AMEX · inception 2004-01-30 · beta 0.98 · avg volume 57,604 · holdings as of 2026-10-15 · prices through 2026-10-16
AUM$4.5B
Holdings110
Top-10 weight58.0%
1-yr return+10.8%
Max drawdown 5y-25.5%
Volatility 1y18.9%
Performance vs S&P 500 (SPY)
■ VAW■ SPY
Total return
1m
3m
6m
YTD
1y
3y
5y
VAW
-0.2%
+1.7%
-4.6%
+6.7%
+10.8%
+35.0%
+36.8%
SPY
+0.3%
+2.9%
+7.5%
+11.7%
+15.1%
+80.0%
+84.9%
Rebased to 100 five years ago, weekly adjusted closes. Max drawdown is the largest peak-to-trough fall in that window (trough 2022-09-26). 3y and 5y returns are cumulative.
Top holdings
#
Ticker
Name
Weight
1
LIN
Linde PLC
15.25%
2
NEM
Newmont Corp
8.47%
3
FCX
Freeport-McMoRan Inc
6.99%
4
SHW
Sherwin-Williams Co/The
5.12%
5
ECL
Ecolab Inc
4.83%
6
APD
Air Products and Chemicals Inc
4.03%
7
CRH
CRH PLC
3.84%
8
CTVA
Corteva Inc
3.61%
9
NUE
Nucor Corp
3.60%
10
VMC
Vulcan Materials Co
2.20%
Exposure
Sector
Basic Materials89.8%
Consumer Cyclical8.2%
Unclassified0.7%
Healthcare0.5%
Energy0.5%
Industrials0.1%
Consumer Defensive0.0%
Country
US74.4%
GB15.2%
IE5.4%
CH2.6%
NL1.0%
Unclassified0.7%
FR0.2%
CA0.1%
LU0.0%
Weights of holdings joined to company profiles; bonds, cash and derivatives fall under Unclassified.
InsiderStreet scores of the holdings
Holdings-weighted score
Score
Percentile vs ETFs
Overall
60/100
52
Quality
71/100
48
Profitability
52/100
24
Balance sheet
62/100
45
Earnings quality
72/100
85
Growth
56/100
41
Value
54/100
52
Momentum
79/100
60
Risk (safety)
81/100
57
Portfolio fundamentals
Value
P/E
25.4
P/B
4.3
P/S
3.6
Earnings yield
3.9%
FCF yield
4.1%
ROE
16.9%
Net margin
13.6%
Revenue growth (yoy)
+17.5%
Dividend yield
1.64%
Debt / equity
0.63
Scores are weighted by holding; 99% of the fund's weight is in companies we score. Percentile ranks the fund among ETFs with at least half their weight scored. A score describes the holdings, not the outlook for the fund.
Most similar ETFs by holdings overlap
ETF
Name
Overlap
Shared holdings
AUM
TRUM
VanEck Materials TruSector ETF
74.0%
24
$252,671
FMAT
Fidelity MSCI Materials Index ETF
70.9%
89
$586.8M
XLB
State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF
69.0%
24
$8.1B
UYM
ProShares - Ultra Materials
69.0%
24
$31.0M
IYM
iShares U.S. Basic Materials ETF
63.3%
30
$987.7M
RTM
Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF
53.9%
23
$303.2M
Overlap = sum over shared holdings of the smaller of the two weights.