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12Stocks.com Materials Stocks Performances & Trends Daily
August 11, 2025 - Although long term and short term trends for Materials sector are good, the mid term i.e weekly trends are deteriorating.

The overall Smart Investing & Trading Score is 46 (0-bearish to 100-bullish) which puts Materials sector in short term neutral trend.

The Smart Investing & Trading Score from previous trading session is 68 and hence a deterioration of trend.

 Year To Date Performance: 5.5 %
 Weekly Performance: 1.88 %
 Daily Performance: 11.41 %
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12Stocks.com: Investing in Materials sector with Stocks
The following table helps investors and traders sort through current performance and trends (as measured by Smart Investing & Trading Score) of various stocks in the Materials sector.

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12Stocks.com Performance of Stocks in Materials Sector

TickerStock NameWatchlistCategoryRecent PriceSmart Investing & Trading ScoreChange %YTD Change%
BTUPeabody Energy Metals/Minerals17.2778-0.17-17.13%
IFF Flavors Chemicals63.5610-0.44-24.45%
CMPCompass Minerals Metals/Minerals21.4449-1.2890.58%
DOWDow  Chemicals 21.2220-2.69-46.14%
KWRQuaker Chemical Chemicals126.8473-7.09-9.13%
CSTMConstellium SE Aluminum13.4854-8.6131.26%
PPGPPG Industries Chemicals106.9520-11.72-9.95%
ASIXAdvanSix  Chemicals 18.1310-15.74-35.97%
CLFCleveland-Cliffs  Metals/Minerals9.5661-16.651.70%
ZEUSOlympic Steel Steel & Iron31.1346-17.63-4.66%
SCLStepan  Chemicals48.9120-17.75-23.93%
NGVTIngevity  Chemicals51.2778-30.6825.82%
CCChemours  Chemicals12.1946-47.65-26.66%
ALBAlbemarle  Chemicals75.4846-53.74-11.82%
GPREGreen Plains Chemicals7.4054-57.98-21.94%
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Materials Sector: Technical Analysis, Trends & YTD Performance
Materials sector is composed of stocks from mining, metals, agricultural, precious metals and chemical subsectors.

Materials sector, as represented by XLB, an exchange-traded fund [ETF] that holds basket of Materials stocks (e.g, Dow Chemical, Newmont Mining) is up by 5.5% and is currently underperforming the overall market by -2.89% year-to-date. Below is a quick view of Technical charts and trends:

XLB Weekly Chart
Long Term Trend: Very Good
Medium Term Trend: Not Good

XLB Daily Chart
Short Term Trend: Very Good
Overall Trend Score: 46
YTD Performance: 5.5%
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12Stocks.com: Top Performing Materials Sector Stocks
Hot Materials Stocks of 2025 We try to spot trends by analyzing the performances of various stocks or components within Materials sector and try to find best performing stocks. The movers and shakers. The winners and losers.

The top performing Materials sector stocks year to date are
MP [376%] SSR [118%] Coeur [104%]
Compass Minerals[91%] Newmont [86%] Energy Fuels[86%]
Dakota Gold[85%] NovaGold [70%] Sensient Technologies[65%]
Worthington Industries[58%] Hecla [55%] Uranium Energy[52%]
View complete list of Materials stocks by year-to-date performance

Now, more recently, over last week, the top performing Materials sector stocks on the move are
Coeur [34.2%] Hecla [33.6%] Ingevity [26.9%]
SSR [25.9%] Rayonier Advanced[25.3%] Northwest Pipe[19.4%]
Warrior Met[18%] Uranium Energy[17.4%] MP [16.7%]
Perimeter [15.1%] Orion Engineered[13.8%] Dakota Gold[13%]
View complete list of Materials stocks by weekly performance

Unfortunately not all Materials stocks have done well this year. Investors of these stocks hope they have seen the worst and hope that these stocks are set to bounce back. The bearish stocks in this index year to date (YTD) are
Tronox [-68%] Kronos Worldwide[-50%] Sylvamo [-48%]
Huntsman [-47%] Dow [-46%] Avantor [-45%]
Rayonier Advanced[-45%] Olin [-44%] GrowGeneration [-38%]
AdvanSix [-36%] Valhi [-33%] Orion Engineered[-33%]
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Investors can get enhanced performance by riding the current stock trends. Using complex algorithms, 12Stocks.com has come up with Smart Investing & Trading Scores (on 0-bearish to 100-bullish scale) to identify best trending stocks. Top trending Materials stocks are
Coeur [78] NovaGold [78] MP [78]
Ramaco [78] Peabody Energy[78] Ingevity [78]
Hecla [73] Uranium Energy[73] Materion [73]
Cabot [73] Newmont [73] Quaker Chemical[73]
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12Stocks.com: Investing in Materials Sector using Exchange Traded Funds
The following table shows list of key exchange traded funds (ETF) that help investors track Materials Index. For detailed view, check out our ETF Funds section of our website.

