5 Best Metal Stocks to Buy in 2025

Investing in Metal Stocks

By Matthew DiLallo – Updated Sep 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM | Fact-checked by Frank Bass

Key Points

Top metal stocks in 2025 include Wheaton Precious Metals, Rio Tinto, and Nucor due to low operational costs.
Rio Tinto is a leader in aluminum, iron ore, and copper, with recent expansions into lithium.
Wheaton Precious Metals profits by providing capital to other metals mining companies.

Metals stocks are publicly traded companies that mine or produce metals. The metals industry is a subsector of basic materials. It includes companies that:

Mine, process, or invest in the extraction of precious metals such as gold, silver, platinum, and palladium.
Mine and process industrial metals such as copper, iron ore, and aluminum ore (bauxite).
Convert raw metal materials such as iron ore into more valuable metal products such as steel.

There’s a blurred line between this sector and mining. Some metals companies operate an integrated mining business, while others don’t. Keep reading for a closer look at this subgroup of the basic materials sector and some of the best metals stocks to invest in.

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Ticker Information Table
Name and ticker	Market cap	Dividend yield	Industry
Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM)	$45.0 billion	0.66%	Metals and Mining
Nucor (NYSE:NUE)	$33.1 billion	1.52%	Metals and Mining
Rio Tinto Group (NYSE:RIO)	$86.9 billion	5.38%	Metals and Mining
BHP Group (NYSE:BHP)	$140.1 billion	3.99%	Metals and Mining
MP Materials (NYSE:MP)	$10.4 billion	0.00%	Metals and Mining

Data as of Nov 10, 2025.

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1. Rio Tinto

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NYSE: RIO

Rio Tinto Group

Today's Change

(1.39%) $0.96

Current Price

$70.29

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$87B

Day's Range

$69.58 - $70.45

52wk Range

$51.67 - $73.76

Volume

Avg Vol

3.2M

Gross Margin

24.28%

Dividend Yield

0.05%

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2. Nucor

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NYSE: NUE

Nucor

Today's Change

(-1.14%) $-1.65

Current Price

$142.66

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$33B

Day's Range

$140.93 - $144.98

52wk Range

$97.59 - $161.17

Volume

1.5M

Avg Vol

1.6M

Gross Margin

11.57%

Dividend Yield

0.02%

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3. Wheaton Precious Metals

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NYSE: WPM

Wheaton Precious Metals

Today's Change

(3.28%) $3.25

Current Price

$102.31

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$45B

Day's Range

$100.88 - $103.00

52wk Range

$55.47 - $114.36

Volume

2.7M

Avg Vol

2.3M

Gross Margin

68.52%

Dividend Yield

0.01%

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NYSE: BHP

BHP Group

Today's Change

(1.27%) $0.70

Current Price

$55.86

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$140B

Day's Range

$55.22 - $55.98

52wk Range

$39.73 - $58.92

Volume

2.1M

Avg Vol

3.2M

Gross Margin

37.22%

Dividend Yield

0.04%

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BHP Group is a globally diversified metals producer. It focuses on producing metals and materials for the following three industries:

Steel: BHP Group produces iron ore and metallurgical coal, both key to the steel sector.
Electrification: It produces copper and nickel, important metals for electrification and electric vehicles.
Sustainable food production: BHP produces potash used in fertilizers.

The company has several near-term growth drivers, including the ramp-up of its Jansen potash mine in Canada, the expansion of its Western Australia iron ore business, and expansion projects supporting its metallurgical coal business in Australia. Additionally, the company has longer-term growth projects for its copper business in Chile and in Australia.

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5. MP Materials

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NYSE: MP

MP Materials

Today's Change

(9.52%) $5.58

Current Price

$64.18

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$10B

Day's Range

$60.42 - $65.95

52wk Range

$15.56 - $100.25

Volume

19M

Avg Vol

15M

Gross Margin

-2627.54%

Dividend Yield

N/A

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MP Materials is a fully integrated producer of rare earth magnets. It mines rare earths from its Mountain Pass mine in California (the second-largest in the world), refines them at an on-site facility, and then combines them with other metals to produce powerful magnets at its manufacturing facility in Texas.

The rare earths produced by MP Materials are crucial to the transportation, energy, robotics, defense, and aerospace industries. In 2025, Apple (AAPL +0.43%) signed a $500 million partnership with MP Materials for a supply of magnets using recycled rare earth materials. Additionally, MP Materials received a $400 million investment from the U.S. Department of Defense to support the construction of a second U.S. magnet manufacturing facility. These deals will help support the continued growth of the company's metals business.

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