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iShares Global Materials ETF (MXI) holdings & weights

Per-holding contribution · concentration · sector skew — a deep read

US-listedAs of 2026-10-12
IndexS&P Global 1200 Materials Sector Capped Index
Annual fee0.37%
Net assets$436M
InceptionSep 12, 2006

Fund overview

This is a US-listed ETF from BlackRock. It tracks the S&P Global 1200 Materials Sector Capped Index. Key facts — expense ratio 0.37%; net assets about $436M; inception Sep 12, 2006. Its 1-year return is +20.29%.

Index tracked
S&P Global 1200 Materials Sector Capped Index
Provider
BlackRock
Expense ratio
0.37%
Net assets (AUM)
$436M
Inception
Sep 12, 2006
1-year return
+20.29%
Holdings
121
52-week range
$87.82–$118.51
Fund details

Fund overview

This is a US-listed ETF from BlackRock. It tracks the S&P Global 1200 Materials Sector Capped Index. Key facts — expense ratio 0.37%; net assets about $436M; inception Sep 12, 2006. Its 1-year return is +20.29%.

Index tracked
S&P Global 1200 Materials Sector Capped Index
Provider
BlackRock
Expense ratio
0.37%
Net assets (AUM)
$436M
Inception
Sep 12, 2006
1-year return
+20.29%
Holdings
121
52-week range
$87.82–$118.51

9 identified stocks · net exposure / NAV 26.78%. Display weights are normalized to 100%; calculations retain original exposures without an additional leverage multiplier. Cash and unallocated contracts are excluded from stock attribution.

Weight and calculation basis

9 identified stocks · net exposure / NAV 26.78%. Display weights are normalized to 100%; calculations retain original exposures without an additional leverage multiplier. Cash and unallocated contracts are excluded from stock attribution.

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Theoretical day return
100.0%
Top-10 weight
1486
Concentration HHI (Low)
Materials
Top sector

Today's summary

Its top 10 holdings make up about 100.0% of the fund. The concentration index (HHI) is 1486 — Low — evenly diversified, and the largest sector is Materials (100%). The higher the concentration, the more one stock or sector drives the whole ETF's return.

Structural health

A five-axis read on how this fund is built. It is not a return forecast or a recommendation, and a low score does not mean a bad fund — leveraged products score low by design. Each axis shows the figure behind it.

51/ 100
CTilted structure
DiversificationHHI 1,48638

Concentration is below 1,500 (1,486), so no single holding dominates.

Sector balanceMaterials 100%0

Materials alone is 100%. This is effectively a bet on that one industry — if the sector falls, diversification will not help.

Cost0.37%/yr72

0.37% a year is typical. Held ten years, roughly 3.7% goes to fees.

Fund size$436M36

Net assets of $436M — liquid enough to trade, and unlikely to be wound down.

Structural simplicityPhysical, 1x100

A plain 1x physical fund holding the shares themselves — no structural drift from how long you hold it.

Concentration and diversification

Structural health

A five-axis read on how this fund is built. It is not a return forecast or a recommendation, and a low score does not mean a bad fund — leveraged products score low by design. Each axis shows the figure behind it.

51/ 100
CTilted structure
DiversificationHHI 1,48638

Concentration is below 1,500 (1,486), so no single holding dominates.

Sector balanceMaterials 100%0

Materials alone is 100%. This is effectively a bet on that one industry — if the sector falls, diversification will not help.

Cost0.37%/yr72

0.37% a year is typical. Held ten years, roughly 3.7% goes to fees.

Fund size$436M36

Net assets of $436M — liquid enough to trade, and unlikely to be wound down.

Structural simplicityPhysical, 1x100

A plain 1x physical fund holding the shares themselves — no structural drift from how long you hold it.

Top 9 holdings

Weights are normalized to 100% of absolute exposures across analysed positions, including positions outside this top list. Cash, collateral and unverified assets are excluded. Contributions retain original signed NAV exposures; leverage is not applied twice.

Normalized to 100% of analysed positions

Weights are normalized to 100% of absolute exposures across analysed positions, including positions outside this top list. Cash, collateral and unverified assets are excluded. Contributions retain original signed NAV exposures; leverage is not applied twice.

Tile size = weight, colour = the day's return (deeper = larger). Covers the top 9 holdings, 26.8% of the fund. Labels are dropped where a tile is too small; hover any tile for its name and figures.
#HoldingWeight
1LindeLIN27.45%
2NewmontNEM15.09%
3Freeport-McMoRanFCX12.85%
4The Sherwin-WilliamsSHW8.92%
5EcolabECL8.77%
6Air Products and ChemicalsAPD7.73%
7NucorNUE6.98%
8CRHCRH6.57%
9ValeVALE5.64%

Holdings below 0.5% or outside the top list are folded into “Others” and omitted above.

Where the weight sits — sector mix

Listed equity weights summed by sector and normalized to 100%. Each band is one sector's share.

Materials100.0%
Industry breakdown
Major Chemicals35.2%
Metal Mining18.5%
Precious Metals15.1%
RETAIL: Building Materials8.9%
Package Goods/Cosmetics8.8%
Steel/Iron Ore7.0%
Building Materials6.6%
Concentration at a glanceHHI 1,486moderate
spread1,0001,8002,500concentrated

HHI sums the squared weights. The more it leans on a few names, the higher it goes — and the more the whole ETF moves with them.

How concentrated is it

Concentration (HHI) sits at 1486 — moderate. The top 10 names carry 100.0% of equity weight, so the fund is spread out but its largest holdings still steer it.

That is the usual shape of a cap-weighted index fund: broad, yet tilted toward the biggest companies.

HHI squares each weight and sums them: 10,000 means one stock is everything, and the more evenly spread the holdings, the closer it falls to zero.

Where the sector weight sits

By sector, Materials alone is 100% — whatever the fund is called, this is a bet on that industry.

Bad news for the sector moves the whole fund. Worth checking against anything else you hold in the same space.

Weights above sum the individually listed equities and normalize that equity total to 100%.

How much it overlaps others

Even its closest peer, VAW, overlaps only 32% (8 shared names).

Funds filed under the same label can hold quite different companies, so pairing this one with another may genuinely spread risk.

What it is made of

The fund holds 121 positions in total; this page lists the largest 9 and folds the rest into "Others".

Equities are 26.8% of the fund, the rest swaps and cash — index exposure built synthetically rather than by owning the shares, which adds counterparty risk.

The expense ratio is 0.37% a year. Funds tracking the same index tend to perform alike, which makes the fee one of the few things that reliably separates them over time.

This page is not investment advice. Investment decisions and responsibility are your own.

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