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Short-term Top 10 — Materials — 18 Aug 2026

The ten as they stood on 18 Aug 2026. Scores, pillars and reasons are the ones recorded that day; nothing here is recomputed. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100.

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The ten

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1 James Hardie Industries (JHX)

Catalysts 92nd: the analyst consensus rating has softened toward "sell" since the prior reading; trend 76th: it is trading 11.3% above its 50-day average, the short-term trend line; weakest is setup 52nd: day-to-day price swings are wider than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (wider than about 79% of it).

  • Trend76.1
  • Momentum71.3
  • Setup52.4
  • Volume and participation67.9
  • Catalysts91.9
Materials 72.3
2 QUAKER HOUGHTON CORP (KWR)

Volume and participation 86th: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average; catalysts 76th: open-market insider buys in 90 days 52, analysts have raised their average price target by 1.2% since the prior reading; weakest is trend 61st: no clear trend either way (ADX below 20).

  • Trend61.1
  • Momentum61.8
  • Setup61.5
  • Volume and participation86.0
  • Catalysts75.8
Materials 68.0
3 Nucor (NUE)

Volume and participation 85th: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average; trend 70th: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day; weakest is setup 52nd: over the past year its closes ranged, and it has retraced only a small part of its move over the past year — 7% of it.

  • Trend69.8
  • Momentum62.0
  • Setup52.0
  • Volume and participation84.7
  • Catalysts61.2
Materials 65.2
4 Sonoco (SON)

Setup 77th: no fresh 20-day breakout up or down; catalysts 69th: open-market insider buys in 90 days 33, analysts have raised their average price target by 0.2% since the prior reading; weakest is trend 53rd: no clear trend either way (ADX below 20).

  • Trend53.2
  • Momentum55.6
  • Setup77.3
  • Volume and participation63.0
  • Catalysts69.4
Materials 63.2
5 AVIENT CORP (AVNT)

Trend 79th: it is trading 13.7% above its 50-day average, the short-term trend line; catalysts 67th: analysts have raised their average price target by 5.0% since the prior reading; weakest is setup 38th: day-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 98% of the past ~6 months).

  • Trend78.9
  • Momentum65.8
  • Setup38.1
  • Volume and participation61.9
  • Catalysts66.6
Materials 63.1
6 AptarGroup (ATR)

Setup 78th: no fresh 20-day breakout up or down; volume and participation 72nd: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average; weakest is momentum 53rd: MACD momentum is negative.

  • Trend53.7
  • Momentum53.2
  • Setup77.8
  • Volume and participation72.2
  • Catalysts57.0
Materials 61.9
7 COMMERCIAL METALS (CMC)

Setup 80th: no fresh 20-day breakout up or down; catalysts 66th: analysts have raised their average price target by 1.8% since the prior reading; weakest is volume and participation 32nd: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average.

  • Trend66.4
  • Momentum54.7
  • Setup79.8
  • Volume and participation31.6
  • Catalysts66.4
Materials 61.5
8 Steel Dynamics (STLD)

Catalysts 75th: the analyst consensus rating has softened toward "sell" since the prior reading; setup 73rd: day-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 88% of it); weakest is trend 43rd: no clear trend either way (ADX below 20).

  • Trend43.4
  • Momentum53.3
  • Setup72.9
  • Volume and participation66.3
  • Catalysts74.7
Materials 61.0
9 Newmont (NEM)

Volume and participation 73rd: it gapped 4.8% above the previous close and has not traded back through the level it left behind — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed; trend 73rd: the price is 10% above the average price paid over the period covered, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain; weakest is setup 33rd: day-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 98% of the past ~6 months).

  • Trend72.8
  • Momentum56.8
  • Setup32.6
  • Volume and participation73.2
  • Catalysts67.9
Materials 60.6
10 Freeport-McMoRan (FCX)

Momentum 68th: MACD momentum is positive; trend 63rd: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day; weakest is catalysts 49th: analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading.

  • Trend62.6
  • Momentum68.4
  • Setup60.3
  • Volume and participation61.5
  • Catalysts48.8
Materials 60.4

Entered on 18 Aug 2026

James Hardie Industries (JHX) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 1, score 72.3.

QUAKER HOUGHTON CORP (KWR) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 2, score 68.0.

Nucor (NUE) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 3, score 65.2.

Sonoco (SON) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 4, score 63.2.

AVIENT CORP (AVNT) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 5, score 63.1.

AptarGroup (ATR) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 6, score 61.9.

COMMERCIAL METALS (CMC) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 7, score 61.5.

Steel Dynamics (STLD) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 8, score 61.0.

Newmont (NEM) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 9, score 60.6.

Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) — Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 10, score 60.4.

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