Basic Materials Stock Performance

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

1.667T

Market Weight

2.43%

Industries

Companies

263

Basic Materials S&P 500 ^GSPC

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DELL

Day Return

Sector

0.21%

S&P 500

0.11%

YTD Return

Sector

8.34%

S&P 500

2.81%

1-Year Return

Sector

10.34%

S&P 500

20.82%

3-Year Return

Sector

7.32%

S&P 500

34.84%

5-Year Return

Sector

57.92%

S&P 500

80.87%

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

Select an Industry for a Visual Breakdown

Industry	Market Weight
All Industries	100.00%	8.34%
Specialty Chemicals	41.26%	6.11%
Gold	17.24%	21.75%
Building Materials	10.50%	7.03%
Copper	8.16%	1.72%
Steel	6.93%	14.78%
Agricultural Inputs	6.67%	8.61%
Chemicals	3.03%	-4.37%
Other Industrial Metals & Mining	2.31%	6.48%
Lumber & Wood Production	1.27%	1.53%
Aluminum	0.86%	1.54%
Other Precious Metals & Mining	0.79%	7.19%
Coking Coal	0.40%	-30.55%
Silver	0.31%	37.15%
Paper & Paper Products	0.29%	-0.07%

Note: Percentage % data on heatmap indicates Day Return

All Industries

Other Industrial Metals & Mining

-2.10%

Lumber & Wood Production

0.60%

Aluminum

1.95%

Other Precious Metals & Mining

Paper & Paper Products

-0.17%

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Name	Last Price	1Y Target Est.	Market Weight	Market Cap	Day Change %	YTD Return	Avg. Analyst Rating
LIN Linde plc	461.61	493.75	16.34%	219.799B	+0.16%	+10.26%	Buy
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company	360.52	384.83	6.75%	90.798B	+0.38%	+6.06%	Buy
ECL Ecolab Inc.	262.04	272.96	5.52%	74.2B	+6.55%	+11.83%	Buy
SCCO Southern Copper Corporation	92.81	100.45	5.45%	73.358B	-2.96%	+1.84%	Hold
CRH CRH plc	102.98	114.33	5.19%	69.847B	+0.89%	+11.31%	Buy
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.	309.08	355.60	5.11%	68.733B	-0.47%	+6.56%	Buy
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc.	37.76	47.71	4.03%	54.258B	-1.82%	-0.84%	Buy
NEM Newmont Corporation	45.97	53.19	3.89%	52.335B	-1.05%	+23.51%	Buy
CTVA Corteva, Inc.	62.97	68.45	3.22%	43.279B	+1.22%	+10.55%	Buy
VMC Vulcan Materials Company	267.45	294.06	2.63%	35.32B	-0.41%	+3.97%	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	89.36	5.069B	0.08%	+6.21%
VAW Vanguard Materials ETF	198.62	4.024B	0.09%	+5.74%
XME SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF	62.31	1.615B	0.35%	+9.81%
FMAT Fidelity MSCI Materials Index E	50.94	558.838M	0.08%	+5.71%
IYM iShares U.S. Basic Materials ET	139.33	537.078M	0.39%	+7.23%

Name	Last Price	Net Assets	Expense Ratio	YTD Return
VMIAX Vanguard Materials Index Fund A	100.72	4.024B	0.09%	+5.23%
0P00006EZV Fidelity Advisor Materials Fund	105.74	884.525M	1.24%	+9.36%
0P0001E0WU Fidelity Advisor Materials Fund	105.60	884.525M	1.24%	+9.40%
FMFEX Fidelity Advisor Materials Fund	88.56	763.518M	0.72%	+5.60%
FMFCX Fidelity Advisor Materials Fund	83.83	763.518M	0.72%	+5.50%