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VAWVanguard Materials Index Fund ETF Shares

Grow my money#170 of 2944 for Grow my money

Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures materials stocks.

Vanguard · Since 2004 (22 years)

Annual Cost

0.09%

#327 out of 5,332 ETFs

Fund Size

$4.3B

#427 out of 5,332 ETFs

Dividend Yield

1.41%

Track Record

22 years

#183 out of 5,332 ETFs

Performance

1 Year

+27.0%

3 Years

+12.4%

5 Years

+6.7%

What's inside

Asset class
Strategy
index tracking
Cap
multi cap
Sector

Asset allocation

Stocks
98.9%
Cash
0.6%
Other
0.5%

Sector breakdown

Basic Materials
89.3%
Consumer Cyclical
9.2%
Industrials
0.9%
Healthcare
0.6%
Consumer Defensive
0.0%

Top holdings

Linde PLCLIN15.1%
Newmont CorpNEM7.7%
Freeport-McMoRan IncFCX5.5%
Sherwin-Williams CoSHW4.9%
CRH PLCCRH4.6%
Ecolab IncECL4.4%
Air Products and Chemicals IncAPD4.1%
Corteva IncCTVA3.7%
Nucor CorpNUE2.5%
Vulcan Materials CoVMC2.4%

Risk profile

Volatility (1Y)

17.2%

Moderate

Max drawdown

-41.1%

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

0.55

Decent risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

0.81

Moderate downside risk

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Data updated on 2026-05-05