Chart Watchlist: Material

I don't follow many material stocks. Here are a couple I watch. I prefer material companies with more stable earnings like ECL, APD, PX, and BMS. Most material sector companies are highly cyclical, which I try to avoid.

Favorite list: ECL, APD, PX, SHW

The graphs below shows share prices in the last 12 months. The companies highlighted in GREEN are what I consider to be more stable in earnings. The names that are BOLDED are what I consider high quality companies.

Specialty Chemicals
APD - Air Products & Chemicals Inc.
DD - DUPONT DE NEMOURS INC	SHW - Sherwin-Williams Co.
ECL - Ecolab Inc.	RPM - RPM International Inc.

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Mining	Steel & Iron
BBL - BHP Billiton plc (United Kingdom)	NUE - Nucor Corporation

Packaging & Containers
SON - Sonoco Products Co.
SLGN - Silgan Holdings Inc.	ATR - AptarGroup, Inc.