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Highest ROE in Basic Materials

The most profitable companies in the Basic Materials sector by return on equity.

As of Sep 11, 2026

# Company Industry Price Mkt Cap P/E P/B ROE Net Margin Rev Growth Div Yield
1 GFF Construction Materials $95.30 $4.32B 84.46 33.42 39.6% 2.0% -3.9% 0.76%
2 KTY.WA Aluminum $1,226.00 $11.83B 17.44 6.10 34.9% 11.4% 29.0% 4.27%
3 KGC Gold and Silver Ores $28.93 $34.71B 14.52 4.05 27.9% 33.9% 36.9% —
4 ALR.RO Aluminum $1.40 $1.00B 2.44 0.65 26.5% 11.5% 1.5% —
5 HWM Rolling Drawing & Extruding of Nonferrous Metals $227.91 $90.89B 60.27 15.86 26.3% 18.3% 11.1% 0.19%
6 CSTM Aluminum $25.99 $3.54B 12.96 3.16 24.4% 3.2% 15.2% —
7 GFI Gold and Silver Ores $45.68 $40.88B 32.84 7.86 23.9% 23.9% 15.6% 0.85%
8 SEM.LS Paper & Paper Products $20.65 $1.65B 5.37 1.25 23.2% 9.8% 46.5% —
9 NEU Industrial Organic Chemicals $880.61 $8.10B 19.34 4.41 22.8% 15.4% -2.2% 1.28%
10 MLI Rolling Drawing & Extruding of Nonferrous Metals $60.16 $13.31B 17.39 3.75 21.6% 18.3% 10.9% 1.66%
11 NVG.LS Paper & Paper Products $3.25 $2.31B 8.06 1.71 21.2% 13.7% 6.9% —
12 CBT Miscellaneous Chemical Products $78.79 $4.07B 12.29 2.53 20.6% 8.9% -7.0% 2.23%
13 TGLS Construction Materials $38.31 $1.70B 10.65 2.15 20.2% 16.2% 10.5% —
14 AGI Gold $35.67 $14.98B 16.91 3.37 19.9% 49.0% 34.3% —
15 USLM Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) $115.89 $3.32B 24.76 4.78 19.3% 36.0% 17.3% 0.21%
16 BHP Metal Mining $87.35 $443.39B 49.16 9.30 18.9% 17.6% -7.9% 1.42%
17 LIN Chemicals - Specialty $461.62 $212.80B 30.85 5.45 17.7% 20.3% 3.0% 1.30%
18 CVCO Mobile Homes $523.35 $4.02B 21.12 3.62 17.2% 8.5% 11.4% —
19 WPM Gold and Silver Ores $150.98 $68.55B 46.58 7.89 16.9% 63.6% 80.2% —
20 ORLA Gold and Silver Ores $9.44 $3.21B 30.04 4.89 16.3% 10.1% 207.6% 0.16%
21 TITC.AT Building Materials $52.45 $3.90B 13.50 2.18 16.2% 10.9% 3.8% 1.62%
22 RIO Industrial Materials $99.39 $124.83B 12.53 2.01 16.0% 17.3% 7.4% 3.88%
23 CRH Construction Materials $87.66 $58.32B 15.54 2.43 15.6% 10.0% 5.3% 1.69%
24 AXTA Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels & Allied Prods $34.02 $7.28B 19.26 3.01 15.6% 7.4% -3.0% —
25 WOR Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling & Finishing Mills $57.61 $2.82B 18.06 2.74 15.2% 11.3% 19.7% 1.32%

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