Top Basic Materials Stocks with Highest Upside Potential (Aug 27, 2010)
Below are the top U.S.-listed Basic Materials stocks with highest potential upside, calculated as the difference between current price and Wall Street analysts' average target price.
Ranking | Company (Ticker) | Potential Upside
1 Vista Gold Corp. (AMEX:VGZ) 1044.6%
2 Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (AMEX:PZG) 586.4%
3 New Generation Biofuels Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:NGBF) 547.7%
5 Orient Paper Inc (NYSE:ONP) 259.6%
6 Sutor Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:SUTR) 239.0%
7 Anooraq Resources Corporation (USA) (AMEX:ANO) 213.1%
8 China Direct Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:CDII) 206.1%
9 Shiner International, Inc. (NASDAQ:BEST) 195.7%
10 Seabridge Gold, Inc. (USA) (AMEX:SA) 155.0%
11 Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALTI) 150.0%
12 Verso Paper Corp. (NYSE:VRS) 143.4%
13 Metalico, Inc. (AMEX:MEA) 139.6%
14 Puda Coal, Inc (AMEX:PUDA) 137.2%
15 Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (USA) (AMEX:NAK) 106.2%
16 Leading Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ:LBIX) 100.0%
17 Uranerz Energy Corp. (AMEX:URZ) 97.9%
18 Brigus Gold Corp. (AMEX:BRD) 97.6%
19 Rentech, Inc. (AMEX:RTK) 92.6%
20 General Moly, Inc. (AMEX:GMO) 92.5%
21 ShengdaTech, Inc. (NASDAQ:SDTH) 88.9%
22 China GengSheng Minerals, Inc. (AMEX:CHGS) 87.0%
23 Wausau Paper Corp. (NYSE:WPP) 84.5%
24 U.S. Energy Corp. (NASDAQ:USEG) 83.8%
25 Yongye International, Inc. (NASDAQ:YONG) 83.1%
26 Koppers Holdings Inc. (NYSE:KOP) 82.8%
27 Augusta Resource Corp. (USA) (AMEX:AZC) 82.4%
28 Myers Industries, Inc. (NYSE:MYE) 81.8%
29 Rex American Resources Corp. (NYSE:REX) 81.3%
30 Landec Corporation (NASDAQ:LNDC) 79.2%
31 Aceto Corporation (NASDAQ:ACET) 78.6%
32 Neenah Paper, Inc. (NYSE:NP) 78.6%
33 Uranium Energy Corp. (AMEX:UEC) 77.6%
34 OMNOVA Solutions Inc. (NYSE:OMN) 76.7%
35 Cereplast, Inc. (NASDAQ:CERP) 76.5%
36 China Gerui Adv Mtals Grp Ltd (NASDAQ:CHOP) 75.9%
37 Exeter Resource Corp. (AMEX:XRA) 74.1%
38 Kimber Resources, Inc. (AMEX:KBX) 73.1%
39 KMG Chemicals, Inc. (NASDAQ:KMGB) 72.8%
40 TPC Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:TPCG) 72.4%
41 International Tower Hill Mines Ltd(USA] (AMEX:THM) 71.6%
42 Thompson Creek Metals Company, Inc. (NYSE:TC) 69.7%
43 North American Palladium Ltd. (AMEX:PAL) 69.3%
44 Gulf Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ:GFRE) 69.2%
45 Metals USA Holdings Corp (NYSE:MUSA) 68.6%
46 HORSEHEAD HOLDING CORP. (NASDAQ:ZINC) 67.9%
47 Buckeye Technologies Inc. (NYSE:BKI) 67.6%
48 Sims Metal Management Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:SMS) 67.5%
49 Temple-Inland, Inc. (NYSE:TIN) 66.6%
50 Zagg Inc (NASDAQ:ZAGG) 65.6%
51 Stepan Company (NYSE:SCL) 65.6%
52 International Paper Company (NYSE:IP) 65.0%
53 P.H. Glatfelter Company (NYSE:GLT) 64.3%
54 Silver Standard Resources Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ:SSRI) 63.7%
55 Verenium Corporation (NASDAQ:VRNM) 63.4%
56 Cemex SAB de CV (ADR) (NYSE:CX) 62.6%
57 Tenaris S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:TS) 61.5%
58 China Green Agriculture, Inc (NYSE:CGA) 61.5%
59 Spartech Corporation (NYSE:SEH) 60.3%
60 Stillwater Mining Company (NYSE:SWC) 60.2%
61 Cellu Tissue Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CLU) 59.8%
62 Solutia Inc. (NYSE:SOA) 59.7%
63 General Steel Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:GSI) 59.4%
64 Penford Corporation (NASDAQ:PENX) 57.2%
65 A. Schulman, Inc. (NASDAQ:SHLM) 56.8%
