Specialty Chemicals Stocks in the S&P 500
Every S&P 500 company classed as Specialty Chemicals: 9 of the 19 stocks in the Basic Materials sector. Highest fundamentals score first.
Quick answer
S&P 500 Specialty Chemicals stocks: 9 (9 scored). Median score 42/100, below the S&P 500 median of 54. Strong (80+): 0. Weak (under 40): 2. Highest scores: PPG Industries (55), Linde (52) and DuPont (49).
All 9 Specialty Chemicals stocks, ranked by score
9 stocks
| PPG Industries, Inc. Common StockPPG Industries PPG | 55 | US$ 26.4b | 63 | 83 | 63 | 17 | 50 |
| Linde plcLinde LIN | 52 | US$ 236.1b | 80 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 75 |
| DuPont de Nemours, Inc. Common StockDuPont DD | 49 | US$ 18.9b | 10 | 83 | 63 | 17 | 67 |
| Ecolab Inc. Common StockEcolab ECL | 46 | US$ 84.6b | 70 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 58 |
| Albemarle Corporation Common StockAlbemarle ALB | 42 | US$ 10.6b | 20 | 67 | 63 | 17 | 42 |
| International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. Common StockInternational Flavors & Fragrances IFF | 42 | US$ 23.7b | 0 | 67 | 38 | 17 | 80 |
| Sherwin-Williams Company (The) Common StockSherwin-Williams SHW | 42 | US$ 80.4b | 70 | 33 | 38 | 0 | 67 |
| LyondellBasell Industries NV Ordinary Shares Class A (Netherlands)LyondellBasell LYB | 30 | US$ 22.2b | 0 | 33 | 63 | 0 | 50 |
| Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Common StockAir Products APD | 18 | US$ 70.0b | 10 | 17 | 38 | 0 | 25 |
Common questions
This site lists 9 S&P 500 stocks in the Specialty Chemicals sub-sector, part of the Basic Materials sector. 9 of them have enough data for a score.
As of this site's latest data, PPG Industries, Inc. Common Stock (PPG) has the highest fundamentals score in Specialty Chemicals, at 55/100. Top three: PPG Industries (55), Linde (52) and DuPont (49).
The median Specialty Chemicals stock scores 42/100, below the S&P 500 median of 54. Split: 0 strong, 7 okay, 2 weak. Its biggest shortfall is Business Strength: 36 vs 61 for the whole S&P 500.
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Common Stock (APD), at 18/100, the lowest of the 9 scored Specialty Chemicals stocks. Its stock page shows which measures pull it down. A score reads the latest published numbers, not a forecast.
Each stock gets 0-100 from five pillars: Business Strength, Financial Safety, Cash & Dividends, Price Fairness and Risk, built from its published financial statements and share price. Banks and REITs use their own cutoffs where normal rules would misjudge them. Full rules: https://scoreyourstock.com/how.