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

1.6T

Market Weight

2.52%

Industries

Companies

271

Basic Materials S&P 500 ^GSPC

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Day Return

Sector

0.25%

S&P 500

0.46%

YTD Return

Sector

3.97%

S&P 500

4.23%

1-Year Return

Sector

4.49%

S&P 500

9.05%

3-Year Return

Sector

1.62%

S&P 500

37.20%

5-Year Return

Sector

67.19%

S&P 500

93.09%

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%	3.97%
Specialty Chemicals	39.10%	-3.51%
Gold	21.35%	44.65%
Building Materials	9.55%	-6.60%
Copper	8.06%	-3.58%
Agricultural Inputs	7.04%	10.02%
Steel	6.73%	7.03%
Chemicals	2.34%	-29.30%
Other Industrial Metals & Mining	2.19%	-3.28%
Lumber & Wood Production	1.36%	4.52%
Other Precious Metals & Mining	0.69%	-9.21%
Aluminum	0.66%	-25.51%
Silver	0.40%	71.24%
Coking Coal	0.33%	-44.65%
Paper & Paper Products	0.22%	-26.49%

Note: Percentage % data on heatmap indicates Day Return

All Industries

Specialty Chemicals

0.67%

Gold

-0.93%

Building Materials

1.22%

Copper

0.16%

Agricultural Inputs

0.31%

Steel

-0.34%

Chemicals

1.69%

Other Industrial Metals & Mining

1.19%

Lumber & Wood Production

0.92%

Other Precious Metals & Mining

-0.57%

Aluminum

0.81%

Silver

-3.63%

Coking Coal

-1.99%

Paper & Paper Products

1.08%

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Name	Last Price	1Y Target Est.	Market Weight	Market Cap	Day Change %	YTD Return	Avg. Analyst Rating
LIN Linde plc	451.41	491.33	17.21%	214.942B	+0.39%	+7.82%	Buy
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company	352.56	377.02	7.11%	88.793B	+0.28%	+3.72%	Buy
ECL Ecolab Inc.	255.02	273.27	5.78%	72.212B	+0.27%	+8.83%	Buy
SCCO Southern Copper Corporation	87.91	92.35	5.56%	69.485B	+0.51%	-2.67%	Hold
CRH CRH plc	93.76	111.74	5.09%	63.593B	+2.11%	+1.34%	Buy
NEM Newmont Corporation	53.74	62.89	4.90%	61.18B	-0.46%	+44.38%	Buy
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.	267.22	320.20	4.76%	59.425B	+0.99%	-7.87%	Buy
FCX Freeport-McMoRan Inc.	37.29	43.91	4.29%	53.583B	+0.73%	-2.07%	Buy
CTVA Corteva, Inc.	64.46	69.12	3.55%	44.303B	+3.17%	+13.17%	Buy
VMC Vulcan Materials Company	267.98	290.82	2.83%	35.39B	+0.81%	+4.18%	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	83.96	4.981B	0.08%	-0.21%
VAW Vanguard Materials ETF	186.15	3.576B	0.09%	-0.90%
XME SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF	57.73	1.449B	0.35%	+1.74%
IYM iShares U.S. Basic Materials ET	130.67	483.951M	0.39%	+0.57%
FMAT Fidelity MSCI Materials Index E	47.59	402.03M	0.08%	-1.25%

Name	Last Price	Net Assets	Expense Ratio	YTD Return
VMIAX Vanguard Materials Index Fund A	93.87	3.576B	0.09%	-1.92%
FMFEX Fidelity Advisor Materials Fund	84.43	705.256M	0.72%	+0.68%
FMFCX Fidelity Advisor Materials Fund	79.72	705.256M	0.72%	+0.33%
FMFAX Fidelity Advisor Materials Fund	83.95	705.256M	0.72%	+0.59%
FMFTX Fidelity Advisor Materials Fund	82.68	705.256M	0.72%	+0.50%

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Daily – Vickers Top Buyers & Sellers for 05/08/2025

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Morningstar• 16 hours ago
Analyst Report: The Mosaic Company

Mosaic is one of the largest phosphate and potash producers in the world. The company's assets include phosphate rock mines in Florida, Brazil, and Peru and potash mines in Saskatchewan, New Mexico, and Brazil. Mosaic also runs a large fertilizer distribution operation in Brazil through its Mosaic Fertilizantes business.

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Morningstar• 18 hours ago
Analyst Report: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

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