How are materials stocks doing?
Chemicals, metals and mining, building materials and packaging. Here is how they have done as a group against the S&P 500, and which of them are leading and lagging.
Updated Oct 9, 2026
Lagging
Materials stocks are up 7% over the past year as an equal-weighted group, against +16% for the S&P 500. 18 of 54 beat the index. Nucor (NUE) leads at +82% and FMC (FMC) trails at −72%. Over the past month the group is −5%, against +3% for the S&P.
The past year
The group against the S&P 500, each set to $100 a year ago. Select a stock in the table to chart it against the group.
All 55 materials stocks
Sorted by the past year’s return. Select a row to chart the stock against the group, or its ticker to open its page. Select a column to sort.
| Stock | P3 | 1M | 3M | YTD | 1Y | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NUE Nucor | 74Strong | −2.0% | +7% | +53% | +82% | Bellwether |
| FCX Freeport-McMoRan | 93Strong | +3.5% | +23% | +45% | +72% | Bellwether |
| STLD Steel Dynamics | 67Middling | +0.5% | +2% | +41% | +63% | Bellwether |
| SCCO Southern Copper | 91Strong | +7.8% | +20% | +46% | +58% | Bellwether |
| CRS Carpenter Technology | 65Middling | −13.9% | −32% | +23% | +48% | Churning Winner |
| ASH Ashland Global | 30Weak | −0.2% | +7% | +20% | +45% | Hot Hand |
| RS Reliance | 46Middling | +2.6% | +4% | +39% | +43% | Speculative Pop |
| ESI Element Solutions | 49Middling | +6.3% | −8% | +45% | +38% | Exhausted Rally |
| IFF International Flavors & Fragrances | 44Middling | +0.6% | +13% | +25% | +38% | Speculative Pop |
| NEM Newmont | 85Strong | −6.6% | +27% | +18% | +33% | Bellwether |
| DD DuPont | 19Weak | +2.1% | −2% | +8% | +32% | Exhausted Rally |
| DOW Dow | 52Middling | −4.1% | −6% | +22% | +26% | Faith Trade |
| CF CF Industries | 58Middling | −17.4% | −8% | +44% | +23% | Churning Winner |
| LYB LyondellBasell | 47Middling | −6.6% | +3% | +39% | +23% | Faith Trade |
| AU AngloGold Ashanti | 86Strong | −9.4% | +18% | +10% | +22% | Bellwether |
| BALL Ball | 64Middling | −2.1% | −5% | +10% | +20% | Churning Winner |
| AXTA Axalta | 28Weak | −4.1% | +2% | +1% | +19% | Exhausted Rally |
| CCK Crown | 43Middling | −4.1% | −1% | +5% | +18% | Exhausted Rally |
| JHX James Hardie Industries | 43Middling | −10.9% | +3% | +21% | +15% | Rolling Over |
| RGLD Royal Gold | 70Strong | −7.0% | +22% | +6% | +15% | Bellwether |
| AA Alcoa | 27Weak | −12.6% | −13% | −21% | +14% | Rolling Over |
| SON Sonoco | 53Middling | −1.1% | −11% | +10% | +12% | Hot Hand |
| ALB Albemarle | 76Strong | −17.1% | −19% | −28% | +10% | Distribution Top |
| PKG Packaging Corporation of America | 45Middling | −0.8% | +2% | +12% | +8% | Churning Winner |
| CE Celanese | 52Middling | −1.5% | −6% | +6% | +6% | Rolling Over |
| APD Air Products | 45Middling | −4.2% | −7% | +14% | +5% | Show-Me Grower |
| AMCR Amcor | 28Weak | −3.0% | −2% | 0% | +5% | Churning Winner |
| AVY Avery Dennison | 51Middling | −0.6% | +5% | −8% | +4% | Show-Me Grower |
| LIN Linde | 38Middling | +4.8% | −8% | +13% | +3% | Turning Up |
| NEU NewMarket | 11Weak | +1.4% | +18% | +30% | +2% | Speculative Pop |
| PPG PPG Industries | 53Middling | −1.0% | −9% | +1% | +2% | Turning Up |
| EMN Eastman Chemical | 17Weak | −8.3% | −7% | −2% | +1% | Sleepy Staple |
| ECL Ecolab | 45Middling | +3.8% | +4% | +7% | 0% | Show-Me Grower |
| SW Smurfit Westrock | 67Strong | −2.2% | −4% | +7% | −5% | Wallflower |
| SHW Sherwin-Williams | 45Middling | +0.6% | −3% | −1% | −5% | Sleepy Staple |
| CLF Cleveland-Cliffs | 41Middling | +9.7% | +34% | −2% | −7% | Bottom Fished |
| ATR AptarGroup | 27Weak | −2.2% | −4% | −1% | −9% | Broken Year |
| HUN Huntsman | 41Middling | −14.6% | −30% | −19% | −10% | Sleepy Staple |
| VVV Valvoline | 39Middling | +0.2% | −21% | +4% | −12% | Show-Me Grower |
| RPM RPM International | 39Middling | −1.6% | −5% | −6% | −14% | Sleepy Staple |
| SMG Scotts Miracle-Gro | 36Middling | −11.2% | −22% | −15% | −16% | Sleepy Staple |
| SLGN Silgan | 17Weak | −8.1% | −21% | −12% | −18% | Broken Year |
| VMC Vulcan Materials | 46Middling | −2.4% | −16% | −14% | −20% | Wallflower |
| WLK Westlake | 10Weak | −13.0% | −18% | −16% | −24% | Sleepy Staple |
| MLM Martin Marietta Materials | 35Middling | −4.8% | −16% | −23% | −25% | Wallflower |
| LPX Louisiana-Pacific | 6Weak | 0% | −9% | −19% | −27% | Broken Year |
| IP International Paper | 28Weak | −6.3% | −13% | −18% | −31% | Show-Me Grower |
| EXP Eagle Materials | 14Weak | −10.4% | −20% | −20% | −31% | Sleepy Staple |
| CRH CRH | 36Middling | −7.0% | −21% | −35% | −31% | Wallflower |
| MP MP Materials | 36Middling | −10.1% | −7% | −9% | −35% | Coiled Spring |
| OLN Olin | 23Weak | −14.0% | −30% | −29% | −42% | Sleepy Staple |
| MOS Mosaic | 14Weak | −26.2% | −16% | −22% | −46% | Sleepy Staple |
| GPK Graphic Packaging | 10Weak | −11.1% | −20% | −45% | −56% | Sleepy Staple |
| FMC FMC | 5Weak | −30.9% | −23% | −40% | −72% | Sleepy Staple |
| CTVA Corteva | 8Weak | – | – | – | – | Falling Knife |
How to read this page
How it’s measured. Every stock in the Materials sector (the GICS classification) among the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100 and Russell 1000 companies with a page here, The group is equal-weighted, so each company counts the same whatever its size, and returns are share-price changes from daily closes.
Sources. Daily prices from Financial Modeling Prep; scores from Stox.
An equal-weighted group can read quite differently from a sector fund, which gives the biggest companies the most weight.
P3 is Stox’s combined score of market beat, staying power and business growth, from 0 to 100. Type is the stock’s Stox Atlas type. Both describe the past year, not what comes next.
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