I don't follow many material stocks. Here are a couple I watch. I prefer material companies with more stable earnings like ECL, APD, PX, and BMS. Most material sector companies are highly cyclical, which I try to avoid.
Favorite list: ECL, APD, PX, SHW
The graphs below shows share prices in the last 12 months. The companies highlighted in GREEN are what I consider to be more stable in earnings. The names that are BOLDED are what I consider high quality companies.
| Specialty Chemicals | |
| APD - Air Products & Chemicals Inc. |
PX - Praxair Inc. |
| DOW - The Dow Chemical Company |
SHW - Sherwin-Williams Co. |
| ECL - Ecolab Inc. | RPM - RPM International Inc. |
| Mining | Steel & Iron |
| BBL - BHP Billiton plc (United Kingdom) | NUE - Nucor Corporation |
| Packaging & Containers | |
| BMS - Bemis Company, Inc. |
SON - Sonoco Products Co. |
| SLGN - Silgan Holdings Inc. |
ATR - AptarGroup, Inc. |
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