Compare Stocks: VMC, NUE, CAT, and MLM

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CAT Caterpillar	$828.90 +1.7%	$908.86	$410.52 ▼ $1,073.46	$380.56B	1.6	3.13 million shs	2.46 million shs
MLM Martin Marietta Materials	$535.28 +1.9%	$569.66	$522.19 ▼ $710.97	$32.13B	1.11	624,894 shs	552,182 shs
NUE Nucor	$243.89 +1.4%	$246.88	$131.32 ▼ $280.11	$55.27B	1.89	1.60 million shs	2.70 million shs
VMC Vulcan Materials	$275.48 +1.8%	$289.19	$252.35 ▼ $331.09	$35.77B	1.06	1.03 million shs	903,226 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CAT Caterpillar	0.00%	-3.26%	-7.18%	-5.83%	+97.24%
MLM Martin Marietta Materials	0.00%	-2.50%	-2.13%	-0.32%	-10.70%
NUE Nucor	0.00%	-9.03%	+1.35%	+5.13%	+70.03%
VMC Vulcan Materials	0.00%	-2.22%	+0.17%	+5.64%	-3.61%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CAT Caterpillar	$828.90 +1.7%	$908.86	$410.52 ▼ $1,073.46	$380.56B	1.6	3.13 million shs	2.46 million shs
MLM Martin Marietta Materials	$535.28 +1.9%	$569.66	$522.19 ▼ $710.97	$32.13B	1.11	624,894 shs	552,182 shs
NUE Nucor	$243.89 +1.4%	$246.88	$131.32 ▼ $280.11	$55.27B	1.89	1.60 million shs	2.70 million shs
VMC Vulcan Materials	$275.48 +1.8%	$289.19	$252.35 ▼ $331.09	$35.77B	1.06	1.03 million shs	903,226 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CAT Caterpillar	0.00%	-3.26%	-7.18%	-5.83%	+97.24%
MLM Martin Marietta Materials	0.00%	-2.50%	-2.13%	-0.32%	-10.70%
NUE Nucor	0.00%	-9.03%	+1.35%	+5.13%	+70.03%
VMC Vulcan Materials	0.00%	-2.22%	+0.17%	+5.64%	-3.61%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CAT Caterpillar	2.60	Moderate Buy	$995.52	20.10% Upside
MLM Martin Marietta Materials	2.53	Moderate Buy	$668.53	24.89% Upside
NUE Nucor	2.75	Moderate Buy	$273.31	12.06% Upside
VMC Vulcan Materials	2.50	Moderate Buy	$327.93	19.04% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest VMC, NUE, CAT, and MLM Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/19/2026	CAT Caterpillar	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
8/17/2026	MLM Martin Marietta Materials	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Hold (C+)
8/13/2026	MLM Martin Marietta Materials	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$664.00 ➝ $639.00
8/12/2026	CAT Caterpillar	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
8/11/2026	NUE Nucor	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C+)
8/6/2026	CAT Caterpillar	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$845.00 ➝ $882.00
8/6/2026	CAT Caterpillar	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$800.00 ➝ $900.00
8/5/2026	CAT Caterpillar	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B-)
8/5/2026	CAT Caterpillar	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform	$1,002.00
8/5/2026	CAT Caterpillar	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$900.00 ➝ $925.00
8/5/2026	CAT Caterpillar	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$980.00

(Data available from 8/23/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CAT Caterpillar	$67.59B	5.64	$24.24 per share	34.19	$42.19 per share	19.65
MLM Martin Marietta Materials	$6.15B	5.23	$26.99 per share	19.83	$192.26 per share	2.78
NUE Nucor	$32.49B	1.70	$14.30 per share	17.06	$102.55 per share	2.38
VMC Vulcan Materials	$7.94B	4.50	$13.67 per share	20.15	$65.51 per share	4.21

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CAT Caterpillar	$8.88B	$23.24	35.67	25.33	1.45	14.51%	55.53%	11.38%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
MLM Martin Marietta Materials	$1.14B	$40.70	13.15	24.97	2.31	36.73%	9.49%	5.11%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)
NUE Nucor	$1.74B	$12.54	19.45	12.71	0.90	7.99%	12.73%	8.03%	10/26/2026 (Estimated)
VMC Vulcan Materials	$1.08B	$8.47	32.52	26.11	1.99	13.75%	13.05%	6.70%	10/29/2026 (Estimated)

