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Materials & Critical Components stocks

By Scott McLeodPublished by PXS Research Updated October 20, 2026

Strategic materials and precision components that constrain the entire stack.

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Materials technologies

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Additive Manufacturing Metal Powders

0 stocks mapped · Open research Deep Dive

Advanced Ceramics and Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMC)

1 stock mapped · Open research Guide

Advanced Materials

15 stocks mapped · Open research Deep Dive

AI materials-discovery engine (candidate generation and in-house synthesis)

0 stocks mapped · Open research Deep Dive

Battery black-mass recycling and closed-loop material recovery

0 stocks mapped · Open research Deep Dive

Bulk metallic glass (amorphous metal) components

2 stocks mapped · Open research Deep Dive

Carbon Fiber and Advanced Composites

1 stock mapped · Open research Deep Dive

Copper and aluminum for electrification infrastructure

11 stocks mapped · Open research Deep Dive

Extruded Profiles and Rolled Products

0 stocks mapped · Open research Deep Dive

Forged and Cast Aerospace Components

1 stock mapped · Open research Deep Dive

Gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors on silicon

7 stocks mapped · Open research Deep Dive

HALEU enrichment

7 stocks mapped · Open research Deep Dive

In-orbit manufacturing of semiconductor and alloy materials

1 stock mapped · Open research Deep Dive

InP substrates

4 stocks mapped · Open research Deep Dive

Iron nitride (FeN) rare-earth-free permanent magnets

3 stocks mapped · Open research Deep Dive

Iron-cobalt soft magnetic alloy (Hiperco 50)

1 stock mapped · Open research Deep Dive

Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) cathode

0 stocks mapped · Open research Deep Dive

Nanocrystalline soft magnetic stator cores

3 stocks mapped · Open research Deep Dive

Rare earth separation and processing (REE oxides and metals)

2 stocks mapped · Open research GuideCurated

Refractory Metals and High-Temperature Materials

0 stocks mapped · Open research Deep Dive

Semiconductor-grade quartz and silicon components

1 stock mapped · Open research Deep Dive

Silicon carbide (SiC) substrates and epitaxy

6 stocks mapped · Open research Deep Dive

Sintered NdFeB Permanent Magnets (Heavy-REE)

4 stocks mapped · Open research Deep Dive

Specialty bearings (ceramic, hybrid ceramic, and thin-section)

