iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF

About

iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF (US4642878387) is a US-listed equity ETF tracking the Russell 1000 Basic Materials RIC 22.5/45 Capped Index. With a expense ratio of 0.38%, it is moderately priced, paying distributions. The fund holds 42 positions across 2 regions with 1.6B in assets, with heavy concentration — 96% in United States, 87% in Materials.

Score Breakdown

Scores are scaled 1–10 on a logarithmic curve relative to all ETFs in the database. Last updated: Jun 22, 2026

Component	Score	Details
Cost (30%)	7.9	Tracking Difference: 10.0 · TD Consistency: — · Expense Ratio: 3.0
Liquidity (25%)	8.6	Assets Under Management

Data sources: provider factsheets, exchange data, and NAV history. Information for educational purposes only — not investment advice.

Ticker IYM

ISIN

Fund Size $1.6B

Issuer iShares

Distribution Pays Distributions

Replication Physical

Inception Jun 2000

Base Currency USD

Index Russell 1000 Basic Materials RIC 22.5/45 Capped Index

Asset Class Equities

Category Equity Sector

Costs

7.9

This fund has low total costs, with competitive tracking and expense ratios.

Expense Ratio0.00%

Metric	Value
Expense Ratio	0.38%

Cumulative Returns

Performance across different time periods.

Year to Date+0.00%

1 Year+0.00%

3 Years+0.00%

5 Years+0.00%

Inception+0.00%

Period	Cumulative Return
1 Month	—
3 Months	—
6 Months	—
1 Year	+39.32%
3 Years	+17.13%
5 Years	+7.70%
10 Years	+11.08%
YTD	+20.40%
Since Inception	+8.40%

Holdings

This fund invests into 42 individual investments.

Linde PLC

19.90%

Newmont Corp

9.61%

Freeport-McMoRan Inc

8.44%

Ecolab Inc

5.86%

Nucor Corp

4.69%

Air Products and Chemicals Inc

4.35%

Fastenal Co

3.88%

Steel Dynamics Inc

3.62%

Anglogold Ashanti Plc

3.37%

#10

Carpenter Technology Corp

3.08%

View all holdings (42)

#	Holding	Ticker	Weight
1	Linde PLC	LIN	1990.28%
2	Newmont Corp	NEM	961.22%
3	Freeport-McMoRan Inc	FCX	843.73%
4	Ecolab Inc	ECL	586.21%
5	Nucor Corp	NUE	469.30%
6	Air Products and Chemicals Inc	APD	434.61%
7	Fastenal Co	FAST	387.85%
8	Steel Dynamics Inc	STLD	361.55%
9	Anglogold Ashanti Plc	AU	336.88%
10	Carpenter Technology Corp	CRS	307.52%
11	Reliance Inc	RS	225.38%
12	RBC Bearings Inc	RBC	215.87%
13	International Flavors & Fragrances Inc	IFF	214.18%
14	International Paper Co	IP	210.29%
15	Albemarle Corp	ALB	205.32%
16	Royal Gold Inc	RGLD	196.78%
17	Southern Copper Corp	SCCO	178.26%
18	CF Industries Holdings Inc	CF	174.08%
19	LyondellBasell Industries NV	LYB	167.68%
20	Alcoa Corp	AA	167.17%
21	Mueller Industries Inc	MLI	162.34%
22	Solstice Advanced Materials Inc	SOLS	148.25%
23	Avery Dennison Corp	AVY	132.99%
24	Element Solutions Inc	ESI	112.80%
25	Timken Co/The	TKR	97.10%
26	MP Materials Corp	MP	94.35%
27	Eastman Chemical Co	EMN	89.56%
28	Hexcel Corp	HXL	80.10%
29	Mosaic Co/The	MOS	78.73%
30	Cleveland-Cliffs Inc	CLF	74.98%
31	Celanese Corp	CE	60.99%
32	NewMarket Corp	NEU	53.69%
33	Ashland Inc	ASH	33.54%
34	Scotts Miracle-Gro Co/The	SMG	30.77%
35	Westlake Corp	WLK	29.28%
36	Olin Corp	OLN	27.52%
37	Huntsman Corp	HUN	21.60%
38	FMC Corp	FMC	15.60%
39	USD CASH	USD	10.83%
40	BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY	XTSLA	9.41%
41	CASH COLLATERAL USD WFFUT	WFFUT	1.41%
42	E-MINI MATERIALS SELECT SECTOR SEP	IXDU6	0.00%