---
ticker: "IYM"
name: "iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/IYM"
grade: "B"
score: 53
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "Materials (Broad)"
category_rank: "6 of 14"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# IYM: iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF

Grade **B**, Score 53 of 100. Rank 6 of 14 in Materials (Broad).

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 50 | 7 of 14 |
| Mission | Not scored | — |
| Risk | 69 | 2 of 14 |
| Tradability | 67 | 3 of 14 |
| Holdings | 14 | 14 of 14 |
| Durability | 74 | 3 of 14 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 44 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | LIN | Linde PLC | 19.55% |
| 2 | NEM | Newmont | 10.93% |
| 3 | FCX | Freeport Mcmoran Inc | 9.32% |
| 4 | ECL | Ecolab | 6.24% |
| 5 | APD | Air Products and Chemicals | 4.43% |
| 6 | FAST | Fastenal | 4.39% |
| 7 | NUE | Nucor | 4.13% |
| 8 | AU | Anglogold Ashanti PLC | 3.61% |
| 9 | STLD | Steel Dynamics Inc | 3.01% |
| 10 | IFF | International Flavors & Fragrances | 2.23% |
| 11 | RS | Reliance Steel & Aluminum | 2.11% |
| 12 | RGLD | Royal Gold | 2.06% |
| 13 | SCCO | Southern Copper Corp | 2.01% |
| 14 | CRS | Carpenter Technology | 1.92% |
| 15 | CDE | Coeur Mining | 1.81% |
| 16 | CF | Cf Industries Holdings Inc | 1.76% |
| 17 | IP | International Paper | 1.73% |
| 18 | RBC | Rbc Bearings | 1.62% |
| 19 | LYB | Lyondellbasell Industries Class A | 1.59% |
| 20 | MLI | Mueller Industries Inc | 1.36% |
| 21 | AVY | Avery Dennison Corp | 1.32% |
| 22 | ALB | Albemarle Corp | 1.23% |
| 23 | AA | Alcoa Corp | 1.14% |
| 24 | HL | Hecla Mining | 1.11% |
| 25 | SOLS | Solstice Advanced Materials Inc | 1.00% |
| 26 | CTVA | Corteva | 0.92% |
| 27 | ESI | Element Solutions Inc | 0.85% |
| 28 | TKR | Timken | 0.77% |
| 29 | CLF | Cleveland Cliffs Inc | 0.76% |
| 30 | EMN | Eastman Chemical | 0.73% |

Source: etf.net, https://etf.net/etf/IYM. Please cite the page URL.