Industry ยท Oct 2026
Specialty Chemical stocks ranked by gap to the model's fair value
Faircurve's model values 28 specialty chemical stocks. 23 of them are ranked below by the gap between the model's fair value and the last close, as of 31 Oct 2026: 3 read as Undervalued, 20 as Fairly valued and 0 as Overvalued. The median gap across the ranked names is -5.3%. The widest gaps above the price are EMN (+38.2%), ALB (+20.1%), CBT (+17.7%). The widest below it are ECL (-15.0%), ESI (-14.7%), IFF (-13.9%).
Valuations as of . Prices are the closes of 3 Nov 2026. The gap is the model's fair value against the price: a positive gap means the fair value is above the price. It states what the model concluded, not where the price goes next.
The ranking
| Rank | Company | Last close | Model fair value | Gap | Model verdict | Quality score | Market value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EMN Eastman Chemical Company | $65.34 | $90.30 | +38.2% | Undervalued | 57 | $7.6B |
| 2 | ALB Albemarle Corporation | $90.19 | $108.34 | +20.1% | Undervalued | 47 | $10.7B |
| 3 | CBT Cabot Corp. | $72.00 | $84.77 | +17.7% | Undervalued | 71 | $3.8B |
| 4 | MTX Minerals Technologies Inc. | $63.44 | $72.14 | +13.7% | Fairly valued | 45 | $2.0B |
| 5 | FUL H.B. Fuller Company | $50.19 | $56.61 | +12.8% | Fairly valued | 43 | $2.7B |
| 6 | PPG PPG Industries, Inc. | $121.24 | $135.99 | +12.2% | Fairly valued | 54 | $26.6B |
| 7 | RPM RPM International Inc. | $105.35 | $106.09 | +0.7% | Fairly valued | 69 | $13.1B |
| 8 | NEU NewMarket Corporation | $749.72 | $747.49 | -0.3% | Fairly valued | 65 | $7.2B |
| 9 | KOP Koppers Holdings Inc. | $41.80 | $40.79 | -2.4% | Fairly valued | 36 | $785M |
| 10 | SOLS Solstice Advanced Materials Inc. | $61.74 | $60.17 | -2.5% | Fairly valued | 69 | $9.6B |
| 11 | AVNT Avient Corporation | $43.25 | $41.97 | -3.0% | Fairly valued | 36 | $3.9B |
| 12 | ASH Ashland Inc. | $73.02 | $69.12 | -5.3% | Fairly valued | 34 | $3.4B |
| 13 | SCL Stepan Co | $68.66 | $64.65 | -5.8% | Fairly valued | 37 | $1.6B |
| 14 | IOSP Innospec Inc. | $99.23 | $93.25 | -6.0% | Fairly valued | 52 | $2.5B |
| 15 | SXT Sensient Technologies Corporation | $116.87 | $109.40 | -6.4% | Fairly valued | 49 | $5.0B |
| 16 | SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company | $340.87 | $316.43 | -7.2% | Fairly valued | 80 | $80.4B |
| 17 | HWKN Hawkins, Inc. | $152.85 | $140.14 | -8.3% | Fairly valued | 70 | $3.2B |
| 18 | WLK Westlake Corporation | $68.47 | $62.00 | -9.4% | Fairly valued | 30 | $8.7B |
| 19 | BCPC Balchem Corp | $175.51 | $158.63 | -9.6% | Fairly valued | 84 | $5.4B |
| 20 | KWR Quaker Houghton | $149.59 | $131.07 | -12.4% | Fairly valued | 49 | $2.6B |
| 21 | IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. | $92.18 | $79.40 | -13.9% | Fairly valued | 27 | $23.7B |
| 22 | ESI Element Solutions Inc | $35.07 | $29.91 | -14.7% | Fairly valued | 50 | $8.4B |
| 23 | ECL Ecolab Inc. | $304.68 | $258.99 | -15.0% | Fairly valued | 46 | $84.9B |
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Valued but not ranked
These 5 names are valued but not ranked, for one of four reasons: the model grades the evidence as low or has not graded it yet, the inputs are under review, the gap is wider than 60%, or the valuation is more than three weeks old. The numbers are shown for reference.
| Company | Last close | Model fair value | Gap | Why it is not ranked | Quality score | Market value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | $312.97 | $317.60 | +1.5% | Low evidence grade | $70.5B | |
| CC The Chemours Company | $13.09 | $13.54 | +3.4% | Low evidence grade | 35 | $2.0B |
| LIN Linde plc | $511.55 | $514.69 | +0.6% | Low evidence grade | $237.1B | |
| NGVT Ingevity Corporation | $73.63 | $79.33 | +7.7% | Low evidence grade | 60 | $2.6B |
| WDFC WD-40 Company | $221.43 | $205.91 | -7.0% | Low evidence grade | 88 | $3.0B |