Notable companies
The most notable companies in this group are Freeport-McMoran (NYSE:FCX), Newmont Corp (NYSE:NEM), Dow (NYSE:DOW), Nucor Corp (NYSE:NUE).
Industry description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Materials 25/50.
The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the index, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the materials sector, as classified under the GICS. The Advisor attempts to replicate the target index by seeking to invest all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, in order to hold each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. The fund is non-diversified.
Market Cap
The average market capitalization across the Vanguard Materials Index Admiral MF is 69.36B. The market cap for tickers in the group ranges from 31.75B to 223.16B. LIN holds the highest valuation in this group at 223.16B. The lowest valued company is NUE at 31.75B.
Volume
The average weekly volume growth across all stocks in the Vanguard Materials Index Admiral MF was -24%. For the same stocks of the MF, the average monthly volume growth was -8% and the average quarterly volume growth was 34%
Fundamental Analysis Ratings
The average fundamental analysis ratings, where 1 is best and 100 is worst, are as follows
Valuation Rating: 62
P/E Growth Rating: 65
Price Growth Rating: 49
SMR Rating: 56
Profit Risk Rating: 35
Seasonality Score: -55 (-100 ... +100)