Specialty Chemicals Stocks: Companies & Metrics

Browse 57 specialty chemicals stocks with financial metrics and performance data (Materials sector).

Industry market cap: $718.74B
Cap-weighted, today: +1.51%
Cap-weighted, 1 year: +18.41%
Advancing / declining today: 32 / 23

Specialty Chemicals Stocks

57 stocks in the specialty chemicals industry. Click column headers to sort.

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1	LIN	Linde plc	$507.56	$235.77B	$35.45B	$7.24B	$15.49	2.07M
2	SHW	The Sherwin-Williams Company	$335.16	$82.45B	$24.41B	$2.69B	$10.84	1.60M
3	ECL	Ecolab Inc.	$288.89	$81.52B	$16.84B	$2.12B	$7.46	1.30M
4	APD	Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.	$305.72	$68.11B	$12.60B	-$47.30M	−$0.21	1.12M
5	PPG	PPG Industries, Inc.	$109.90	$24.61B	$16.42B	$1.57B	$6.99	1.74M
6	IFF	International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.	$93.69	$24.08B	$9.98B	$290.00M	$1.13	1.85M
7	LYB	LyondellBasell Industries N.V.	$67.35	$21.75B	$31.19B	-$351.00M	−$1.09	3.46M
8	DD	DuPont de Nemours, Inc.	$136.25	$18.64B	$8.27B	$55.00M	$0.40	907.45K
9	SQM	Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.	$56.97	$16.27B	$6.74B	$1.39B	$4.86	986.73K
10	ALB	Albemarle Corporation	$93.42	$12.72B	$5.91B	$224.18M	$1.83	2.42M
11	RPM	RPM International Inc.	$97.94	$12.46B	$7.97B	$690.14M	$5.41	1.20M
12	SSL	Sasol Limited	$17.43	$11.25B	$31.28B	$1.16B	$1.79	1.77M
13	SOLS	Solstice Advanced Materials, Inc.	$60.38	$9.62B	$4.09B	$210.00M	$1.32	2.17M
14	WLK	Westlake Corporation	$65.31	$8.39B	$11.29B	-$1.24B	−$9.62	886.42K
15	NEU	NewMarket Corporation	$878.03	$8.25B	$2.74B	$433.37M	$46.16	121.41K
16	ESI	Element Solutions Inc	$33.54	$8.17B	$3.49B	$178.60M	$0.74	4.20M
17	EMN	Eastman Chemical Company	$65.73	$7.58B	$8.87B	$442.00M	$3.84	1.39M
18	AXTA	Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.	$34.17	$7.34B	$5.15B	$349.00M	$1.62	2.03M
19	SXT	Sensient Technologies Corporation	$131.45	$5.61B	$1.70B	$157.97M	$3.70	339.10K
20	BCPC	Balchem Corporation	$170.62	$5.46B	$1.11B	$164.41M	$5.08	265.53K
21	CLMT	Calumet, Inc.	$52.17	$4.57B	$4.59B	-$136.80M	−$1.57	1.57M
22	PRM	Perimeter Solutions, Inc.	$28.10	$4.46B	$757.07M	-$339.59M	−$2.19	1.27M
23	AVNT	Avient Corporation	$41.28	$3.81B	$3.33B	$170.00M	$1.85	799.88K
24	CBT	Cabot Corporation	$72.88	$3.79B	$3.63B	$190.00M	$3.61	398.44K
25	ASH	Ashland Inc.	$72.32	$3.33B	$1.84B	$52.00M	$1.13	574.41K
26	WDFC	WD-40 Company	$216.06	$2.91B	$687.99M	$89.23M	$6.60	149.01K
27	HWKN	Hawkins, Inc.	$135.44	$2.82B	$1.11B	$80.63M	$3.87	156.17K
28	FUL	H.B. Fuller Company	$49.13	$2.70B	$3.55B	$197.76M	$3.58	922.34K
29	KWR	Quaker Chemical Corporation	$154.87	$2.66B	$1.98B	$97.67M	$5.62	139.39K
30	NGVT	Ingevity Corporation	$71.03	$2.53B	$1.16B	$54.00M	$1.50	263.43K
31	IOSP	Innospec Inc.	$99.18	$2.45B	$1.84B	$121.90M	$4.91	251.13K
32	CC	The Chemours Company	$12.87	$1.97B	$5.80B	-$304.00M	−$2.01	2.13M
33	MTX	Minerals Technologies Inc.	$62.34	$1.94B	$2.19B	-$294.80M	−$9.49	178.20K
34	SCL	Stepan Company	$64.77	$1.48B	$2.43B	-$2.65M	−$0.12	149.80K
35	ECVT	Ecovyst Inc.	$9.83	$1.09B	$869.25M	-$61.34M	−$0.54	1.25M
36	ODC	Oil-Dri Corporation of America	$75.67	$1.05B	$493.84M	$56.97M	$3.50	131.12K
37	KRO	Kronos Worldwide, Inc.	$7.61	$875.91M	$1.94B	-$109.40M	−$0.95	360.63K
38	KOP	Koppers Holdings Inc.	$39.83	$761.87M	$1.89B	-$86.90M	−$4.35	162.61K
39	MATV	Mativ Holdings, Inc.	$11.59	$645.32M	$1.99B	$89.50M	$1.62	436.74K
40	LWLG	Lightwave Logic, Inc.	$4.11	$630.80M	$250.25K	-$22.86M	−$0.16	3.42M
41	MNTK	Montauk Renewables, Inc.	$2.16	$310.89M	$189.10M	$7.93M	$0.06	770.39K
42	OEC	Orion S.A.	$5.37	$307.55M	$1.82B	-$96.30M	−$1.70	434.14K
43	ALTO	Alto Ingredients, Inc.	$3.66	$282.08M	$943.33M	$51.99M	$0.68	1.04M
44	GEVO	Gevo, Inc.	$1.14	$270.24M	$177.51M	-$212.89M	−$0.91	3.23M
45	FF	FutureFuel Corp.	$5.72	$251.91M	$153.21M	-$30.55M	−$0.69	361.53K
46	HDSN	Hudson Technologies, Inc.	$5.24	$221.00M	$256.92M	$9.02M	$0.21	387.41K
47	CMT	Core Molding Technologies, Inc.	$22.61	$196.91M	$254.42M	$7.35M	$0.85	43.83K
48	AMTX	Aemetis, Inc.	$1.26	$89.32M	$230.17M	-$60.16M	−$0.90	811.96K
49	FSI	Flexible Solutions International, Inc.	$6.26	$79.78M	$34.14M	-$3.08M	−$0.24	12.47K
50	NTIC	Northern Technologies International Corporation	$7.65	$72.65M	$91.84M	-$1.16M	−$0.12	4.28K
51	FEAM	5E Advanced Materials, Inc.	$2.38	$71.34M	$0.00	-$42.91M	−$1.43	1.08M
52	LOOP	Loop Industries, Inc.	$0.25	$12.12M	$558.00K	-$12.24M	−$0.25	152.03K
53	YMAT	J-Star Holding Co., Ltd.	$2.34	$7.66M	$9.93M	-$20.17M	−$6.16	10.13M
54	BON	Bon Natural Life Limited	$1.17	$7.13M	$40.43M	-$10.79M	−$3.91	11.64K
55	SNES	SenesTech, Inc.	$0.85	$4.50M	$2.37M	-$7.00M	−$1.37	2.15M
56	CNEY	CN Energy Group. Inc.	$0.51	$3.56M	$72.97M	-$71.77M	−$21.13	329.86K
57	BGLC	BioNexus Gene Lab Corp.	$1.16	$2.80M	$3.13M	-$2.58M	−$1.21	7.25K

