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Long-term Top 10 — Materials — 18 Aug 2026

The ten as they stood on 18 Aug 2026. Scores, pillars and reasons are the ones recorded that day; nothing here is recomputed. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100.

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The ten

#CompanySectorScore
1 Newmont (NEM)

Growth 91st (3-year revenue CAGR 23.9%, revenue growth year over year 25.2%) and financial health 90th (free cash flow margin 37.8%, debt to equity 0.2); weakest is shareholder return (21st, consecutive years of dividend increases 2 years).

  • Profitability85.8
  • Growth90.5
  • Financial health90.1
  • Valuation64.4
  • Shareholder return21.4
  • Long-term trend63.0
 Materials 73.2
2 Hecla Mining Co (HL)

Growth 94th (revenue growth year over year 51.2%, 3-year revenue CAGR 19.1%) and financial health 92nd (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 32.2%); weakest is valuation (27th, price to earnings 35.6, price to book 5).

  • Profitability70.3
  • Growth94.0
  • Financial health92.3
  • Valuation27.2
  • Shareholder return70.8
  • Long-term trend62.2
 Materials 70.3
3 CF Industries (CF)

Profitability 89th (operating margin 41%, return on equity 40.4%) and valuation 76th (price to earnings 8.6, price to book 2.5); weakest is growth (43rd, 3-year revenue CAGR -14.1%, revenue growth year over year 20%).

  • Profitability89.0
  • Growth42.7
  • Financial health71.1
  • Valuation75.9
  • Shareholder return70.8
  • Long-term trend59.6
 Materials 67.4
4 Southern Copper (SCCO)

Profitability 94th (operating margin 56.9%, return on equity 49.3%) and growth 83rd (revenue growth year over year 32.8%, 3-year revenue CAGR 10.1%); weakest is shareholder return (21st, consecutive years of dividend increases 2 years).

  • Profitability93.9
  • Growth82.9
  • Financial health73.0
  • Valuation28.7
  • Shareholder return21.4
  • Long-term trend68.1
 Materials 66.4
5 Royal Gold (RGLD)

Growth 91st (3-year revenue CAGR 19.5%) and shareholder return 71st (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years); weakest is financial health (46th, free cash flow margin 0%, debt to equity 0.1).

  • Profitability69.0
  • Growth90.6
  • Financial health46.0
  • Valuation51.0
  • Shareholder return70.8
  • Long-term trend56.3
 Materials 64.8
6 UNITED STATES LIME AND MINERALS IN (USLM)

Financial health 90th (debt to equity 0, free cash flow margin 24.4%) and profitability 80th (operating margin 42.1%, return on equity 20.8%); weakest is shareholder return (36th, consecutive years of dividend increases 4 years).

  • Profitability80.3
  • Growth67.6
  • Financial health89.9
  • Valuation39.3
  • Shareholder return36.1
  • Long-term trend44.0
 Materials 61.4
7 COMMERCIAL METALS (CMC)

Valuation 83rd (price to earnings 13.4, price to book 1.5) and growth 77th (3-year revenue CAGR 11.2%, revenue growth year over year 15.2%); weakest is financial health (33rd, free cash flow margin 4.6%, debt to equity 0.8).

  • Profitability37.2
  • Growth76.6
  • Financial health32.5
  • Valuation82.7
  • Shareholder return70.8
  • Long-term trend62.9
 Materials 59.7
8 Carpenter Technology Corporation (CRS)

Long-term trend 72nd (a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day) and shareholder return 71st (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years); weakest is valuation (16th, price to earnings 55.2, price to book 7.3).

  • Profitability69.2
  • Growth58.7
  • Financial health66.1
  • Valuation16.1
  • Shareholder return70.8
  • Long-term trend71.9
 Materials 59.4
9 WARRIOR MET COAL INC (HCC)

Growth 94th (revenue growth year over year 37.5%) and long-term trend 68th (over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 47.8 percentage points); weakest is shareholder return (12th, consecutive years of dividend increases 1 year).

  • Profitability37.4
  • Growth93.5
  • Financial health64.4
  • Valuation59.5
  • Shareholder return11.5
  • Long-term trend67.6
 Materials 59.4
10 Sonoco (SON)

Valuation 92nd (price to earnings 9.2, price to book 1.2) and shareholder return 71st (consecutive years of dividend increases 5 years); weakest is financial health (25th, free cash flow margin 4.8%, debt to equity 1.2).

  • Profitability51.7
  • Growth69.6
  • Financial health24.5
  • Valuation91.9
  • Shareholder return70.8
  • Long-term trend51.2
 Materials 59.0

Entered on 18 Aug 2026

Newmont (NEM) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 1, score 73.2.

Hecla Mining Co (HL) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 2, score 70.3.

CF Industries (CF) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 3, score 67.4.

Southern Copper (SCCO) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 4, score 66.4.

Royal Gold (RGLD) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 5, score 64.8.

UNITED STATES LIME AND MINERALS IN (USLM) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 6, score 61.4.

COMMERCIAL METALS (CMC) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 7, score 59.7.

Carpenter Technology Corporation (CRS) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 8, score 59.4.

WARRIOR MET COAL INC (HCC) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 9, score 59.4.

Sonoco (SON) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 10, score 59.0.

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