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12Stocks.com Materials Stocks Performances & Trends Daily
April 29, 2025 - Although long term trends for Materials sector are not good, the short and mid term trends are improving.

The overall Smart Investing & Trading Score is 57 (0-bearish to 100-bullish) which puts Materials sector in short term neutral trend.

The Smart Investing & Trading Score from previous trading session is 12 and hence an improvement of trend.

 Year To Date Performance: -1.16 %
 Weekly Performance: 0.18 %
 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/Minerals12.6012-0.17%-39.54%
SXCSunCoke Energy Mining9.68902.22%-8.44%
IIINInsteel Industries Steel & Iron33.26533.45%23.28%
CENXCentury Aluminum Aluminum16.74458.05%-8.12%
ODCOil-Dri  Chemicals41.53235.85%-5.05%
NWPXNorthwest Pipe Steel & Iron42.363242.20%-12.23%
KOPKoppers  Chemicals25.22173.82%-21.95%
DCDakota Gold Gold2.77837.37%25.91%
GPREGreen Plains Chemicals3.7034-57.98%-60.97%
IPIIntrepid Potash Chemicals33.581002.47%53.19%
UECUranium Energy Metals/Minerals5.426413.41%-18.98%
ZEUSOlympic Steel Steel & Iron31.6627-17.63%-3.04%
GRWGGrowGeneration  Chemicals1.03103.17%-39.05%
RYAMRayonier Advanced Chemicals 4.281076.47%-48.12%
BIOABioAmber  Chemicals 4.38390.00%-24.35%
UUUUEnergy Fuels Metals/Minerals4.61206.62%-10.14%
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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 down by -1.16% and is currently outperforming the overall market by 4.99% year-to-date. Below is a quick view of Technical charts and trends:

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

XLB Daily Chart
Short Term Trend: Very Good
Overall Trend Score: 57
YTD Performance: -1.16%
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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 [59%] Intrepid Potash[53%] SSR [53%]
Newmont [46%] Royal Gold[38%] i-80 Gold[33%]
NovaGold [31%] United States[27%] Sensient Technologies[27%]
Dakota Gold[26%] Worthington Industries[25%] Insteel Industries[23%]
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
Kaiser Aluminum[6.1%] Compass Minerals[3.8%] SSR [3.7%]
BioAmber [3.6%] Green Plains[3.4%] Cleveland-Cliffs [3.3%]
Uranium Energy[2.9%] Tredegar [2.6%] i-80 Gold[2.3%]
Energy Fuels[2.2%] MP [1.8%] Balchem [1.6%]
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
Green Plains[-61%] Rayonier Advanced[-48%] Tronox [-44%]
Avantor [-41%] Peabody Energy[-40%] GrowGeneration [-39%]
Celanese [-37%] Olin [-35%] Minerals Technologies[-33%]
Alcoa [-32%] Albemarle [-32%] Valhi [-31%]
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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
Mosaic [100] Intrepid Potash[100] Worthington Industries[95]
United States[90] Sensient Technologies[90] SunCoke Energy[90]
Compass Minerals[90] NewMarket [83] Dakota Gold[83]
Freeport-McMoRan [83] Steel Dynamics[77] MP [76]
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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  82.775711.410.18-1.16%
GDXGold Miners  49.43661.381.2745.77%
UYMBasic Materials  21.26642.920.24-6.3%
XMEMetals and Mining 56.92522.410.670.42%
MOOAgribusiness  68.48741.730.716.14%
DBAAgriculture  27.29500.90-0.692.63%
GLDGold  309.07781.161.4227.65%
SLVSilver  30.19583.070.4714.66%
SLXSteel  60.60771.540.733.66%
 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).