About the Specialty Chemicals Industry

The Specialty Chemicals industry includes 57 U.S.-listed companies in the Materials sector with a combined market capitalization of $718.74B. The largest are Linde plc (LIN, $235.77B), The Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW, $82.45B) and Ecolab Inc. (ECL, $81.52B), together 56% of the industry's value.

32 of the 57 companies with reported earnings are profitable, and their median P/E ratio is 27.0. 36 of 57 pay a dividend, with a median yield of 1.80% among payers.

Over the past year the median stock is up 10.5%, and 37 of 57 are higher than a year ago. Median revenue growth is 2.9% year over year.

Best 1-year performers

Weakest 1-year performers

Highest dividend yields

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB)5.26%
Eastman Chemical Company (EMN)5.14%
Westlake Corporation (WLK)3.31%

Profitability

Profitable companies: 32 of 57
Median gross margin: 28.8%
Median net profit margin: 3.2%
Median return on equity: 4.1%

Longest dividend growth streak: PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG), 42 consecutive years.

Frequently Asked Questions About Specialty Chemicals Stocks

How many stocks are in the specialty chemicals industry?

There are 57 publicly traded stocks in the specialty chemicals industry, part of the Materials sector.

Which specialty chemicals stocks pay the highest dividend yields?

The highest yields in the specialty chemicals industry are LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (LYB, 5.26%), Eastman Chemical Company (EMN, 5.14%) and Westlake Corporation (WLK, 3.31%). PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG) has the longest record of dividend increases, 42 consecutive years.

Which specialty chemicals stocks performed best over the past year?

Over the past year the strongest specialty chemicals stocks were Sasol Limited (SSL, +169.0%), Calumet, Inc. (CLMT, +146.7%) and DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (DD, +66.2%). The weakest were Hawkins, Inc. (HWKN, −18.8%), Westlake Corporation (WLK, −18.6%) and H.B. Fuller Company (FUL, −15.9%).

Are specialty chemicals companies profitable?

32 of the 57 specialty chemicals companies with reported earnings are profitable, with a median gross margin of 28.8%, a median net profit margin of 3.2% and a median return on equity of 4.1%.