VAWVanguard Materials Index Fund ETF Shares
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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
Region
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