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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: 12.60    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 12
Day Percent Change: -0.17%    
Day Change: -0.04
Week Change: 0.16%    
Year-to-date Change: -39.5%
BTU Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add BTU to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete BTU Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of SunCoke Energy, Inc.SXC SunCoke Energy, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Nonmetallic Mineral Mining
MarketCap: 306.5 Millions
Recent Price: 9.68    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 90
Day Percent Change: 2.22%    
Day Change: 0.19
Week Change: 1.36%    
Year-to-date Change: -8.4%
SXC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Insteel Industries, Inc.IIIN Insteel Industries, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel & Iron
MarketCap: 269.488 Millions
Recent Price: 33.26    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 53
Day Percent Change: 3.45%    
Day Change: 1.13
Week Change: 0.79%    
Year-to-date Change: 23.3%
IIIN Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Century Aluminum CompanyCENX Century Aluminum Company
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Aluminum
MarketCap: 266.408 Millions
Recent Price: 16.74    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 45
Day Percent Change: 8.05%    
Day Change: 1.13
Week Change: -0.3%    
Year-to-date Change: -8.1%
CENX Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Oil-Dri Corporation of AmericaODC Oil-Dri Corporation of America
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 249.857 Millions
Recent Price: 41.53    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 23
Day Percent Change: 5.85%    
Day Change: 3.82
Week Change: -1.21%    
Year-to-date Change: -5.1%
ODC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Northwest Pipe CompanyNWPX Northwest Pipe Company
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel & Iron
MarketCap: 245.788 Millions
Recent Price: 42.36    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 32
Day Percent Change: 42.20%    
Day Change: 13.58
Week Change: 0.05%    
Year-to-date Change: -12.2%
NWPX Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Koppers Holdings Inc.KOP Koppers Holdings Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 232.657 Millions
Recent Price: 25.22    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 17
Day Percent Change: 3.82%    
Day Change: 1.44
Week Change: -0.28%    
Year-to-date Change: -22.0%
KOP Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Dakota Gold Corp.DC Dakota Gold Corp.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Gold
MarketCap: 218 Millions
Recent Price: 2.77    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 83
Day Percent Change: 7.37%    
Day Change: 0.16
Week Change: 0%    
Year-to-date Change: 25.9%
DC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Green Plains Inc.GPRE Green Plains Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Specialty Chemicals
MarketCap: 196.357 Millions
Recent Price: 3.70    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 34
Day Percent Change: -57.98%    
Day Change: -19.37
Week Change: 3.35%    
Year-to-date Change: -61.0%
GPRE Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Intrepid Potash, Inc.IPI Intrepid Potash, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Chemicals
MarketCap: 160.329 Millions
Recent Price: 33.58    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 100
Day Percent Change: 2.47%    
Day Change: 0.55
Week Change: 0.99%    
Year-to-date Change: 53.2%
IPI Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Uranium Energy Corp.UEC Uranium Energy Corp.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 138.91 Millions
Recent Price: 5.42    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 64
Day Percent Change: 13.41%    
Day Change: 0.63
Week Change: 2.85%    
Year-to-date Change: -19.0%
UEC Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
Add UEC to Watchlist:       View:      Get Complete UEC Trend Analysis ➞

Stock Chart of Olympic Steel, Inc.ZEUS Olympic Steel, Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Steel & Iron
MarketCap: 118.888 Millions
Recent Price: 31.66    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 27
Day Percent Change: -17.63%    
Day Change: -8.91
Week Change: 0.32%    
Year-to-date Change: -3.0%
ZEUS Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of GrowGeneration Corp.GRWG GrowGeneration Corp.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Agricultural Chemicals
MarketCap: 118.429 Millions
Recent Price: 1.03    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 10
Day Percent Change: 3.17%    
Day Change: 0.07
Week Change: 0.98%    
Year-to-date Change: -39.1%
GRWG Links: Profile   News     Message Board
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Stock Chart of Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.RYAM Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals - Major Diversified
MarketCap: 116.736 Millions
Recent Price: 4.28    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 10
Day Percent Change: 76.47%    
Day Change: 3.25
Week Change: -1.61%    
Year-to-date Change: -48.1%
RYAM Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of BioAmber Inc.BIOA BioAmber Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Chemicals - Major Diversified
MarketCap: 116.06 Millions
Recent Price: 4.38    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 39
Day Percent Change: 0.00%    
Day Change: 0.00
Week Change: 3.55%    
Year-to-date Change: -24.4%
BIOA Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Stock Chart of Energy Fuels Inc.UUUU Energy Fuels Inc.
Sector: Materials
SubSector: Industrial Metals & Minerals
MarketCap: 107.61 Millions
Recent Price: 4.61    
Smart Investing & Trading Score: 20
Day Percent Change: 6.62%    
Day Change: 0.30
Week Change: 2.22%    
Year-to-date Change: -10.1%
UUUU Links: Profile   News     Message Board
Charts:- Daily  , Weekly
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Materials Stocks With Best Up Trends [0-bearish to 100-bullish]:
Mosaic [100], Intrepid Potash[100], Worthington Industries[95], United States[90], Sensient Technologies[90], SunCoke Energy[90], Compass Minerals[90], NewMarket [83], Dakota Gold[83], Freeport-McMoRan [83], Steel Dynamics[77]

Best Materials Stocks Year-to-Date:
MP [59.29%], Intrepid Potash[53.19%], SSR [52.73%], Newmont [46.13%], Royal Gold[37.99%], i-80 Gold[33.42%], NovaGold [30.63%], United States[27.42%], Sensient Technologies[27.09%], Dakota Gold[25.91%], Worthington Industries[25.14%]

Best Materials Stocks This Week:
Kaiser Aluminum[6.13%], Compass Minerals[3.83%], SSR [3.71%], BioAmber [3.55%], Green Plains[3.35%], Cleveland-Cliffs [3.29%], Uranium Energy[2.85%], Tredegar [2.56%], i-80 Gold[2.31%], Energy Fuels[2.22%], MP [1.8%]

Best Materials Stocks Daily:
Hawkins [146.51%], Coeur [137.31%], Valhi [116.45%], Rayonier Advanced[76.47%], United States[55.40%], Northwest Pipe[42.20%], Scotts Miracle-Gro[34.57%], Ecolab [33.49%], Kronos Worldwide[30.20%], Axalta Coating[22.35%], Linde [21.99%]


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