Materials stocks YTD

Year-to-date returns for all 25 S&P 500 materials stocks · Updated September 20, 2026

Sector avg YTD+13.42%

Median YTD+14.68%

Best: CFCF Industries +67.53%

Worst: CRHCRH plc -30.20%

Stocks tracked25

S&P 500 index YTD+11.76%

vs S&P 500outperforming by 1.66 pp

Rank	Company	Ticker	Price	YTD Return
1	CF Industries	CF	$127.70	+67.53%
2	Nucor	NUE	$248.38	+53.17%
3	LyondellBasell	LYB	$61.93	+47.79%
4	Freeport-McMoRan	FCX	$71.54	+41.86%
5	Steel Dynamics	STLD	$235.26	+39.58%
6	Dow Inc.	DOW	$28.73	+27.06%
7	International Flavors & Fragrances	IFF	$82.96	+25.08%
8	Newmont	NEM	$123.41	+24.39%
9	Corteva	CTVA	$80.53	+20.95%
10	Smurfit Westrock	SW	$44.33	+18.04%
11	Air Products	APD	$284.18	+17.33%
12	Packaging Corporation of America	PKG	$232.77	+15.02%
13	Ball Corporation	BALL	$60.15	+14.68%
14	Linde plc	LIN	$460.40	+9.04%
15	Amcor	AMCR	$41.90	+4.98%
16	Mosaic Company (The)	MOS	$24.48	+4.39%
17	PPG Industries	PPG	$104.52	+3.91%
18	Ecolab	ECL	$269.46	+3.47%
19	Sherwin-Williams	SHW	$320.73	-0.31%
20	Avery Dennison	AVY	$167.71	-6.20%
21	International Paper	IP	$34.53	-9.12%
22	Vulcan Materials Company	VMC	$240.83	-15.08%
23	Martin Marietta Materials	MLM	$490.64	-20.86%
24	Albemarle Corporation	ALB	$110.91	-20.92%
25	CRH plc	CRH	$86.15	-30.20%

Sector averages are equal-weighted across S&P 500 constituents with usable price data. Stocks without a usable December 31, 2025 baseline are excluded. Data: Yahoo Finance; sector assignments: Wikipedia GICS sectors.

Materials is averaging +13.42% year-to-date in 2026 across 25 S&P 500 stocks, with a median return of +14.68%. The sector's best performer is CF Industries (CF) at +67.53%, and the weakest is CRH plc (CRH) at -30.20%, as of September 20, 2026.

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