Basic Materials Stock Performance

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Basic Materials

Companies that manufacture chemicals, building materials, and paper products. This sector also includes companies engaged in commodities exploration and processing. Companies in this sector include ArcelorMittal, BHP Billiton, and Rio Tinto.

Market Cap

1.886T

Market Weight

2.46%

Industries

Companies

274

Basic Materials S&P 500 ^GSPC

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Day Return

Sector

0.77%

S&P 500

0.17%

YTD Return

Sector

22.56%

S&P 500

16.00%

1-Year Return

Sector

10.18%

S&P 500

19.61%

3-Year Return

Sector

40.96%

S&P 500

82.25%

5-Year Return

Sector

61.33%

S&P 500

98.99%

Note: Sector performance is calculated based on the previous closing price of all sector constituents

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Industry	Market Weight
All Industries	100.00%	22.56%
Specialty Chemicals	31.80%	-7.50%
Gold	26.17%	109.03%
Building Materials	11.31%	30.41%
Copper	9.70%	36.88%
Steel	6.30%	18.15%
Agricultural Inputs	5.63%	3.83%
Other Industrial Metals & Mining	3.09%	61.15%
Chemicals	1.76%	-37.37%
Other Precious Metals & Mining	1.16%	79.33%
Lumber & Wood Production	1.06%	-4.27%
Aluminum	0.86%	15.11%
Silver	0.57%	187.81%
Coking Coal	0.47%	-7.32%
Paper & Paper Products	0.12%	-51.98%

Note: Percentage % data on heatmap indicates Day Return

All Industries

Specialty Chemicals

-0.98%

Gold

-0.12%

Building Materials

-0.88%

Copper

-1.04%

Steel

-1.00%

Agricultural Inputs

0.53%

Other Industrial Metals & Mining

-4.31%

Chemicals

-3.27%

Other Precious Metals & Mining

0.34%

Lumber & Wood Production

-1.26%

Aluminum

1.82%

Silver

-1.47%

Coking Coal

1.07%

Paper & Paper Products

-3.24%

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Name	Last Price	1Y Target Est.	Market Weight	Market Cap	Day Change %	YTD Return	Avg. Analyst Rating
LIN Linde plc	412.18	513.14	14.21%	193.275B	-1.46%	-1.55%	Buy
SCCO Southern Copper Corporation	138.29	110.54	8.26%	112.318B	-0.37%	+54.65%	Hold
NEM Newmont Corporation	81.62	100.11	6.55%	89.069B	+0.80%	+119.29%	Buy
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company	345.64	377.71	6.30%	85.682B	+0.20%	+1.68%	Buy
CRH CRH plc	118.40	133.27	5.84%	79.341B	-0.59%	+27.97%	Buy
ECL Ecolab Inc.	257.45	288.32	5.36%	72.919B	+0.41%	+9.87%	Buy
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc.	41.18	47.16	4.35%	59.125B	-1.25%	+8.14%	Buy
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.	239.36	319.71	3.92%	53.27B	-1.33%	-17.47%	Buy
CTVA Corteva, Inc.	62.06	78.10	3.10%	42.145B	+1.01%	+8.95%	Buy
VMC Vulcan Materials Company	288.55	316.18	2.80%	38.126B	-0.33%	+12.18%	Buy

Start Investing in the Basic Materials Sector Through These ETFs and Mutual Funds

Name	Last Price	Net Assets	Expense Ratio	YTD Return
XLB Materials Select Sector SPDR	85.14	5.462B	0.08%	+1.19%
VAW Vanguard Materials ETF	193.69	4.098B	0.09%	+3.11%
XME State Street SPDR S&P Metals &	94.73	2.669B	0.35%	+66.93%
IYM iShares U.S. Basic Materials ET	141.41	526.241M	0.38%	+8.84%
FMAT Fidelity MSCI Materials Index E	49.55	427.339M	0.08%	+2.82%

Name	Last Price	Net Assets	Expense Ratio	YTD Return
VMIAX Vanguard Materials Index Fund A	98.64	4.098B	0.09%	+3.06%
FMFEX Fidelity Advisor Materials Fund	87.45	737.923M	0.72%	+4.28%
FMFCX Fidelity Advisor Materials Fund	82.16	737.923M	0.72%	+3.40%
FMFAX Fidelity Advisor Materials Fund	86.84	737.923M	0.72%	+4.05%
FMFTX Fidelity Advisor Materials Fund	85.42	737.923M	0.72%	+3.83%

Discover the Latest Analyst and Technical Research for This Sector

Analyst Report: Amrize AG

Amrize is a building solutions company focused exclusively on the North American market. Amrize earns revenue from the sale of cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete, asphalt, roofing systems, and other building solutions. The company is organized into two reportable segments: building materials and building envelope. The building materials business consists of Amrize’s cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete, and asphalt operations. The building envelope segment offers advanced roofing and wall systems, including single-ply membranes, insulation, shingles, sheathing, waterproofing, and protective coatings, along with adhesives, tapes, and sealants.

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Morningstar• 6 hours ago
Analyst Report: DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

DuPont is a diversified global specialty chemicals company created in 2019 as a result of the DowDuPont merger and subsequent separations. Its portfolio includes specialty chemicals and downstream products that serve the healthcare, water, construction, automotive, aerospace, and printing and packaging industries. Healthcare and water will generate the majority of profits.

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Morningstar• 10 hours ago
Analyst Report: DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

DuPont is a diversified global specialty chemicals company created in 2019 as a result of the DowDuPont merger and subsequent separations. Its portfolio includes specialty chemicals and downstream products that serve the healthcare, water, construction, automotive, aerospace, and printing and packaging industries. Healthcare and water will generate the majority of profits.

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Morningstar• 11 hours ago
Analyst Report: Amrize AG

Amrize is a building solutions company focused exclusively on the North American market. Amrize earns revenue from the sale of cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete, asphalt, roofing systems, and other building solutions. The company is organized into two reportable segments: building materials and building envelope. The building materials business consists of Amrize’s cement, aggregates, ready-mix concrete, and asphalt operations. The building envelope segment offers advanced roofing and wall systems, including single-ply membranes, insulation, shingles, sheathing, waterproofing, and protective coatings, along with adhesives, tapes, and sealants.

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Morningstar• 14 hours ago