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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 12, 2026

# Company Industry Price Mkt Cap P/E P/B ROE Net Margin Rev Growth Div Yield
1 GFF Construction Materials $96.03 $4.35B 85.10 33.68 39.6% 2.0% -3.9% 0.75%
2 KTY.WA Aluminum $1,213.00 $11.71B 17.26 6.03 34.9% 11.4% 29.0% 4.32%
3 KGC Gold and Silver Ores $29.13 $34.95B 14.62 4.08 27.9% 33.9% 36.9% —
4 ALR.RO Aluminum $1.38 $984.17M 2.40 0.64 26.5% 11.5% 1.5% —
5 HWM Rolling Drawing & Extruding of Nonferrous Metals $229.61 $91.57B 60.72 15.98 26.3% 18.3% 11.1% 0.19%
6 CSTM Aluminum $26.17 $3.56B 13.05 3.18 24.4% 3.2% 15.2% —
7 GFI Gold and Silver Ores $45.10 $40.37B 32.42 7.76 23.9% 23.9% 15.6% 0.86%
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 $887.08 $8.16B 19.48 4.44 22.8% 15.4% -2.2% 1.27%
10 MLI Rolling Drawing & Extruding of Nonferrous Metals $60.48 $13.38B 17.48 3.77 21.6% 18.3% 10.9% 1.65%
11 NVG.LS Paper & Paper Products $3.24 $2.31B 8.05 1.70 21.2% 13.7% 6.9% —
12 CBT Miscellaneous Chemical Products $79.68 $4.11B 12.43 2.56 20.6% 8.9% -7.0% 2.21%
13 TGLS Construction Materials $38.32 $1.70B 10.65 2.16 20.2% 16.2% 10.5% —
14 AGI Gold $35.92 $15.08B 17.03 3.39 19.9% 49.0% 34.3% —
15 USLM Mining & Quarrying of Nonmetallic Minerals (No Fuels) $117.82 $3.38B 25.17 4.86 19.3% 36.0% 17.3% 0.20%
16 BHP Metal Mining $87.15 $442.37B 49.05 9.28 18.9% 17.6% -7.9% 1.42%
17 LIN Chemicals - Specialty $466.22 $214.92B 31.16 5.50 17.7% 20.3% 3.0% 1.29%
18 CVCO Mobile Homes $529.64 $4.07B 21.37 3.67 17.2% 8.5% 11.4% —
19 WPM Gold and Silver Ores $154.12 $69.98B 47.55 8.05 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 $51.80 $3.86B 13.33 2.16 16.2% 10.9% 3.8% 1.64%
22 RIO Industrial Materials $99.96 $125.55B 12.60 2.02 16.0% 17.3% 7.4% 3.86%
23 CRH Construction Materials $88.55 $58.91B 15.70 2.45 15.6% 10.0% 5.3% 1.67%
24 AXTA Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels & Allied Prods $34.16 $7.31B 19.34 3.02 15.6% 7.4% -3.0% —
25 WOR Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling & Finishing Mills $56.93 $2.79B 17.85 2.71 15.2% 11.3% 19.7% 1.33%

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