Materials
equity · 24 assets · $1.11T combined
Market overview
+13712% since 1985-01 · 24 assets, equal-weighted
DCA Backtest
- Invested
- $50,100
- Value today
- $1,141,033
- Return
- +2177.5%
- Months invested
- 501
Scenarios
Inflation — the same contributions merely keeping pace with CPI would be $91,370 today, so the real (inflation-adjusted) return is +1148.8%.
Lump sum instead — $50,100 all at once in Jan 1985: $6,919,862 (+13712.1%) — lump sum came out ahead.
Worst timing — same monthly amount started at the all-time high (Aug 2026): $194.69 on $200 invested (-2.7%).
⚠ Price returns only — dividends are not included. This understates the true return of dividend-paying shares, and any comparison against crypto (which pays no dividends) is biased against equities by roughly the dividend yield, compounded.
Hypothetical — this backtests the group’s cap-weighted index, which isn’t directly investable. A real tracker fund adds fees and tracking difference, and the index only spans months where enough members have history.
24 assets. Select up to 4 to compare.
- Low Risk(1.5/5)80% ratedLinde plc LINequity · materials, industrial gases
- Medium-High Risk(2.3/5)80% ratedNewmont NEMequity · materials, gold
- Medium-High Risk(2.4/5)65% ratedFreeport-McMoRan FCXequity · materials, copper
- Medium-High Risk(2.5/5)80% ratedSherwin-Williams SHWequity · materials, specialty chemicals
- Medium-High Risk(2.3/5)80% ratedEcolab ECLequity · materials, specialty chemicals
- Medium-High Risk(2.7/5)60% ratedAir Products APDequity · materials, industrial gases
- Medium-Low Risk(2.1/5)80% ratedCRH plc CRHequity · materials, construction materials
- Medium-Low Risk(2.1/5)80% ratedNucor NUEequity · materials, steel
- Medium-Low Risk(2.0/5)80% ratedSteel Dynamics STLDequity · materials, steel
- Medium-Low Risk(2.1/5)80% ratedVulcan Materials Company VMCequity · materials, construction materials
- Medium-High Risk(2.5/5)80% ratedMartin Marietta Materials MLMequity · materials, construction materials
- High Risk(3.0/5)80% ratedSmurfit Westrock SWequity · materials, paper & plastic packaging products & materials
- Medium-High Risk(2.6/5)80% ratedPPG Industries PPGequity · materials, specialty chemicals
- Medium-High Risk(2.5/5)80% ratedInternational Flavors & Fragrances IFFequity · materials, specialty chemicals
- Medium-Low Risk(2.0/5)80% ratedPackaging Corporation of America PKGequity · materials, paper & plastic packaging products & materials
- High Risk(2.9/5)80% ratedDow Inc. DOWequity · materials, commodity chemicals
- High Risk(2.9/5)80% ratedLyondellBasell LYBequity · materials, specialty chemicals
- High Risk(2.8/5)80% ratedAmcor AMCRequity · materials, paper & plastic packaging products & materials
- Medium-Low Risk(2.2/5)80% ratedCF Industries CFequity · materials, fertilizers & agricultural chemicals
- High Risk(2.9/5)80% ratedInternational Paper IPequity · materials, paper & plastic packaging products & materials
- High Risk(2.8/5)80% ratedBall Corporation BALLequity · materials, metal, glass & plastic containers
- High Risk(3.1/5)80% ratedAlbemarle Corporation ALBequity · materials, specialty chemicals
- High Risk(2.8/5)80% ratedAvery Dennison AVYequity · materials, paper & plastic packaging products & materials
- High Risk(2.9/5)80% ratedMosaic Company (The) MOSequity · materials, fertilizers & agricultural chemicals