Latest VMC, NUE, CAT, and MLM Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/4/2026	Q2 2026	CAT Caterpillar	$6.22	$8.17	+$1.95	$7.77	$19.34 billion	$20.54 billion
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	MLM Martin Marietta Materials	$4.76	$5.00	+$0.24	$4.17	$1.87 billion	$1.95 billion
7/29/2026	Q2 2026	VMC Vulcan Materials	$2.46	$2.59	+$0.13	$2.48	$2.14 billion	$2.16 billion
7/27/2026	Q2 2026	NUE Nucor	$4.46	$4.84	+$0.38	$5.04	$10.15 billion	$10.40 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CAT Caterpillar	$6.52	0.79%	+7.23%	28.06%	30 Years
MLM Martin Marietta Materials	$3.32	0.62%	+7.66%	8.16%	9 Years
NUE Nucor	$2.24	0.92%	+6.54%	17.86%	52 Years
VMC Vulcan Materials	$2.08	0.76%	+7.58%	24.56%	12 Years

Latest VMC, NUE, CAT, and MLM Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/13/2026	MLM Martin Marietta Materials	quarterly	$0.84	0.62%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/30/2026
7/10/2026	VMC Vulcan Materials	quarterly	$0.52	0.75%	8/13/2026	8/13/2026	9/2/2026
6/10/2026	CAT Caterpillar	quarterly	$1.63	0.75%	7/20/2026	7/20/2026	8/19/2026
6/9/2026	NUE Nucor	quarterly	$0.56	1.01%	6/30/2026	6/30/2026	8/11/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CAT Caterpillar	1.65	1.37	0.85
MLM Martin Marietta Materials	0.44	1.41	0.73
NUE Nucor	0.27	2.51	1.36
VMC Vulcan Materials	0.47	1.76	1.20

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CAT Caterpillar	70.98%
MLM Martin Marietta Materials	95.04%
NUE Nucor	76.48%
VMC Vulcan Materials	90.39%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CAT Caterpillar	0.33%
MLM Martin Marietta Materials	0.65%
NUE Nucor	0.62%
VMC Vulcan Materials	0.65%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CAT Caterpillar	118,000	459.67 million	458.16 million	Optionable
MLM Martin Marietta Materials	9,600	60.07 million	59.68 million	Optionable
NUE Nucor	33,000	226.88 million	225.47 million	Optionable
VMC Vulcan Materials	11,172	129.58 million	128.74 million	Optionable

VMC, NUE, CAT, and MLM Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Weitz Investment Management Inc. Acquires New Position in Vulcan Materials Company $VMC

August 23 at 6:15 AM | marketbeat.com

W1M Asset Management Ltd Takes Position in Vulcan Materials Company $VMC

August 23 at 6:00 AM | marketbeat.com

Korea Investment CORP Takes Position in Vulcan Materials Company $VMC

August 23 at 5:43 AM | marketbeat.com

Emerald Investment Advisers LLC Acquires New Stake in Vulcan Materials Company $VMC

August 23 at 3:52 AM | marketbeat.com

Bank of New York Mellon Corp Acquires New Stake in Vulcan Materials Company $VMC

August 23 at 3:13 AM | marketbeat.com

B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG Takes Position in Vulcan Materials Company $VMC

August 23 at 3:04 AM | marketbeat.com

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August 22 at 7:08 AM | 247wallst.com

Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. Takes $11.43 Million Position in Vulcan Materials Company $VMC

August 22 at 6:39 AM | marketbeat.com

Keebeck Wealth Management Buys New Stake in Vulcan Materials Company $VMC

August 22 at 5:59 AM | marketbeat.com

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August 21 at 7:00 AM | seekingalpha.com

Silvant Capital Management LLC Buys New Shares in Vulcan Materials Company $VMC

August 21 at 6:16 AM | marketbeat.com

Wealthfront Advisers LLC Takes Position in Vulcan Materials Company $VMC

August 21 at 5:28 AM | marketbeat.com

Ceredex Value Advisors LLC Takes Position in Vulcan Materials Company $VMC

August 21 at 4:24 AM | marketbeat.com

Danske Bank A S Makes New $18.70 Million Investment in Vulcan Materials Company $VMC

August 21 at 3:59 AM | marketbeat.com

67,692 Shares in Vulcan Materials Company $VMC Bought by Tocqueville Asset Management L.P.