66 Graphic Packaging Holding Company (NYSE:GPK) 56.3%
67 ArcelorMittal (ADR) (NYSE:MT) 55.0%
68 Keegan Resources Inc. (AMEX:KGN) 54.1%
69 Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. (NASDAQ:GSM) 53.0%
70 Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) 52.3%
71 Universal Forest Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:UFPI) 52.3%
72 Alumina Limited (ADR) (NYSE:AWC) 51.5%
73 Capital Gold Corporation (AMEX:CGC) 51.4%
74 Great Basin Gold Ltd. (USA) (AMEX:GBG) 50.8%
75 Mechel OAO (ADR) (NYSE:MTL) 50.6%
76 Georgia Gulf Corporation (NYSE:GGC) 50.6%
77 Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (NYSE:CLF) 50.2%
78 Ashland Inc. (NYSE:ASH) 49.9%
79 Reliance Steel & Aluminum (NYSE:RS) 49.7%
80 James Hardie Industries SE (NYSE:JHX) 49.5%
81 Platinum Group Metals Limited (USA) (AMEX:PLG) 49.4%
82 KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp. (NYSE:KS) 48.8%
83 UFP Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:UFPT) 48.4%
84 Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE:WY) 48.3%
85 Ameron International Corporation (NYSE:AMN) 47.7%
86 Celanese Corporation (NYSE:CE) 46.2%
87 PolyOne Corporation (NYSE:POL) 46.0%
88 Calgon Carbon Corporation (NYSE:CCC) 45.6%
89 Minefinders Corp. Ltd. (USA) (AMEX:MFN) 45.4%
90 Orchids Paper Products Company (AMEX:TIS) 45.3%
91 Vale (ADR) (NYSE:VALE) 45.0%
92 Gushan Environmental Energy Limited (NYSE:GU) 44.9%
93 OM Group, Inc. (NYSE:OMG) 44.9%
94 Ternium S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:TX) 44.5%
95 AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE:AKS) 44.3%
96 Taseko Mines Limited (USA) (AMEX:TGB) 44.3%
97 Gerdau SA (ADR) (NYSE:GGB) 44.0%
98 Jaguar Mining Inc. (NYSE:JAG) 43.8%
99 Teck Resources Limited (NYSE:TCK) 43.3%
100 Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ:CENX) 43.0%
101 China Precision Steel, Inc. (NASDAQ:CPSL) 42.9%
102 W.R. Grace & Co. (NYSE:GRA) 42.7%
103 Innophos Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:IPHS) 42.5%
104 Chemspec International Ltd (NYSE:CPC) 42.3%
105 Olin Corporation (NYSE:OLN) 42.2%
106 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX) 42.0%
107 Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ:STLD) 41.9%
108 Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation (NYSE:NOR) 41.7%
109 Metabolix, Inc. (NASDAQ:MBLX) 41.4%
110 RPM International Inc. (NYSE:RPM) 41.0%
111 Carpenter Technology Corporation (NYSE:CRS) 40.3%
112 Deltic Timber Corporation (NYSE:DEL) 40.1%
113 Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (NYSE:SSCC) 39.5%
114 MeadWestvaco Corp. (NYSE:MWV) 39.3%
115 Grupo Simec S.A.B. de C.V. (ADR) (AMEX:SIM) 38.7%
116 The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) 38.4%
117 Claude Resources Inc. (USA) (AMEX:CGR) 38.3%
118 Mountain Province Diamonds, Inc. (AMEX:MDM) 37.9%
119 United States Steel Corporation (NYSE:X) 37.4%
120 Albemarle Corporation (NYSE:ALB) 36.5%
121 Harry Winston Diamond Corporation (USA) (NYSE:HWD) 36.3%
122 L.B. Foster Company (NASDAQ:FSTR) 36.2%
123 Sterlite Industries India Limited (ADR) (NYSE:SLT) 36.2%
124 Mercer International Inc. (NASDAQ:MERC) 35.9%
125 Ferro Corporation (NYSE:FOE) 35.8%
126 Cabot Corporation (NYSE:CBT) 35.7%
127 Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE:LPX) 35.7%
128 Minerals Technologies Inc (NYSE:MTX) 35.7%
129 Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE:OI) 35.7%
130 Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. (NYSE:SWM) 35.4%
131 H.B. Fuller Company (NYSE:FUL) 35.1%
132 Fibria Celulose S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:FBR) 35.0%
