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Note: Sector performance is calculated based on the previous closing price of all sector constituents
Industries in This Sector
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| Industry | Market Weight | YTD Return | |
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| All Industries | 100.00% | 2.55% | |
| Specialty Chemicals | 41.52% | 1.05% | |
| Gold | 15.81% | 5.67% | |
| Building Materials | 10.39% | 0.29% | |
| Copper | 8.78% | 3.56% | |
| Agricultural Inputs | 7.08% | 9.19% | |
| Steel | 6.54% | 2.66% | |
| Chemicals | 3.33% | -0.56% | |
| Other Industrial Metals & Mining | 2.40% | 4.74% | |
| Lumber & Wood Production | 1.32% | -0.09% | |
| Aluminum | 0.89% | -0.76% | |
| Other Precious Metals & Mining | 0.81% | 4.43% | |
| Coking Coal | 0.58% | -3.54% | |
| Paper & Paper Products | 0.30% | -1.07% | |
| Silver | 0.25% | 5.93% | |
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Largest Companies in This Sector
View MoreName | Last Price | 1Y Target Est. | Market Weight | Market Cap | Day Change % | YTD Return | Avg. Analyst Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 501.81 | 15.74% | | | | Buy | |
| | 397.93 | 6.66% | | | | Buy | |
| | 96.75 | 5.83% | | | | Hold | |
| | 336.06 | 5.30% | | | | Buy | |
| | 275.61 | 5.12% | | | | Buy | |
| | 111.18 | 4.86% | | | | Buy | |
| | 55.56 | 4.39% | | | | Buy | |
| | 59.71 | 3.54% | | | | Buy | |
| | 64.50 | 3.24% | | | | Buy | |
| | 293.46 | 2.66% | | | | Buy |
Investing in the Basic Materials Sector
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ETF Opportunities
View MoreName | Last Price | Net Assets | Expense Ratio | YTD Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 5.482B | 0.09% | | |
| | 3.833B | 0.10% | | |
| | 1.541B | 0.35% | | |
| | 522.391M | 0.08% | | |
| | 506.388M | 0.39% | |
Mutual Fund Opportunities
View MoreName | Last Price | Net Assets | Expense Ratio | YTD Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 3.833B | 0.10% | | |
| | 738.74M | 0.72% | | |
| | 738.74M | 0.72% | | |
| | 738.74M | 0.72% | | |
| | 738.74M | 0.72% | |
Basic Materials Research
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Analyst Report: Ecolab Inc.
Ecolab produces and markets cleaning and sanitation products for the industrial manufacturing, hospitality, healthcare, and life sciences markets. The firm is the global market share leader in this category with a wide array of products and services, including dish and laundry washing systems, pest control, and infection control products. Additionally, Ecolab sells customized water management solutions across its end markets. The company has a strong hold on the US market and is growing its presence abroad.
RatingPrice TargetAnalyst Report: CRH plc
CRH is a global manufacturer of a range of building products used in construction projects, operating via a vertically integrated business model. The past decade has seen CRH transform into a leading building materials business, with increasing exposure to upstream building activities such as aggregates and cement. CRH’s geographic footprint is mostly across developed markets. North America is CRH’s largest market and accounts for 75% of EBITDA. The company is the largest producer of aggregates and asphalt in the US.
RatingPrice TargetDaily – Vickers Top Buyers & Sellers for 01/09/2025
The Vickers Top Buyers & Sellers is a daily report that identifies the five companies the largest insider purchase transactions based on the dollar value of the transactions as well as the five companies the largest insider sales transactions based on the dollar value of the transactions.
Analyst Report: Freeport-McMoRan Inc.
Freeport-McMoRan owns stakes in 10 copper mines, led by its 49% ownership of the Grasberg copper and gold operations in Indonesia, 55% of the Cerro Verde mine in Peru, and 72% of Morenci in Arizona. It sold around 1.2 million metric tons of copper (its share) in 2023, making it the one of the world’s largest copper miners by volume. It also sold about 900,000 ounces of gold, mostly from Grasberg, and 70 million pounds of molybdenum. About 75% of 2023 revenue was from copper, with a further 15% from gold and about 10% from molybdenum. It had about 25 years of copper reserves at end December 2023. We expect it to sell similar amounts of copper midcycle in 2028, though we expect gold volumes to decline to about 700,000 ounces then due to falling production at Grasberg.
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