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12Stocks.com List of ETFs that track Materials Index

TickerETF NameWatchlistRecent PriceSmart Investing & Trading ScoreChange %Week %Year-to-date %
XLBMaterials  88.354611.411.885.5%
GDXGold Miners  58.06731.3810.771.22%
UYMBasic Materials  23.73542.923.584.57%
XMEMetals and Mining 79.29542.419.539.89%
MOOAgribusiness  72.77541.730.8612.79%
DBAAgriculture  26.21280.92.1-1.43%
GLDGold  313.05631.161.2729.29%
SLVSilver  34.88463.073.8432.47%
SLXSteel  68.22461.541.8716.7%
 Smart Investing & Trading Score (0-Bearish to 100-Bullish)
12Stocks.com: Charts, Trends, Fundamental Data and Performances of Materials Stocks
We now take in-depth look at all Materials stocks including charts, multi-period performances and overall trends (as measured by Smart Investing & Trading Score).

One can sort Materials stocks (click link to choose) by Daily, Weekly and by Year-to-Date performances. Also, one can sort by size of the company or by market capitalization.
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Stock Chart of Peabody Energy CorporationBTU Peabody Energy Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 355.11 Millions
Recent Price: 17.27    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 78
Day Percent Change: -0.17%    
Day Change: -0.04
Week Change: 7.47%    
Year-to-date Change: -17.1%
BTU Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add BTU to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete BTU Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 12178.7 Millions
Recent Price: 63.56    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 10
Day Percent Change: -0.44%    
Day Change: -0.44
Week Change: -8.52%    
Year-to-date Change: -24.5%
IFF Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Compass Minerals International, Inc.CMP Compass Minerals International, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 1512.1 Millions
Recent Price: 21.44    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 49
Day Percent Change: -1.28%    
Day Change: -0.12
Week Change: 8.39%    
Year-to-date Change: 90.6%
CMP Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Dow Inc.DOW Dow Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals - Major Diversified
MarketCap: 24098.6 Millions
Recent Price: 21.22    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: -2.69%    
Day Change: -1.48
Week Change: -2.62%    
Year-to-date Change: -46.1%
DOW Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Quaker Chemical CorporationKWR Quaker Chemical Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 2411.67 Millions
Recent Price: 126.84    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 73
Day Percent Change: -7.09%    
Day Change: -12.75
Week Change: 7.57%    
Year-to-date Change: -9.1%
KWR Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Constellium SECSTM Constellium SE
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Aluminum
MarketCap: 646.608 Millions
Recent Price: 13.48    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 54
Day Percent Change: -8.61%    
Day Change: -1.56
Week Change: 1.97%    
Year-to-date Change: 31.3%
CSTM Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of PPG Industries, Inc.PPG PPG Industries, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 20285.5 Millions
Recent Price: 106.95    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: -11.72%    
Day Change: -16.8
Week Change: 2.4%    
Year-to-date Change: -10.0%
PPG Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of AdvanSix Inc.ASIX AdvanSix Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals - Major Diversified
MarketCap: 394.136 Millions
Recent Price: 18.13    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 10
Day Percent Change: -15.74%    
Day Change: -5.66
Week Change: -5.52%    
Year-to-date Change: -36.0%
ASIX Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.CLF Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 957.61 Millions
Recent Price: 9.56    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 61
Day Percent Change: -16.65%    
Day Change: -2.65
Week Change: -4.97%    
Year-to-date Change: 1.7%
CLF Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Olympic Steel, Inc.ZEUS Olympic Steel, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel & Iron
MarketCap: 118.888 Millions
Recent Price: 31.13    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 46
Day Percent Change: -17.63%    
Day Change: -8.91
Week Change: -1.14%    
Year-to-date Change: -4.7%
ZEUS Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Stepan CompanySCL Stepan Company
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 1812.97 Millions
Recent Price: 48.91    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: -17.75%    
Day Change: -16.61
Week Change: -1.91%    
Year-to-date Change: -23.9%
SCL Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add SCL to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete SCL Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of Ingevity CorporationNGVT Ingevity Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 1325.47 Millions
Recent Price: 51.27    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 78
Day Percent Change: -30.68%    
Day Change: -17.01
Week Change: 26.91%    
Year-to-date Change: 25.8%
NGVT Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of The Chemours CompanyCC The Chemours Company
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 1718.17 Millions
Recent Price: 12.19    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 46
Day Percent Change: -47.65%    
Day Change: -17.57
Week Change: 6%    
Year-to-date Change: -26.7%
CC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Albemarle CorporationALB Albemarle Corporation
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 6139.27 Millions
Recent Price: 75.48    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 46
Day Percent Change: -53.74%    
Day Change: -105.15
Week Change: 11.16%    
Year-to-date Change: -11.8%
ALB Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add ALB to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete ALB Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of Green Plains Inc.GPRE Green Plains Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 196.357 Millions
Recent Price: 7.40    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 54
Day Percent Change: -57.98%    
Day Change: -19.37
Week Change: -6.09%    
Year-to-date Change: -21.9%
GPRE Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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