VAW – Vanguard Materials Index Fund ETF Shares
Vanguard Materials Index Fund ETF Shares (VAW) is a Natural Resources ETF, issued by Vanguard, $2.9B in assets, 0.10% expense ratio.
Returns as of Oct 23, 2026: 1 week -0.4%, 1 year +12.6%.
Materials Index tracks MSCI US IMI/Materials 25/50, replicating large, mid, and small U.S. materials companies. Non-diversified fund.
Top holdings
- LIN – Linde plc Ordinary Shares, 15.8%
- NEM – Newmont Goldcorp Corp, 8.4%
- FCX – Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc, 7.0%
- ECL – Ecolab Inc, 5.1%
- SHW – Sherwin-Williams Co, 5.0%
- APD – Air Products and Chemicals Inc, 4.1%
- CRH – CRH PLC, 4.0%
- CTVA – Corteva Inc, 3.8%
- NUE – Nucor Corp, 3.7%
- STLD – Steel Dynamics Inc, 2.2%
- VMC – Vulcan Materials Company, 2.1%
- MLM – Martin Marietta Materials Inc, 2.0%
- PPG – PPG Industries Inc, 1.6%
- SW – Smurfit WestRock plc, 1.6%
- IFF – International Flavors & Fragrances Inc, 1.5%
- DOW – Dow Inc, 1.4%
- RGLD – Royal Gold Inc, 1.4%
- RS – Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co, 1.4%
- PKG – Packaging Corp of America, 1.3%
- AMCR – Amcor PLC, 1.3%
- CDE – Coeur Mining Inc, 1.3%
- AMRZ – Amerize Inc., 1.3%
- IP – International Paper, 1.2%
- CF – CF Industries Holdings Inc, 1.2%
- LYB – LyondellBasell Industries NV, 1.0%