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IYMiShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF

Grow my money26y track recordRanked #385 of 3,055 in this goal

Tracks the investment results of an index composed of U.S. equities in the basic materials sector.

By iShares · Launched 2000

Annual Cost

0.37%

#1,868 of 6,040 · low cost

Fund Size

$1.1B

#1,121 of 6,040 · large

Return (1Y)

+26.1%

Track Record

26 years

#91 of 6,040 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$12,908+29.1%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Sector

Materials

Index tracked

Russell 1000 Basic Materials RIC 22.5/45 Capped Index

Holdings

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 66.0% of fundconcentrated

LINDE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
19.9%
NEWMONT CORPORATION
10.5%
FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC.
7.3%
ECOLAB INC.
5.8%
AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
4.8%
NUCOR CORPORATION
4.4%
FASTENAL COMPANY
3.9%
ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC
3.5%
STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.
3.4%
ALBEMARLE CORPORATION
2.6%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.9%
Cash
0.1%

By sector

Basic Materials
86.2%
Industrials
10.6%
Consumer Cyclical
3.2%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
20.5%High

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-42.8%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.58Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
0.84Moderate downside risk

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Tracks the investment results of an index composed of U.S. equities in the basic materials sector.
Strategy
Seeks to track the investment results of the Russell 1000 Basic Materials RIC 22.5/45 Capped Index, which includes large- and mid-cap U.S. companies in the basic materials sector. Uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund, investing at least 80% of assets in the index components.
Inception date
June 12, 2000
Fund family
iShares

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Data updated on 2026-09-18