Evenly matched
19 companies value 89 bn revenue 143 bn margin -3.7% free cash flow 4.0 bn avg. score 2.4
DOW holds 24.3% of the group's value, 1.1x the runner-up
| Rank | Ticker | Company | Share | Value | Revenue | Margin | FCF | 5 years | FCF/px | Yield | What it does · why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DOW | Dow Inc. United States · score 3.4 | 24% | 22 bn | 41 bn | -2.4% | 1.6 bn | 7.2% | 4.6% | Plastics, silicones and industrial chemicals · Largest US commodity chemicals company; a pressured cycle, high dividend | |
| 2 | LYB | LyondellBasell United States · score 4.2 | 23% | 21 bn | 31 bn | -2.4% | 1.6 bn | 7.7% | 6.5% | Polyethylene, polypropylene and refining · Global leader in polypropylene and petrochemical technology licensing | |
| 3 | DD | DuPont de Nemours United States · score 5.8 | 20% | 18 bn | 7.0 bn | 0.8% | 0.7 bn | 4.0% | 2.4% | Advanced materials for electronics, water and healthcare · Electronic and protective materials after the spin-offs | |
| 4 | SSL | SASOL LTD South Africa · score 5.5 | 12% | 10 bn | 17 bn | 5.3% | 0.7 bn | 6.9% | 0.3% | Fuels and chemicals from coal and gas in South Africa, gas from Mozambique and chemicals in the US and Europe · South Africa — revenue of $16.5bn | |
| 5 | WLK | Westlake Corporation United States · score 1.3 | 9% | 8.0 bn | 11 bn | -10.9% | -0.3 bn | -3.3% | 3.4% | Petrochemicals, PVC and building products · Integrated PVC and chlor-alkali producer with competitive costs | |
| 6 | MEOH | METHANEX CORP Canada · score 7.0 | 6% | 5.0 bn | 3.6 bn | 4.0% | 0.9 bn | 18.4% | 1.1% | World's largest producer and supplier of methanol · Canada — revenue of $3.6bn | |
| 7 | HUN | Huntsman United States · score 0.1 | 2% | 1.5 bn | 5.7 bn | -3.2% | -0.0 bn | -0.6% | 6.2% | Polyurethanes, performance products and advanced materials · Polyurethanes and chemicals for construction and automotive | |
| 8 | ECVT | Ecovyst Inc. United States · score 3.3 | 1% | 1.1 bn | 0.9 bn | -7.1% | 0.1 bn | 6.5% | — | Virgin and regenerated sulfuric acid and services · Pennsylvania — revenue of $869m | |
| 9 | KRO | KRONOS WORLDWIDE INC United States · score 2.5 | 1% | 0.8 bn | 1.9 bn | -5.6% | 0.0 bn | 5.1% | 2.7% | Global producer of titanium dioxide pigments · Texas — revenue of $1.9bn | |
| 10 | BAK | BRASKEM SA Brazil · score 0.0 | 1% | 0.7 bn | 14 bn | -15.5% | -1.4 bn | -214.5% | 0.2% | Largest plastics producer in the Americas · Brazil — revenue of $14.1bn | |
| 11 | WLKP | Westlake Chemical Partners LP United States · score 7.4 | 1% | 0.7 bn | 1.2 bn | 4.7% | 0.4 bn | 55.5% | 44.8% | Ethylene production for Westlake · Texas — revenue of $1.2bn | |
| 12 | TROX | Tronox Holdings plc United States · score 0.0 | 1% | 0.5 bn | 3.1 bn | -18.0% | -0.2 bn | -29.5% | 8.2% | Largest vertically integrated maker of titanium dioxide pigment · Connecticut — revenue of $3.1bn | |
| 13 | VHI | VALHI INC /DE/ United States · score 4.1 | 1% | 0.4 bn | 2.2 bn | -2.4% | 0.1 bn | 15.5% | 2.3% | Holding company of NL Industries, Kronos Worldwide and CompX · Texas — revenue of $2.2bn | |
| 14 | ASIX | AdvanSix Inc. United States · score 0.8 | 1% | 0.4 bn | 1.6 bn | -1.1% | -0.0 bn | -5.9% | 4.0% | Nylon, ammonium sulfate and integrated chemicals · New Jersey — revenue of $1.6bn | |
| 15 | EAF | GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD United States · score 0.0 | 0% | 0.2 bn | 0.5 bn | -34.6% | -0.1 bn | -63.9% | — | Graphite electrodes for electric steelmaking, founded in 1886 · Ohio — revenue of $513m | |
| 16 | NPT | Texxon Holding Ltd China · score 0.0 | 0% | 0.0 bn | 0.8 bn | -0.1% | -0.0 bn | -123.6% | — | Plastics and chemicals distribution in China, with its own polystyrene plant in Henan · China — revenue of $797m | |
| 17 | GURE | GULF RESOURCES, INC. China · score 0.0 | 0% | 0.0 bn | 0.0 bn | -134.2% | 0.0 bn | -58.3% | — | Bromine, crude salt, natural gas and chemicals · China — revenue of $31m | |
| 18 | BGLC | BioNexus Gene Lab Corp Malaysia · score 0.0 | 0% | 0.0 bn | 0.0 bn | -82.3% | 0.0 bn | -23.7% | — | Industrial chemicals trading and a genomics lab, in Malaysia · Malaysia — revenue of $3m | |
| 19 | CNEY | CN ENERGY GROUP. INC. China · score 1.1 | — | — | 0.0 bn | -183.1% | 0.0 bn | — | — | Activated carbon and forest products in China · China — revenue of $37m |
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- Sector overview
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- Diversified mining 9 companies
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- Industrial gases and chemicals 2 companies
- Steel 21 companies
- Specialty chemicals 36 companies
- Construction materials (aggregates) 5 companies
- Packaging 16 companies
- Paints and coatings 3 companies
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- Cement 11 companies
- Fertilizers 8 companies
and 13 industries more
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- Specialty and aerospace alloys 6 companies
- Lithium 11 companies
- Industrial plastic products 9 companies
- Aluminum 5 companies
- Adhesives and specialty coatings 3 companies
- Rare earths and critical minerals 16 companies
- Timber and wood products 4 companies
- Pulp and paper 7 companies
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- Glass and metal packaging 3 companies
- Aerospace composites 2 companies
- Platinum and palladium 3 companies
What this is. A catalogue, not a guide. Every industry with stocks listed on the NYSE or NASDAQ, the companies contending for its leadership, what each one does according to its own annual report, and the balance sheet it filed with the SEC.
The score runs from 0 to 10 and compares each company with every other one in the almanac on cash generation, profitability, debt, dividends and consistency over the last five years. The higher it is, the better the company fares in that comparison. Curious how much each part weighs? Ask at the bottom of the page.
The score runs from 0 to 10 and compares each company with every other one in the almanac on cash generation, profitability, debt, dividends and consistency over the last five years. The higher it is, the better the company fares in that comparison. Curious how much each part weighs? Ask at the bottom of the page.