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The best materials stocks right now, ranked.

Of the 106 investable materials stocks we score, these 25 rank highest on Ticker Nerd's factor model today — all nine factor families at once, not one metric. Every stock in P123's Non-Energy Materials sector, the taxonomy the rank is built on.

Every score is a percentile across the whole US universe we cover — a 92 beats 92% of it. How the model was built and blind-tested is on the methodology page; what each factor means is on the factor glossary.

Top 25
Top 25 of 106 · Ranks as at 5 Nov 2026
TickerCompanyMkt capRank1w rank ΔRevisionsValueMomentumQualityAccrualsIssuanceGrowthVolatilitySize
AVNT
Avient Corp.
Specialty Chemicals
$4.1B
96.8
+2.4
96.4
80.6
81.3
71.6
64.6
85.7
81.6
49.0
25.2
NGVT
Ingevity Corp.
Specialty Chemicals
$2.3B
96.5
+1.8
76.2
85.8
82.7
96.7
96.2
98.8
26.7
47.4
32.6
AIN
Albany International Corp.
Textile Manufacturing
$1.9B
95.5
+3.3
94.4
45.9
66.2
65.8
68.6
96.4
96.1
65.1
35.1
HL
Hecla Mining Co.
Other Precious Metals & Mining
$9.7B
95.3
+6.7
68.9
91.2
64.7
98.1
64.0
86.8
86.5
74.8
15.1
TKR
The Timken Co.
Tools & Accessories
$6.9B
95.1
+6.0
87.4
77.4
80.4
67.1
70.4
93.5
63.5
86.3
18.5
ROG
Rogers Corp.
Electronic Components
$2.1B
95.1
+1.3
86.1
58.8
87.5
63.6
77.2
88.0
88.0
37.3
34.0
AUGO
Aura Minerals, Inc.
Gold
$6.0B
94.6
+0.6
78.6
95.6
90.2
99.2
24.1
59.8
97.5
76.2
20.3
GFF
Griffon Corp.
Building Products & Equipment
$4.6B
94.4
−0.9
82.4
71.0
91.8
94.0
77.8
99.5
38.4
43.5
23.5
CSTM
Constellium SE
Aluminum
$2.8B
94.3
−0.3
62.6
99.7
71.7
93.3
30.3
98.0
98.3
49.7
30.3
ASH
Ashland, Inc.
Specialty Chemicals
$3.5B
93.4
+8.6
59.7
66.8
93.6
59.0
91.9
87.7
81.6
74.3
27.2
BCPC
Balchem Corp.
Specialty Chemicals
$5.8B
92.7
0.0
93.2
46.8
80.8
93.2
49.5
91.7
57.7
97.3
20.6
CCK
Crown Holdings, Inc.
Packaging & Containers
$13.6B
92.5
+0.1
74.6
85.3
79.3
85.9
68.2
98.3
47.1
78.8
12.4
NUE
Nucor Corp.
Steel
$56.2B
92.0
−0.7
90.9
79.0
94.6
67.0
40.5
70.2
95.7
73.8
4.6
RS
Reliance, Inc.
Steel
$21.1B
92.0
−1.0
99.1
70.1
90.4
71.0
25.4
66.5
93.4
98.8
9.4
CF
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
Agricultural Inputs
$17.9B
91.7
+3.5
55.3
95.9
77.5
98.6
47.2
72.1
93.5
88.3
10.3
DOW
Dow, Inc.
Chemicals
$23.0B
91.5
−1.1
88.1
93.5
64.9
39.8
80.9
73.3
89.2
76.7
9.0
PPG
PPG Industries, Inc.
Specialty Chemicals
$27.2B
90.8
+1.5
74.4
79.5
77.3
84.2
46.0
94.5
73.5
87.1
7.8
SSRM
SSR Mining, Inc.
Gold
$5.7B
90.0
+2.1
32.8
99.3
73.9
95.4
58.0
97.4
77.6
86.1
20.9
SCCO
Southern Copper Corp.
Copper
$141.1B
89.5
−2.5
90.5
89.2
82.9
99.5
34.8
39.5
92.2
73.9
1.7
AZZ
AZZ, Inc.
Specialty Business Services
$3.7B
89.5
−1.1
92.0
66.3
71.6
83.1
55.5
79.3
47.3
89.7
26.8
SSD
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Lumber & Wood Production
$8.2B
89.2
+0.1
81.3
57.6
73.0
84.5
68.8
94.4
49.5
89.1
16.6
RBC
RBC Bearings, Inc.
Tools & Accessories
$14.7B
87.4
+9.4
93.4
39.8
77.7
70.9
55.9
86.9
71.8
95.8
11.8
DD
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
Specialty Chemicals
$19.6B
86.9
+5.4
95.0
69.0
83.1
51.4
79.3
99.6
30.2
70.5
9.8
NEM
Newmont Corp.
Gold
$124.4B
85.7
+1.8
45.9
97.4
82.9
98.5
61.3
73.7
60.5
99.7
2.1
AVY
Avery Dennison Corp.
Packaging & Containers
$14.7B
85.1
+0.7
72.6
54.6
62.0
95.7
62.1
94.7
62.4
81.1
11.8

Today’s snapshot only — the list rotates as the scores move. Click any ticker for its full page: rank against every factor, analyst price targets, financials and news.

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What these materials stocks look like up close.

Figures for the 25 listed names, from the same data behind their stock pages.

18 of the 25 names with analyst coverage this month carry a Buy-or-better majority.

Cheapest on trailing P/E: CSTM at 5.5×, CF at 8.8× and SSRM at 8.9×.

Highest forward dividend yields: DOW at 4.4%, AUGO at 4.0% and SCCO at 2.6%.

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FAQ

Questions people ask about materials stocks.

What are the best materials stocks right now?
As at 5 Nov 2026, the top-ranked materials stocks on Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model are Avient Corp. (AVNT), Ingevity Corp. (NGVT), Albany International Corp. (AIN). The full top 25 is the table on this page, re-ranked every trading day. A rank is general information, not personal advice.
How does Ticker Nerd pick the best materials stocks?
Nobody picks them. A factor model scores roughly 4,600 US stocks every trading day on families like value, momentum, quality and growth, and this page is one fixed cut of that ranking. The research process behind the model — point-in-time data from 2005, locked test windows, logged rejections — is published on the methodology page.
Are materials stocks a good investment?
That depends on the price paid and on your circumstances — this page is general information, not advice. What the data says as at 5 Nov 2026: of the 25 listed names with analyst coverage this month, 18 carry a Buy-or-better majority, and every rank above is a percentile across roughly 4,600 US stocks.
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