Specialty Chemicals Stocks in the US

The largest Specialty Chemicals stocks in the US by market value are Linde plc ($236.5B), Ecolab Inc. ($84.3B) and The Sherwin-Williams Company ($82.6B), at prices of 6 Nov 2026.

• Linde plc: $515.24 | market value $236.5B | P/E 31.2
• Ecolab Inc.: $300.71 | market value $84.3B | P/E 37
• The Sherwin-Williams Company: $344.02 | market value $82.6B | P/E 29.2
• Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: $304.73 | market value $67.9B | P/E 116.4
• PPG Industries, Inc.: $122.55 | market value $27.1B | P/E 14.8
• International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.: $82.61 | market value $20.7B | P/E 69.7
• LyondellBasell Industries N.V.: $60.74 | market value $19.6B | P/E 14.4
• DuPont de Nemours, Inc.: $146.26 | market value $19.4B | P/E 58.3
• Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.: $57.52 | market value $16.4B | P/E 15.2
• RPM International Inc.: $103.31 | market value $13.2B | P/E 19.3

The other 19 Specialty Chemicals companies are in the full list below.

Share price | market value | P/E, biggest first. Prices and market values as of 6 Nov 2026; ratios as in the score list below.

Ranked by the 4-Factor Sector Score (growth & earnings 35, capital efficiency 25, valuation 20, relative strength 20). Prices as of 6 Nov 2026.

The largest 15 of 29 listed US Specialty Chemicals companies are named here; all 29 are ranked in the scorecard. Every figure is equal-weighted across those companies and carries its own as-of date. One large company cannot set the reading.

1. Linde plc$236.5B
2. Ecolab Inc.$84.3B
3. The Sherwin-Williams Company$82.6B
4. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.$67.9B
5. PPG Industries, Inc.$27.1B
6. International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.$20.7B
7. LyondellBasell Industries N.V.$19.6B
8. DuPont de Nemours, Inc.$19.4B
9. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.$16.4B
10. RPM International Inc.$13.2B
11. Albemarle Corporation$11.7B
12. Solstice Advanced Materials, Inc.$9.1B
13. Westlake Corporation$8.1B
14. Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.$7.8B
15. Element Solutions Inc$7.6B

The remaining 14 Specialty Chemicals companies are named and ranked in the scorecard.

47 Specialty Chemicals companies in the Specialty Chemicals industry group (every listed company) have a page on Sector Alpha, by market value as of 6 November 2026, and all 47 are listed below, largest first. The largest is Linde plc ($236.5 billion) and the smallest with a market value is Hudson Technologies, Inc.

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The line below covers up to 5.2 years and opens on the 5Y view; the buttons cut it shorter. Over the last two years (104 weeks) this industry is 8% behind S&P 500. Earnings across its companies fell 3% on average over the last four reported quarters.

14 of 45 companies ahead of S&P 500 by 5% or more over three months. 1 is 20% or more behind over a year while earnings grew 20% or more.

Not ahead of S&P 500 on the three-month view this week; 21 of the 45 companies in the industry index above their 200-day average (4 more than four weeks earlier); 14 of those 45 ahead of S&P 500 by 5% or more over three months (4 more than four weeks earlier); earnings rising at 27 of the 44 that report earnings.

Not ahead of S&P 500 yet, but 4 more stocks joined in four weeks, 10 → 14 of 45. Earnings mixed, 27 of 44 members have higher trailing twelve-month earnings than a year ago.

Both lines start at 200 in the same week, so the gap between them tells the story: the industry line is an equal-weighted index of its 45 companies. The bars underneath are trailing 12-month earnings per share, one bar per reported quarter, each member set to 100 at the start and the industry taking the middle value, so a price line pulling away from flat bars means the market is paying more for the same earnings. A bar turns grey when that figure is lower than the quarter before. The rules are fixed and the same everywhere on this site: ahead by 5% or more over three months, or behind by 20% or more over a year while earnings grew 20% or more. Hover or tap any point to read both values and the gap.

Specialty Chemicals has done better than the S&P 500 by 16.9% over the last 52 weeks. Over 13 weeks the gap is a shortfall of 0.8%. Avient Corporation is the strongest against the sector itself at +17.5%.

Specialty Chemicals has done better than the S&P 500 by 16.9% over 52 weeks, but is 0.8% behind over the last 13 weeks. 15 of 29 companies we track are beating the S&P 500 on relative strength (how a share price has done against the index over recent months), and 13 of 29 are ahead of the industry itself.

A score that ranks each company against the others in its industry. The four parts shown always add up to the total: Growth & earnings (35), Capital efficiency (25), Valuation (20), and Relative strength (20). Missing or old evidence affects only its own part, never as a hidden adjustment.

Avient Corporation has the strongest current balance of earnings trajectory, business quality, valuation and price confirmation, with 85.3% evidence confidence.

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. scores well on valuation against its peers or its own history, but its earnings have not yet improved enough to back that up.

Calumet, Inc. has the strongest one-year price move in Specialty Chemicals at +106.6%. Ashland Inc. leads on relative strength against the S&P 500, at +19.4%. 15 of 29 companies we track are ahead of the index on that measure. Every line covers 313 weekly closes through 6 November 2026.

Price and relative strength

Price · same starting point: Every company, the sector's own index and S&P 500 all start level on the left edge of the window, so only the distance between the lines counts: the highest line has risen the most since then, and the chart at the top of this page is drawn the same way. It opens on one year; the buttons beside it stretch that to three or five.

