Materials ETFs
The 11 Materials ETFs with a page here hold $28.5B between them, counting the 9 with an assets figure; the median one costs 0.39% a year and returned 57.1% over three years. XLB is the largest at $7.8B, XLB the cheapest at 0.08%.
Materials is a TickerInside category, set every night from each ETF's own latest file: 60% or more of its stocks whose sector is known are materials companies, by the sector the site gives each company, and 45% or more of all its stocks; or its name names the sector and a sector is found for fewer than half of its stocks. 29 US ETFs are in it tonight, 11 with a page; the screener lists them all. How categories are set.
| ETF | Name | Assets | Cost | Positions | Top 10 | Return, 3 years | Volatility | Holdings file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLB | Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund | $7.8B | 0.08% | 25 | 59.9% | 39.1% | 16.6% | 2026-10-12 |
| COPX | Global X Copper Miners ETF | $7.3B | 0.65% | 40 | 50.7% | 171.1% | 35.6% | 2026-10-12 |
| VAW | Vanguard Materials ETF | $4.5B | 0.09% | 110 | 57.8% | 41.3% | 17.6% | 2026-08-31 |
| XME | State Street SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF | $4.1B | 0.35% | 38 | 51.2% | 117.7% | 30.5% | 2026-10-12 |
| PICK | iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF | $2.4B | 0.39% | 248 | 48.8% | 80.8% | 25.3% | 2026-10-12 |
| IYM | iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF | $1.3B | 0.37% | 40 | 68.0% | 57.1% | 18.4% | 2026-10-12 |
| ICOP | iShares Copper and Metals Mining ETF | $0.5B | 0.47% | 64 | 62.1% | 161.0% | 33.1% | 2026-10-12 |
| MXI | iShares Global Materials ETF | $0.4B | 0.37% | 91 | 39.5% | 53.9% | 19.1% | 2026-10-12 |
| RSPM | Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF | $0.2B | 0.40% | 24 | 44.1% | 34.6% | 18.1% | 2026-10-12 |
| REMX | VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF | n/a | 0.53% | 29 | 59.3% | n/a | n/a | N-PORT 2026-06-30 |
| SLX | VanEck Steel ETF | n/a | 0.55% | 39 | 58.1% | n/a | n/a | N-PORT 2026-06-30 |
Prices through 2026-10-13. The holdings of REMX and SLX are from their SEC Form N-PORT filings for the period ended 2026-06-30, filed 2026-08-26. The other ETFs' holdings are from their issuers' latest files, dated between 2026-08-31 and 2026-10-12. Each ETF page prints its own date. Ordered by assets, the ETFs without an assets figure last. How every figure here is produced. Measurements, not investment advice.