133 Methanex Corporation (USA) (NASDAQ:MEOH) 34.9%
134 Yamana Gold Inc. (USA) (NYSE:AUY) 34.9%
135 AMCOL International Corporation (NYSE:ACO) 34.0%
136 Domtar Corp. (USA) (NYSE:UFS) 33.9%
137 Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCHN) 33.6%
138 Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) 33.4%
139 CSS Industries, Inc. (NYSE:CSS) 33.4%
140 BHP Billiton plc (ADR) (NYSE:BBL) 32.8%
141 A.M. Castle & Co. (NYSE:CAS) 32.5%
142 Boise Inc. (NYSE:BZ) 32.5%
143 Universal Stainless & Alloy Products (NASDAQ:USAP) 32.2%
144 Rock-Tenn Company (NYSE:RKT) 32.2%
145 NewMarket Corporation (NYSE:NEU) 32.2%
146 Huntsman Corporation (NYSE:HUN) 32.0%
147 Haynes International, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAYN) 32.0%
148 Endeavour Silver Corp. (CAN) (AMEX:EXK) 31.7%
149 Kaiser Aluminum Corp. (NASDAQ:KALU) 31.3%
150 Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation (NYSE:CDE) 31.1%
151 Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (NYSE:MLM) 31.1%
152 Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (ADR) (NYSE:SID) 31.1%
153 Northwest Pipe Company (NASDAQ:NWPX) 31.0%
154 Rio Tinto plc (ADR) (NYSE:RTP) 30.7%
155 Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) 30.7%
156 Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE:VMC) 30.3%
157 Southern Copper Corporation (USA) (NYSE:SCCO) 30.2%
158 Sensient Technologies Corporation (NYSE:SXT) 29.6%
159 LSB Industries, Inc. (NYSE:LXU) 29.2%
160 Kinross Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:KGC) 29.1%
161 Graham Packaging Company Inc (NYSE:GRM) 29.0%
162 Rockwood Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ROC) 29.0%
163 Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:ATI) 28.8%
164 Richmont Mines Inc. (USA) (AMEX:RIC) 28.7%
165 Arch Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:ARJ) 28.7%
166 RTI International Metals, Inc. (NYSE:RTI) 28.7%
167 Packaging Corporation of America (NYSE:PKG) 28.6%
168 Nucor Corporation (NYSE:NUE) 28.4%
169 American Vanguard Corp. (NYSE:AVD) 28.4%
170 U.S. Gold Corporation (NYSE:UXG) 28.2%
171 Lubrizol Corporation (NYSE:LZ) 27.6%
172 Northgate Minerals Corporation (USA) (AMEX:NXG) 27.2%
173 Commercial Metals Company (NYSE:CMC) 27.0%
174 Pan American Silver Corp. (USA) (NASDAQ:PAAS) 25.9%
175 Goldcorp Inc. (USA) (NYSE:GG) 25.3%
176 Olympic Steel, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZEUS) 25.2%
177 Eagle Materials, Inc. (NYSE:EXP) 25.1%
178 Hawkins, Inc. (NASDAQ:HWKN) 24.6%
179 Mag Silver Corp (ADR) (AMEX:MVG) 24.4%
180 Alexco Resource Corp. (USA) (AMEX:AXU) 24.3%
181 Greif, Inc. (NYSE:GEF) 23.6%
182 Rubicon Minerals Corp. (USA) (AMEX:RBY) 23.0%
183 Kraton Performance Polymers Inc (NYSE:KRA) 23.0%
184 Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. (NYSE:PCL) 22.9%
185 Quaker Chemical Corporation (NYSE:KWR) 22.5%
186 Harmony Gold Mining Co. (ADR) (NYSE:HMY) 22.2%
187 USG Corporation (NYSE:USG) 21.9%
188 Sonoco Products Company (NYSE:SON) 21.8%
189 IAMGOLD Corporation (USA) (NYSE:IAG) 21.7%
190 Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE:APD) 21.4%
191 Worthington Industries, Inc. (NYSE:WOR) 21.4%
192 FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC) 20.9%
193 The Valspar Corporation (NYSE:VAL) 20.8%
194 Cameco Corporation (USA) (NYSE:CCJ) 20.2%
195 Pacific Ethanol Inc (NASDAQ:PEIX) 20.0%
196 Cytec Industries Inc. (NYSE:CYT) 19.7%
197 Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:ABX) 19.5%
198 Bemis Company, Inc. (NYSE:BMS) 19.4%
199 International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (NYSE:IFF) 19.1%
