Materials
Every materials name we track, ranked by trailing one-year return. The sector averaged +10.2% over the year at 37.4% volatility, with 9 of 25 trading above their own 200-day average.
As of 2026-10-05
Commodity ChemicalsConstruction MaterialsCopperFertilizers & Agricultural ChemicalsGoldIndustrial GasesMetal, Glass & Plastic ContainersPaper & Plastic Packaging Products & MaterialsSpecialty ChemicalsSteel
| # | Symbol | Sub-industry | 1Y | 3M | Vol | Max DD | vs 200d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FCX Freeport-McMoRan | Copper | +87.8% | +22.5% | 47.8% | -24.3% | +14.1% |
| 2 | NUE Nucor | Steel | +83.0% | +10.8% | 32.3% | -18.4% | +17.4% |
| 3 | STLD Steel Dynamics | Steel | +68.7% | +5.2% | 36.6% | -22.4% | +11.5% |
| 4 | IFF International Flavors & Fragrances | Specialty Chemicals | +38.4% | +2.2% | 35.5% | -19.3% | +9.9% |
| 5 | NEM Newmont | Gold | +35.3% | +22.1% | 50.1% | -32.1% | +4.2% |
| 6 | CF CF Industries | Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals | +31.8% | +1.5% | 42.8% | -25.4% | +3.7% |
| 7 | LYB LyondellBasell | Specialty Chemicals | +27.8% | +9.6% | 43.1% | -35.5% | -3.0% |
| 8 | DOW Dow Inc. | Commodity Chemicals | +26.4% | +0.7% | 44.1% | -34.8% | -9.3% |
| 9 | ALB Albemarle Corporation | Specialty Chemicals | +20.5% | -18.8% | 57.3% | -51.3% | -32.4% |
| 10 | BALL Ball Corporation | Metal, Glass & Plastic Containers | +14.7% | -8.6% | 25.9% | -21.8% | -4.4% |
| 11 | PKG Packaging Corporation of America | Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials | +9.1% | -0.7% | 28.1% | -17.2% | +2.4% |
| 12 | AVY Avery Dennison | Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials | +6.9% | +4.0% | 25.5% | -21.6% | -0.6% |
| 13 | AMCR Amcor | Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials | +6.5% | -4.6% | 31.3% | -26.5% | +0.1% |
| 14 | APD Air Products | Industrial Gases | +6.0% | -7.8% | 26.5% | -15.0% | -1.0% |
| 15 | SW Smurfit Westrock | Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials | +5.6% | -4.9% | 44.5% | -30.5% | -0.6% |
| 16 | LIN Linde plc | Industrial Gases | +4.1% | -10.1% | 19.1% | -16.9% | -0.3% |
| 17 | PPG PPG Industries | Specialty Chemicals | +3.4% | -11.9% | 30.4% | -25.7% | -5.1% |
| 18 | ECL Ecolab | Specialty Chemicals | +2.2% | -1.9% | 22.0% | -20.1% | +1.7% |
| 19 | SHW Sherwin-Williams | Specialty Chemicals | -6.5% | -6.7% | 27.5% | -21.0% | -4.0% |
| 20 | VMC Vulcan Materials Company | Construction Materials | -18.4% | -18.0% | 28.2% | -26.7% | -13.2% |
| 21 | MLM Martin Marietta Materials | Construction Materials | -22.2% | -18.2% | 28.3% | -32.1% | -17.3% |
| 22 | IP International Paper | Paper & Plastic Packaging Products & Materials | -27.8% | -14.5% | 44.3% | -39.7% | -13.9% |
| 23 | CRH CRH plc | Construction Materials | -30.8% | -21.9% | 31.9% | -37.1% | -23.1% |
| 24 | MOS Mosaic Company (The) | Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals | -36.5% | +1.7% | 44.9% | -42.4% | -11.6% |
| 25 | CTVA Corteva | Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals | -80.3% | -85.7% | 87.8% | -86.8% | -84.0% |
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