Vulcan Materials Co. (VMC): Price and Financial Metrics

Vulcan Materials Co. (VMC): $238.44

1.92 (+0.81%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

A

Stability

C

Sentiment

Quality

C

VMC Price/Volume Stats

Current price $238.44 52-week high $239.25
Prev. close $236.52 52-week low $159.76
Day low $235.00 Volume 882,000
Day high $239.25 Avg. volume 713,819
50-day MA $223.20 Dividend yield 0.75%
200-day MA $212.47 Market Cap 31.68B

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VMC POWR Grades

  • VMC scores best on the Momentum dimension, with a Momentum rank ahead of 99.42% of US stocks.
  • VMC's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving down over the last 26 weeks.
  • VMC's current lowest rank is in the Value metric (where it is better than 4.08% of US stocks).

VMC Stock Summary

  • VMC has a higher market value than 91.68% of US stocks; more precisely, its current market capitalization is $29,143,119,971.
  • VULCAN MATERIALS CO's stock had its IPO on January 5, 1988, making it an older stock than 89.57% of US equities in our set.
  • The ratio of debt to operating expenses for VULCAN MATERIALS CO is higher than it is for about 89.05% of US stocks.
  • Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to VULCAN MATERIALS CO are BR, WY, MLM, FDS, and AME.
  • VMC's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit VULCAN MATERIALS CO's official web site, go to www.vulcanmaterials.com.

VMC Valuation Summary

  • VMC's EV/EBIT ratio is 27.6; this is 105.97% higher than that of the median Basic Materials stock.
  • VMC's price/sales ratio has moved up 2.1 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for VMC.

Stock Date P/S P/B P/E EV/EBIT
VMC 2023-12-29 3.9 4.1 36.6 27.6
VMC 2023-12-28 3.9 4.0 36.3 27.4
VMC 2023-12-27 3.9 4.0 36.4 27.5
VMC 2023-12-26 3.9 4.0 36.3 27.5
VMC 2023-12-22 3.9 4.0 36.2 27.4
VMC 2023-12-21 3.9 4.0 36.0 27.2

VMC Growth Metrics

    Its 4 year revenue growth rate is now at 37.42%.
  • Its year over year price growth rate is now at -6.55%.
  • Its 5 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 37.97%.
VMC's revenue has moved up $2,194,184,000 over the prior 15 months.

The table below shows VMC's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date Revenue Operating Cash Flow Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31 7,315.2 1,148.2 575.6
2022-09-30 7,189.603 1,035.384 594.135
2022-06-30 6,617.809 939.527 593.941
2022-03-31 6,024.556 1,018.238 601.985
2021-12-31 5,552.2 1,011.9 670.8
2021-09-30 5,121.016 1,017.249 647.382

VMC's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.
  • VMC has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 76.37% of graded US stocks.
  • VMC's asset turnover comes in at 0.426 -- ranking 18th of 42 Non-Metallic and Industrial Metal Mining stocks.
  • CLF, SCCO, and USLM are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with VMC.

The table below shows VMC's key quality metrics over time.

Period Asset Turnover Gross Margin ROIC
2021-06-30 0.426 0.267 0.115
2021-03-31 0.424 0.268 0.116
2020-12-31 0.429 0.264 0.098
2020-09-30 0.440 0.261 0.101
2020-06-30 0.461 0.260 0.102
2020-03-31 0.471 0.254 0.099

VMC Price Target

For more insight on analysts targets of VMC, see our VMC price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.

Average Price Target $204.11 Average Broker Recommendation 1.6 (Moderate Buy)

Vulcan Materials Co. (VMC) Company Bio


Vulcan Materials Company (NYSEVMC) is an American company based in BirminghamAlabama. It is principally engaged in the production, distribution and sale of construction materials. Vulcan is the largest producer of construction materials, primarily gravel, crushed stone, and sand, and employs approximately 7,000 people at over 300 facilities. Vulcan serves 20 states, the District of Columbia and Mexico. Vulcan's innovative Crescent Market project led to construction of a large quarry and deep water seaport on the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, just south of Cancun. This quarry supplies Tampa, New Orleans, Houston, and Brownsville, Texas, as well as other Gulf coast seaports, with crushed limestone via large 62,000-ton self-discharging ships. (Source:Wikipedia)


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VMC Price Returns

1-mo 6.72%
3-mo 12.65%
6-mo 6.91%
1-year 29.89%
3-year 58.68%
5-year 141.37%
YTD 5.04%
2023 30.75%
2022 -14.87%
2021 41.09%
2020 4.15%
2019 47.13%

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