200 E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (NYSE:DD) 18.8%
201 POSCO (ADR) (NYSE:PKX) 18.7%
202 Sappi Limited (ADR) (NYSE:SPP) 18.3%
203 Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CCK) 18.3%
204 Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ:SIAL) 18.2%
205 Intrepid Potash, Inc. (NYSE:IPI) 17.9%
206 Silvercorp Metals Inc. (USA) (NYSE:SVM) 17.8%
207 PPG Industries, Inc. (NYSE:PPG) 17.4%
208 Silgan Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SLGN) 17.1%
209 The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (NYSE:SMG) 16.8%
210 Silver Wheaton Corp. (USA) (NYSE:SLW) 16.8%
211 Royal Gold, Inc. (NASDAQ:RGLD) 16.7%
212 Sealed Air Corp. (NYSE:SEE) 16.5%
213 Texas Industries, Inc. (NYSE:TXI) 15.9%
214 New Gold Inc. (USA) (AMEX:NGD) 15.7%
215 Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) 15.7%
216 Balchem Corporation (NASDAQ:BCPC) 15.3%
217 Syngenta AG (ADR) (NYSE:SYT) 15.2%
218 Agrium Inc. (USA) (NYSE:AGU) 14.9%
219 Dynamic Materials Corporation (NASDAQ:BOOM) 14.7%
220 Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited (USA) (NYSE:AEM) 14.5%
221 Clearwater Paper Corp (NYSE:CLW) 14.2%
222 AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE:ATR) 14.1%
223 Sherwin-Williams Company (NYSE:SHW) 13.5%
224 AngloGold Ashanti Limited (ADR) (NYSE:AU) 13.2%
225 CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) 12.9%
226 Compass Minerals International, Inc. (NYSE:CMP) 12.8%
227 Allied Nevada Gold Corp. (AMEX:ANV) 12.4%
228 Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE:NEM) 12.3%
229 Praxair, Inc. (NYSE:PX) 12.2%
230 Polypore International, Inc. (NYSE:PPO) 12.0%
231 Zoltek Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZOLT) 12.0%
232 Golden Star Resources Ltd. (USA) (AMEX:GSS) 11.7%
233 Gold Fields Limited (ADR) (NYSE:GFI) 11.6%
234 Randgold Resources Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:GOLD) 11.0%
235 Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) 10.8%
236 Rayonier Inc. (NYSE:RYN) 10.1%
237 CRH PLC (ADR) (NYSE:CRH) 7.7%
238 Compania de Minas Buenaventura SA (ADR) (NYSE:BVN) 7.4%
239 Denison Mines Corp. (AMEX:DNN) 7.3%
240 China Agritech Inc. (NASDAQ:CAGC) 5.6%
241 Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (USA) (NYSE:IVN) 4.5%
242 Potlatch Corporation (NYSE:PCH) 4.4%
243 Aurizon Mines Ltd.(USA) (AMEX:AZK) 4.4%
244 Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE:KMB) 3.7%
245 Pactiv Corporation (NYSE:PTV) 3.3%
246 BHP Billiton Limited (ADR) (NYSE:BHP) 2.8%
247 The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) 2.4%
248 Potash Corp./Saskatchewan (USA) (NYSE:POT) 2.0%
249 Gammon Gold, Inc. (NYSE:GRS) 1.6%
250 Eldorado Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE:EGO) 0.6%
251 Bway Holding Company (NYSE:BWY) -0.1%
252 Titanium Metals Corporation (NYSE:TIE) -1.7%
253 Fronteer Gold Inc. (AMEX:FRG) -3.1%
254 Airgas, Inc. (NYSE:ARG) -3.4%
255 NovaGold Resources Inc. (USA) (AMEX:NG) -4.4%
256 Tredegar Corporation (NYSE:TG) -4.8%
257 Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE:WLK) -4.8%
258 Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation (USA) (NYSE:GNA) -5.1%
259 Braskem SA (ADR) (NYSE:BAK) -5.7%
260 Sociedad Quimica y Minera (ADR) (NYSE:SQM) -7.6%
261 Nevsun Resources (USA) (AMEX:NSU) -8.0%
262 USEC Inc. (NYSE:USU) -16.7%
263 Gold Reserve Inc. (AMEX:GRZ) -19.4%
264 DRDGOLD Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:DROOY) -85.1%
265 Core Molding Technologies, Inc. (AMEX:CMT) -86.3%
266 Lihir Gold Limited (ADR) (NASDAQ:LIHR) -88.9%
