IYMiShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF
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 · USDGrowth of $10,000
$12,908+29.1%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
North americaCap
Multi cap
Strategy
Index tracking
Sector
MaterialsIndex tracked
Russell 1000 Basic Materials RIC 22.5/45 Capped Index
Holdings
By weightConcentration
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+ yearsVolatility (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