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Industries in this sectorTop 5 companies in Basic Materials

# of
Comp
Industry Average
Mrkt Cap
P/E TTM 5Yr EPS% 3Yr Rev.% ROE
5 Yr Avg%
191Chemical Manufacturing7.4B24.1x(37.7)4.019.7
23Chemicals - Plastics & Rubber4.1B23.3x(26.0)(3.0)13.8
13Forestry & Wood Products2.2B13.3x16.5(15.1)(0.3630)
32Iron & Steel1.8B35.2x(29.5)(0.3300)14.9
291Metal Mining1.6B41.0x(9.8)(8.7)28.4
60Containers & Packaging1.6B19.5x11.92.513.4
30Paper & Paper Products1.4B17.4x15.34.710.0
85Misc. Fabricated Products1.2B28.7x6.5(2.6)16.5
784Gold & Silver704.4M16.5x16.911.015.6
73Non-Metallic Mining596.5M23.0x40.57.8(100,000.0)
26Fabricated Plastic & Rubber417.0M18.4x(17.8)0.63108.3
Industry Average
Mrkt Cap
P/E TTM 5Yr EPS% 3Yr Rev.% ROE
5 Yr Avg%
Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA)54.1B38.3x30.21.833.1
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.52.9B12.3x14.03.9(1.3)
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company50.2B16.5x9.62.230.1
Barrick Gold Corporation (USA)48.5B18.6x--13.1(1.4)
The Dow Chemical Company44.7B22.4x(18.0)0.186411.2
 
 
 
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