Diamonds in the Rough
Cross-referencing fundamental value against technical exhaustion to isolate beaten-down XLB constituents that screen cheap and oversold. The bottom-right quadrant — high earnings yield, low RSI — is the prime hunting ground, especially where money flow (MFI) shows quiet accumulation despite the falling price.
Educational screen, not investment advice. “Diamond” classification is a mechanical valuation-vs-RSI split around the cohort median earnings yield and an RSI of 50.
Alpha Quadrant — Valuation × Technical Exhaustion
X = earnings yield (cheaper right) · Y = RSI 14 (more oversold lower) · bubble = market cap · color = money flow.
Diamond Candidates
Ranked by a composite of earnings yield, ROIC, oversold RSI, recent weakness, and improving money flow.
| # | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CRH | CRH Public Limited Company | 50.5 | 6.54% | 0.17 | 45 | -5.70% | 45 | grey |
| 2 | PPG | PPG Industries, Inc. | 50.3 | 7.23% | 0.31 | 47 | -3.95% | 25 | safe |
| 3 | NEM | Newmont Corporation | 48.3 | 9.97% | 0.33 | 78 | +42.43% | 89 | safe |
| 4 | AVY | Avery Dennison Corp. | 48.1 | 6.47% | 0.58 | 59 | +11.19% | 68 | safe |
| 5 | LIN | Linde plc Ordinary Share | 47.2 | 3.82% | 0.37 | 46 | -5.09% | 65 | safe |
| 6 | STLD | Steel Dynamics Inc | 46.7 | 4.77% | 0.13 | 40 | -6.25% | 29 | safe |
| 7 | MOS | The Mosaic Company | 42.9 | 9.31% | 0.08 | 61 | +8.25% | 59 | grey |
| 8 | VMC | Vulcan Materials Company(Holding Company) | 41.6 | 4.13% | 0.17 | 44 | -3.76% | 55 | safe |
| 9 | CF | CF Industries Holding, Inc. | 40.9 | 11.03% | 0.25 | 60 | +4.51% | 52 | safe |
| 10 | CTVA | Corteva, Inc. Common Stock | 40.1 | 4.22% | 0.26 | 58 | -6.45% | 66 | safe |
| 11 | FCX | Freeport-McMoran Inc. | 39.1 | 5.56% | 0.13 | 73 | +25.78% | 74 | safe |
| 12 | PKG | Packaging Corp of America | 38.7 | 4.86% | 0.17 | 48 | -3.52% | 49 | safe |
| 13 | MLM | Martin Marietta Materials | 36.2 | 3.32% | 0.10 | 43 | -6.90% | 44 | safe |
| 14 | SHW | The Sherwin-Williams Company | 35.5 | 4.02% | 1.22 | 52 | +7.83% | 32 | safe |
| 15 | NUE | Nucor Corporation | 34.6 | 4.31% | 0.11 | 44 | -0.63% | 28 | safe |
Short-Squeeze Watch
Constituents with the highest composite squeeze score — heavy short interest meeting price support.
| # | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IFF | International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. | 59.6 | 7.14% | 9.76 | +13.76% | high |
| 2 | IP | International Paper Co. | 51.3 | 9.04% | 7.52 | -4.12% | high |
| 3 | MOS | The Mosaic Company | 44.5 | 10.06% | 4.50 | +8.25% | elevated |
| 4 | ALB | Albemarle Corporation | 43.4 | 9.53% | 4.73 | +15.89% | elevated |
| 5 | AMCR | Amcor plc Ordinary Shares | 41.5 | 5.37% | 5.98 | +5.89% | elevated |
| 6 | VMC | Vulcan Materials Company(Holding Company) | 40.5 | 4.75% | 5.36 | -3.76% | elevated |
| 7 | SW | Smurfit Westrock plc | 39.3 | 4.83% | 4.31 | +0.14% | elevated |
| 8 | STLD | Steel Dynamics Inc | 38.7 | 3.00% | 3.26 | -6.25% | elevated |
| 9 | CTVA | Corteva, Inc. Common Stock | 37.2 | 2.65% | 4.09 | -6.45% | elevated |
| 10 | LYB | LyondellBasell Industries N.V. Class A | 36.8 | 4.78% | 2.69 | +7.29% | elevated |
| 11 | CF | CF Industries Holding, Inc. | 36.6 | 5.24% | 3.69 | +4.51% | elevated |
| 12 | MLM | Martin Marietta Materials | 35.3 | 3.99% | 3.67 | -6.90% | elevated |
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