Materials sector ETFs in the reshoring trade

Chemical, packaging and building materials companies. Driven by demand across the economy.

10ETFs in this category

$14.3bnmoney in them

20.2%of the reshoring trade’s money

XLBlargest unleveraged ETF, 58.8%

How they did, to Nov 2, 2026

	1 month	YTD	12 months
Category median	+3.3%	+13.3%	+25.8%
Its story	−0.4%	+8.4%	+13.6%
Broad US ETFs	−2.5%	+11.5%	+11.8%

1 month

YTD

12 months

Category median

+3.3%

+13.3%

+25.8%

Its story

−0.4%

+8.4%

+13.6%

Broad US ETFs

−2.5%

+11.5%

+11.8%

Every ETF here, largest first

#	ETF	Name	Assets	Share	12 months	Fee
1	XLB	Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund	$8.4bn	58.8%	+27.5%	0.08%
2	VAW	Vanguard Materials ETF	$3.0bn	20.7%	+21.0%	0.09%
3	IYM	iShares US Basic Materials ETF	$1.3bn	9.1%	+29.1%	0.37%
4	FMAT	Fidelity MSCI Materials Index ETF	$601m	4.2%	+20.8%	0.08%
5	MXI	iShares Global Materials ETF	$400m	2.8%	+22.0%	0.37%
6	FXZ	First Trust Materials AlphaDEX Fund	$366m	2.6%	+27.1%	0.64%
7	RSPM	Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF	$183m	1.3%	+31.7%	0.40%
8	PYZ	Invesco Dorsey Wright Basic Materials Momentum ETF	$64m	0.4%	+8.5%	0.60%
9	PSCM	Invesco S&P SmallCap Materials ETF	$19m	0.1%	+25.8%	0.29%
10	TRUM	VanEck Materials TruSector ETF	under $1m	0.0%	–	0.15%

Other categories in the reshoring trade

Infrastructure 10 ETFs Critical materials 14 ETFs Metals and mining 4 ETFs Water, farmland and timber 7 ETFs Everything else 2 ETFs Leveraged and inverse 15 ETFs

Common questions

Which ETFs are materials sector ETFs?10 US ETFs sit in this category of the reshoring trade. Chemical, packaging and building materials companies. Driven by demand across the economy.

What is the largest materials sector ETF?XLB, Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund, with $8.4bn, 58.8% of the category's money.

How have materials sector ETFs performed?The median unleveraged ETF here returned +25.8% over the last 12 months to Nov 2, 2026, against +11.8% for broad US ETFs. Past performance, not a forecast.