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Materials

Sector deep dive

Materials

Materials covers the companies that dig up, process and sell the raw inputs behind everything physical: metals, chemicals, packaging, timber and construction supplies. It is a cyclical sector that rises and falls with construction, manufacturing and global demand, and it sits upstream of nearly every other industry.

168 public companies in this sector are currently in the Substox database. Below are the top names by market capitalization.