Vanguard Materials ETF (VAW) closed at $235.41 on November 4, 2026, up 2.9% from the previous close, on volume of 47,936 shares (30-day average 80,659).
Data as of November 4, 2026.
No press releases found.
Materials short interest update: Highlighting October’s most and least shorted sub-$2B names
Seeking Alpha News (Tue, 3-Nov 11:25 AM ET)
MP Materials leads materials stocks above $2B market cap with 20% short interest
Seeking Alpha News (Tue, 3-Nov 11:23 AM ET)
These three materials stocks combine strong CapEx growth with attractive valuations
Seeking Alpha News (Tue, 3-Nov 8:00 AM ET)
Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks in the materials sector. Passively managed using a full-replication strategy when possible and a sampling strategy if regulatory constraints dictate. Includes stocks of companies that extract or process raw materials.
Vanguard Materials ETF trades on the ARCA stock market under the symbol VAW.
As of November 5, 2026, VAW stock price declined to $231.76 with 9,228 million shares trading.
VAW has a beta of 0.57, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. VAW has a correlation of 0.13 to the broad based SPY ETF.
VAW has a market cap of $3.00 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.
In the last 3 years, VAW traded as high as $245.26 and as low as $161.43.
VAW has outperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +22.2% while the SPY ETF gained +11.7%. VAW has also outperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning +0.6% and +2.2%, respectively, while the SPY returned -2.9% and -3.4%, respectively.
VAW support price is $232.82 and resistance is $238.01 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that VAW shares will trade within this expected range on the day.
