The Top 15 Chemicals Stocks of 2011
It's been a pretty rough year for stock investors, with the S&P basically ending flat in 2011. While the general market went nowhere last year, quite a few stocks poured in monster performances.
Chemical prices have been all over the place, but fertilizers and titanium dioxide have been two very bright spots for the industry.
Here's a list of this year's top 15 performers in the chemicals industry:
Company | YTD Return | |
|---|---|---|
1 | Valhi (NYS: VHI) | 171.2% |
2 | Flotek Industries (NYS: FTK) | 86.6% |
3 | Terra Nitrogen (NYS: TNH) | 69.6% |
4 | NewMarket (NYS: NEU) | 63.9% |
5 | Innophos Holdings | 39.6% |
6 | Innospec | 39.0% |
7 | Airgas | 30.8% |
8 | W.R. Grace | 28.2% |
9 | FutureFuel | 28.2% |
10 | Balchem (NAS: BCPC) | 23.8% |
11 | Tredegar | 19.9% |
12 | LSB Industries (NYS: LXU) | 16.3% |
13 | RPM International (NYS: RPM) | 15.6% |
14 | Ecolab | 15.1% |
15 | Praxair | 14.7% |
Source: S&P Capital IQ. Only includes companies listed on U.S. exchanges with a market capitalization greater than $500 million.
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