RS vs S&P 500: How far ahead of or behind S&P 500 each company has been running, measured against its own recent average of that comparison, so the flat line at zero IS S&P 500: above it the company is beating the market, below it the market is beating the company. It opens on one year.

RS vs sector: The same measure taken against Specialty Chemicals itself instead of the whole market, so the flat line at zero is the sector: above it the company is beating its own peers, which is the sharper test of the two. It opens on one year.

Biggest one-year moves

Strongest against S&P 500

Strongest against the sector itself

Linde plc has the highest Revenue among the 29 Specialty Chemicals companies compared here, at $36,238 million. LyondellBasell Industries N.V. is next at $31,964 million. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. has the highest Revenue growth at 59%, so level and change sit with different companies. 29 of 29 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Sep 2026.

What the numbers say: Linde plc is the largest at $36,238 million, 13.4% ahead of LyondellBasell Industries N.V. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.'s growth is 59% from a $6,725 million base, with 19 reported quarters out of the last 20. Fast growth from a smaller base is not yet the same as proven size.

What this means: Linde plc is the size to compare against; Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. is the one growing fastest. The faster grower has to keep that growth and turn it into margin and returns before it counts as more than a fast start.

This conclusion weakens if: Linde plc's growth falls below Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.'s for two consecutive comparable reports while operating margin also compresses.

Revenue is compared on a common reported-currency basis. Growth is year-on-year, so seasonality does not masquerade as progress.

Revenue · company comparison

Revenue · largest

Revenue growth · fastest growers

All-company data · latest reported quarter

In every all-company table on this page, each figure is the company’s latest single reported quarter. The rankings above them use trailing-twelve-month or current-market values, so a company can legitimately show a different number in each.

Revenue shows both size and speed. A large company can absorb shocks and pay for wide distribution; faster growth can mean market-share gains, new capacity or stronger demand. The best sign is usually growth that lasts without hurting margins and returns.

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. has the highest OPM among the 29 Specialty Chemicals companies compared here, at 48.8%. Ingevity Corporation is next at 28.3%. The same company also has the highest Margin change, at +32.2 percentage points. 29 of 29 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Jun 2026.

What the numbers say: Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. leads both opm at 48.8% and margin change at +32.2 percentage points.

What this means: Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. sets the level to compare against; the company improving fastest needs another report to confirm the change.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current margin change signal.

Operating margin compares operating profit with revenue. Improvement is measured in percentage points, not percentage growth.

Operating margin · company comparison

OPM · highest

Margin change · fastest expanders

All-company data · latest reported quarter

Linde plc has the highest Net profit among the 29 Specialty Chemicals companies compared here, at $7,185 million. The Sherwin-Williams Company is next at $2,677 million. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. has the highest Profit growth at the 100% top of the scoring scale, so level and change sit with different companies.

What the numbers say: Linde plc earns the most, $7,185 million of profit over the last 12 months, 168.4% above The Sherwin-Williams Company. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. shows at least 100% on the scoring scale (190.8% in full) growth from a profit base of $1,387 million. A fast rate from a small base matters less than a large profit that keeps coming.

What this means: Linde plc sets the level to compare against; the company improving fastest needs another report to confirm the change.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current profit growth signal.

Net profit is the residual after operating costs, interest and tax. Growth off a loss or near-zero base is excluded from the fastest-grower rank.

Net profit · company comparison

Net profit · largest

Profit growth · fastest growers

All-company data · latest reported quarter

WD-40 Company has the highest ROCE among the 29 Specialty Chemicals companies compared here, at 28.7%. Ingevity Corporation is next at 25.2%. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. has the highest ROCE change at +10.1 percentage points, so level and change sit with different companies. 29 of 29 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Sep 2026.

What the numbers say: WD-40 Company leads ROCE at 28.7%, 3.5 percentage points above Ingevity Corporation. A high return reported once may be one good year; a high return reported year after year shows a lasting business.

What this means: WD-40 Company sets the level to compare against; the company improving fastest needs another report to confirm the change.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current roce change signal.

ROCE asks how much operating return the business earns on the capital employed. Direction matters, but a single exceptional year should not be mistaken for durability.

Return on capital · company comparison

ROCE · highest

ROCE change · fastest improvers

All-company data · latest reported quarter

Cabot Corporation has the lowest PEG among the 29 Specialty Chemicals companies compared here, at 0.18×. PPG Industries, Inc. is next at 0.25×. Calumet, Inc. has the lowest P/E at −23.8×, so level and change sit with different companies. 19 of 29 companies report a comparable reading, the latest through Sep 2026.

What the numbers say: Cabot Corporation has the lowest comparable PEG at 0.18×, 28% below PPG Industries, Inc. That would need today's multiple, the company's own history and steady growth to agree.

What this means: A low valuation is a reason to look closer at the business, not a conclusion on its own.

This conclusion weakens if: The next two comparable reports reverse the current p/e signal.

PEG is shown only when earnings are positive and three-year EPS growth is between 5% and 60%. It is worked out the same way every time, as the P/E on the last 12 months of reported earnings divided by that growth rate, never on expected earnings. On Indian companies it is shown only where the two data feeds agreed. Where any of that fails the ratio is left out rather than printed: a P/E divided by a loss, or by growth measured off a tiny base, is a number that looks precise and means nothing.

Valuation · company comparison

PEG · lowest PEG

P/E · lowest P/E

All-company data · latest reported quarter