1 stock mapped · Open research Deep Dive

Specialty Coatings and Surface Treatments

2 stocks mapped · Open research Deep Dive

Titanium and Specialty Aerospace Alloys

4 stocks mapped · Open research

Materials & Critical Components stock picks

SCCOSouthern Copper Corp.Copper and aluminum for electrification infrastructure Materials & Critical Components WATCH●●○○○ ●●○○○ $177.11Research target 10/20/26Last reviewed AAAlcoa Corp.Copper and aluminum for electrification infrastructure Materials & Critical Components WATCH●●○○○ ●●○○○ $56.42Research target 10/19/26Last reviewed BHPBHP Group Ltd.Copper and aluminum for electrification infrastructure Materials & Critical Components WATCH●●○○○ ●●○○○ $91.00Research target 10/19/26Last reviewed CENXCentury Aluminum Co.Copper and aluminum for electrification infrastructure Materials & Critical Components WATCH●●○○○ ●●○○○ $50.78Research target 10/19/26Last reviewed CSTMConstellium SECopper and aluminum for electrification infrastructure Materials & Critical Components WATCH●●○○○ ●●○○○ $32.66Research target 10/19/26Last reviewed EROEro Copper Corp.Copper and aluminum for electrification infrastructure Materials & Critical Components WATCH●●○○○ ●●○○○ $34.00Research target 10/19/26Last reviewed FCXFreeport-McMoRan Inc.Copper and aluminum for electrification infrastructure Materials & Critical Components WATCH●●○○○ ●●○○○ $81.91Research target 10/19/26Last reviewed GEGENERAL ELECTRIC COAdvanced Ceramics and Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMC) Materials & Critical Components WATCH●●○○○ ●●○○○ $389.90Research target 10/19/26Last reviewed HBMHudbay Minerals Inc.Copper and aluminum for electrification infrastructure Materials & Critical Components WATCH●●○○○ ●●○○○ $31.17Research target 10/19/26Last reviewed KALUKaiser Aluminum Corp.Copper and aluminum for electrification infrastructure Materials & Critical Components WATCH●●○○○ ●●○○○ $176.52Research target 10/19/26Last reviewed RIORio Tinto plcCopper and aluminum for electrification infrastructure Materials & Critical Components WATCH●●○○○ ●●○○○ $89.79Research target 10/19/26Last reviewed TECKTeck Resources Ltd.Copper and aluminum for electrification infrastructure Materials & Critical Components WATCH●●○○○ ●●○○○ $61.00Research target 10/19/26Last reviewed HXLHexcel CorporationCarbon fiber composites | Honeycomb core materials | Prepregs Materials & Critical Components HOLD●●○○○ ●●○○○ $101.66Research target 9/15/26Last reviewed MTRNMaterion CorporationBeryllium-aluminum alloys | Precision coatings | Advanced chemicals Materials & Critical Components HOLD●○○○○ ●○○○○ $310.93Research target 9/15/26Last reviewed HWMHowmet Aerospace Inc.Titanium investment castings | Nickel superalloys | Forged components Materials & Critical Components HOLD●○○○○ ●○○○○ $317.80Research target 9/14/26Last reviewed ASPIASP Isotopes Inc.HALEU enrichment Materials & Critical Components HOLD●●○○○ ●●○○○ $8.16Research target 9/3/26Last reviewed USARUSA Rare Earth, Inc.Sintered NdFeB Permanent Magnets (Heavy-REE) Materials & Critical Components ACCUMULATE●○○○○ ●○○○○ $28.48Research target 9/3/26Last reviewed MPMP Materials Corp.Sintered NdFeB Permanent Magnets (Heavy-REE) Materials & Critical Components HOLD●○○○○ ●○○○○ $65.89Research target 9/1/26Last reviewed WOLFWolfspeed, Inc.Silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors Materials & Critical Components TRIM●●○○○ ●●○○○ $25.00Research target 9/1/26Last reviewed ALOYREalloys Inc. (formerly Blackboxstocks Inc.)Sintered NdFeB Permanent Magnets (Heavy-REE) Materials & Critical Components WATCH●●●●○ ●●●●○ $16.00Research target 8/30/26Last reviewed UUUUEnergy Fuels Inc.HALEU (High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium) | Sintered NdFeB Permanent Magnets (Heavy-REE) Grid, Power & Thermal InfrastructureMaterials & Critical Components WATCH●●○○○ ●●○○○ $23.17Research target 8/29/26Last reviewed NBNioCorp Developments Ltd.Niobium / rare earth (Elk Creek) Materials & Critical Components POOL○○○○○ ○○○○○ $6.84Research target 8/28/26Last reviewed CRMLCritical Metals Corp.Heavy REE deposit (Dy/Tb) | Tanbreez Project (Greenland) Materials & Critical Components HOLD●●○○○ ●●○○○ $13.65Research target 8/23/26Last reviewed ATIATI IncTitanium alloys | Nickel-based superalloys | Specialty steels Materials & Critical Components WATCH●●●○○ ●●●○○ $233.84Research target 7/18/26Last reviewed AXTIAXT Inc.Compound semiconductor substrates (InP, GaAs, Ge) Perception & SensingMaterials & Critical Components WATCH●●●○○ ●●●○○ $82.38Research target 7/14/26Last reviewed CRSCarpenter Technology Corp.Aerospace specialty alloys (superalloys + titanium; Hiperco soft-magnetic adjacency) Materials & Critical Components WATCH●●○○○ ●●○○○ $480.83Research target 7/4/26Last reviewed

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