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Specialty Chemicals
Stocks Ranked by
Market Capitalization

Name Market cap Price Price
change %
ASH icon
26
Ashland
ASH
$3.4B
$3.4B $73.63 0.73%
WDFC icon
27
WD-40
WDFC
$3.07B
$3.07B $230.01 0.44%
KWR icon
28
Quaker Houghton
KWR
$2.92B
$2.92B $164.89 2.98%
NGVT icon
29
Ingevity
NGVT
$2.61B
$2.61B $73.99 2.37%
HWKN icon
30
Hawkins
HWKN
$2.61B
$2.61B $124.80 5.15%
CC icon
31
Chemours
CC
$2.37B
$2.37B $15.42 1.91%
IOSP icon
32
Innospec
IOSP
$2.31B
$2.31B $93.56 0.29%
MTX icon
33
Minerals Technologies
MTX
$2.25B
$2.25B $71.72 0.9%
STDN
34
Standard Nuclear Inc
STDN
$2.14B
$2.14B $12.20 8.34%
SCL icon
35
Stepan Co
SCL
$1.47B
$1.47B $63.43 1.99%
ODC icon
36
Oil-Dri
ODC
$1.34B
$1.34B $91.26 1.38%
ECVT icon
37
Ecovyst
ECVT
$1.14B
$1.14B $10.31 0.77%
LWLG icon
38
Lightwave Logic
LWLG
$1.02B
$1.02B $6.64 10.5%
KRO icon
39
KRONOS Worldwide
KRO
$931M
$931M $7.93 1.98%
KOP icon
40
Koppers
KOP
$897M
$897M $45.44 4.24%
MATV icon
41
Mativ Holdings
MATV
$675M
$675M $12.07 1.31%
ASPN icon
42
Aspen Aerogels
ASPN
$483M
$483M $5.58 4.12%
GEVO icon
43
Gevo
GEVO
$396M
$396M $1.53 4.38%
OEC icon
44
Orion
OEC
$352M
$352M $6.07 2.57%
ALTO icon
45
Alto Ingredients
ALTO
$327M
$327M $4.24 0.47%
MNTK icon
46
Montauk Renewables
MNTK
$266M
$266M $1.84 1.6%
LODE icon
47
Comstock
LODE
$264M
$264M $3.43 1.15%
HDSN
48
Hudson Technologies
HDSN
$259M
$259M $5.63 8.46%
FF icon
49
Future Fuel
FF
$252M
$252M $5.66 1.39%
CMT icon
50
Core Molding Technologies
CMT
$233M
$233M $26.07 0.8%
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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 $715B.

The largest by market cap are Linde (LIN) at $219B, Sherwin-Williams (SHW) at $85B and Ecolab (ECL) at $77.3B.

Among institutional investors, Linde (LIN) drew the most net new fund positions in Q2 2026: 210 funds opened new positions, taking total fund holders up 43 (1.9%) quarter-over-quarter.

  • Combined market cap: $715B across 60 stocks.
  • Largest constituent: Linde (LIN), $219B market cap.
  • Most net new fund positions in Q2 2026: Linde (LIN), +43 holders.

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