Advancing / declining today: 8 / 9

Chemicals Stocks

17 stocks in the chemicals industry. Click column headers to sort.

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1	DOW	Dow Inc.	$32.61	$23.65B	$41.32B	-$1.21B	−$1.67	8.67M
2	CE	Celanese Corporation	$47.71	$5.26B	$9.71B	-$1.17B	−$10.64	1.65M
3	MEOH	Methanex Corporation	$63.08	$4.89B	$4.27B	$87.10M	$1.13	740.05K
4	OLN	Olin Corporation	$15.66	$1.78B	$6.70B	-$139.20M	−$1.22	4.05M
5	HUN	Huntsman Corporation	$8.80	$1.53B	$5.90B	-$172.00M	−$0.99	2.87M
6	REX	REX American Resources Corporation	$39.83	$1.32B	$684.53M	$120.56M	$3.64	252.07K
7	GPRE	Green Plains Inc.	$13.98	$1.18B	$1.83B	$123.95M	$1.55	1.42M
8	WLKP	Westlake Chemical Partners LP	$21.15	$752.83M	$1.23B	$57.60M	$1.63	21.09K
9	LXU	LSB Industries, Inc.	$9.89	$716.42M	$658.06M	$36.74M	$0.51	750.21K
10	BAK	Braskem S.A.	$1.70	$677.42M	$14.15B	-$1.11B	−$2.79	1.79M
11	TROX	Tronox Holdings plc	$3.46	$553.05M	$3.05B	-$549.00M	−$3.45	2.20M
12	RYAM	Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.	$6.70	$452.32M	$1.47B	-$141.02M	−$2.10	849.51K
13	ASIX	AdvanSix Inc.	$15.71	$433.63M	$1.56B	-$17.73M	−$0.65	253.28K
14	VHI	Valhi, Inc.	$14.32	$408.12M	$2.16B	-$51.10M	−$1.79	10.67K
15	ASPI	ASP Isotopes Inc.	$1.95	$238.68M	$30.85M	-$132.05M	−$1.24	4.78M
16	ACNT	Ascent Industries Co.	$13.94	$127.05M	$83.54M	-$4.40M	−$0.47	23.70K
17	GURE	Gulf Resources, Inc.	$2.86	$5.14M	$30.73M	-$41.30M	−$27.23	174.85K

About the Chemicals Industry

The Chemicals industry includes 17 U.S.-listed companies in the Materials sector with a combined market capitalization of $43.97B. The largest are Dow Inc. (DOW, $23.65B), Celanese Corporation (CE, $5.26B) and Methanex Corporation (MEOH, $4.89B), together 77% of the industry's value.

5 of the 17 companies with reported earnings are profitable, and their median P/E ratio is 13.1. 9 of 17 pay a dividend, with a median yield of 4.08% among payers.

Over the past year the median stock is down 0.3%, and 8 of 17 are higher than a year ago. Median revenue growth is 1.3% year over year.

Best 1-year performers

Weakest 1-year performers

Highest dividend yields

Westlake Chemical Partners LP (WLKP)8.99%
Tronox Holdings plc (TROX)5.75%
Olin Corporation (OLN)5.15%

Profitability

Profitable companies: 5 of 17
Median gross margin: 14.7%
Median net profit margin: -2.9%
Median return on equity: -5.7%

Longest dividend growth streak: Ascent Industries Co. (ACNT), 1 consecutive year.

Frequently Asked Questions About Chemicals Stocks

How many stocks are in the chemicals industry?

There are 17 publicly traded stocks in the chemicals industry, part of the Materials sector.

Which chemicals stocks pay the highest dividend yields?

The highest yields in the chemicals industry are Westlake Chemical Partners LP (WLKP, 8.99%), Tronox Holdings plc (TROX, 5.75%) and Olin Corporation (OLN, 5.15%). Ascent Industries Co. (ACNT) has the longest record of dividend increases, 1 consecutive year.

Which chemicals stocks performed best over the past year?

Over the past year the strongest chemicals stocks were Methanex Corporation (MEOH, +69.1%), Green Plains Inc. (GPRE, +31.8%) and Dow Inc. (DOW, +29.8%). The weakest were Braskem S.A. (BAK, −39.2%), Olin Corporation (OLN, −35.2%) and AdvanSix Inc. (ASIX, −22.5%).

Are chemicals companies profitable?

5 of the 17 chemicals companies with reported earnings are profitable, with a median gross margin of 14.7%, a median net profit margin of -2.9% and a median return on equity of -5.7%.