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Specialty Chemicals
Stocks Ranked by
Market Capitalization

Name Market cap Price Price
change %
FUL icon
26
H.B. Fuller
FUL
$3.27B
$3.27B $60.85 1.6%
WDFC icon
27
WD-40
WDFC
$3B
$3B $223.23 2.95%
KWR icon
28
Quaker Houghton
KWR
$2.87B
$2.87B $167.05 1.31%
HWKN icon
29
Hawkins
HWKN
$2.59B
$2.59B $123.92 0.71%
NGVT icon
30
Ingevity
NGVT
$2.45B
$2.45B $71.16 3.82%
CC icon
31
Chemours
CC
$2.39B
$2.39B $15.91 3.18%
IOSP icon
32
Innospec
IOSP
$2.31B
$2.31B $93.76 0.21%
MTX icon
33
Minerals Technologies
MTX
$2.22B
$2.22B $71.46 0.36%
STDN
34
Standard Nuclear Inc
STDN
$1.92B
$1.92B $11.97 1.89%
SCL icon
35
Stepan Co
SCL
$1.45B
$1.45B $63.88 0.71%
ODC icon
36
Oil-Dri
ODC
$1.34B
$1.34B $92.53 1.39%
ECVT icon
37
Ecovyst
ECVT
$1.14B
$1.14B $10.45 1.36%
LWLG icon
38
Lightwave Logic
LWLG
$962M
$962M $6.24 6.02%
KRO icon
39
KRONOS Worldwide
KRO
$937M
$937M $8.14 2.65%
KOP icon
40
Koppers
KOP
$849M
$849M $44.90 1.19%
MATV icon
41
Mativ Holdings
MATV
$671M
$671M $12.15 0.66%
ASPN icon
42
Aspen Aerogels
ASPN
$452M
$452M $5.45 2.33%
GEVO icon
43
Gevo
GEVO
$381M
$381M $1.54 0.65%
OEC icon
44
Orion
OEC
$343M
$343M $6.07 0%
ALTO icon
45
Alto Ingredients
ALTO
$325M
$325M $4.19 1.18%
MNTK icon
46
Montauk Renewables
MNTK
$275M
$275M $1.93 4.89%
LODE icon
47
Comstock
LODE
$261M
$261M $3.43 0%
FF icon
48
Future Fuel
FF
$250M
$250M $5.71 0.88%
HDSN
49
Hudson Technologies
HDSN
$247M
$247M $5.86 3.9%
CMT icon
50
Core Molding Technologies
CMT
$231M
$231M $26.10 0.12%
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Specialty Chemicals Stocks at a Glance

Specialty chemicals companies convert base chemicals into higher-value formulations — adhesives, coatings, paints, inks, and cleaning solutions. Products are specified into customer processes, giving stickier volumes and stronger pricing than commodity chemicals, with margins hinging on raw-material pass-through.

There are 60 Specialty Chemicals industry stocks tracked by Wall St. Rank, worth a combined $720B.

The largest by market cap are Linde (LIN) at $222B, Sherwin-Williams (SHW) at $85.8B and Ecolab (ECL) at $80.1B.

Among institutional investors, Linde (LIN) drew the most net new fund positions in Q2 2026: 211 funds opened new positions, taking total fund holders up 45 (2%) quarter-over-quarter.

  • Combined market cap: $720B across 60 stocks.
  • Largest constituent: Linde (LIN), $222B market cap.
  • Most net new fund positions in Q2 2026: Linde (LIN), +45 holders.

Market caps and prices updated daily; fund activity based on aggregated SEC 13F filings for Q2 2026.