August 20 at 6:08 AM | marketbeat.com

Meeder Advisory Services Inc. Purchases Shares of 5,377 Vulcan Materials Company $VMC

August 20 at 5:43 AM | marketbeat.com

Palmer Knight Co Purchases Shares of 32,059 Vulcan Materials Company $VMC

August 19, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. Takes Position in Vulcan Materials Company $VMC

August 19, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Deutsche Bank AG Invests $208.67 Million in Vulcan Materials Company $VMC

August 19, 2026 | marketbeat.com

BlackRock Inc. Acquires New Stake in Vulcan Materials Company $VMC

August 19, 2026 | marketbeat.com

MidFirst Bank Buys Shares of 7,834 Vulcan Materials Company $VMC

August 18, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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VMC, NUE, CAT, and MLM Company Descriptions

Caterpillar NYSE:CAT

$828.90 +13.51 (+1.66%)

As of 08/21/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives in worldwide. Its Construction Industries segment offers asphalt pavers, compactors, road reclaimers, forestry machines, cold planers, material handlers, track-type tractors, excavators, telehandlers, motor graders, and pipelayers; compact track, wheel, track-type, backhoe, and skid steer loaders; and related parts and tools. The company's Resource Industries segment provides electric rope and hydraulic shovels, draglines, rotary drills, hard rock vehicles, tractors, mining trucks, wheel loaders, off-highway and articulated trucks, wheel tractor scrapers and dozers, fleet management products, landfill and soil compactors, machinery components, autonomous ready vehicles and solutions, work tools, and safety services and mining performance solutions, as well as related parts and services. Its Energy & Transportation segment offers reciprocating engine powered generator sets; reciprocating engines, drivetrain, and integrated systems and solutions; turbines, centrifugal gas compressors, and related services; and diesel-electric locomotives and components, and other rail-related products. The company's Financial Products segment provides operating and finance leases, installment sale contracts, revolving charge accounts, repair/rebuild financing services, working capital loans, and wholesale financing; and insurance and risk management products and services. Its All Other Operating segment offers filters and fluids, undercarriage, ground engaging tools, fluid transfer products, precision seals, and rubber sealing and connecting components; parts distribution; logistics solutions and distribution services; brand management and marketing strategy services; and digital investments services. Caterpillar Inc. was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

Martin Marietta Materials NYSE:MLM

$535.28 +10.01 (+1.91%)

As of 08/21/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., a natural resource-based building materials company, supplies aggregates and heavy-side building materials to the construction industry in the United States and internationally. It offers crushed stone, sand, and gravel products; ready mixed concrete and asphalt; paving products and services; and Portland and specialty cement for use in the infrastructure projects, and nonresidential and residential construction markets, as well as in the railroad, agricultural, utility, and environmental industries. The company also produces magnesia-based chemicals products; dolomitic lime primarily to customers for steel production and soil stabilization; and cement treated materials. Its chemical products are used in flame retardants, wastewater treatment, pulp and paper production, and other environmental applications. The company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Nucor NYSE:NUE

$243.89 +3.41 (+1.42%)

As of 08/21/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Nucor Corporation engages in manufacture and sale of steel and steel products. It operates in three segments: steel mills, steel products, and raw materials. The Steel Mills segment produces hot-rolled, cold-rolled, and galvanized sheet steel products; plate steel products; wide-flange beams, beam blanks, and H-piling and sheet piling structural steel products; bar steel products, such as blooms, billets, concrete reinforcing and merchant bars, and engineered special bar quality products; and engages in the steel trading and rebar distribution businesses. This segment sells its products to steel service centers, fabricators, and manufacturers in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The Steel Products segment offers steel joists and joist girders, steel decks, and galvanized torque tubes for used in solar arrays, hollow structural section steel tubing, electrical conduit, fabricated concrete reinforcing steel, cold finished steel, steel fasteners, steel grating and expanded metal, wire and wire mesh, metal building systems, insulated metal panels, steel racking, overhead doors, and utility towers and structures for communications and energy transmission. This segment is also involved in the piling distribution business. The Raw Materials segment produces direct reduced iron (DRI); brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron, hot briquetted iron, and DRI; supplies ferro-alloys; processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal; and engages in the natural gas production and industrial gas business. This segment sells its ferrous scrap to electric arc furnace steel mills and foundries for manufacturing process; and nonferrous scrap metal to aluminum can producers, secondary aluminum smelters, steel mills and other processors, and consumers of various nonferrous metals. It markets its products through in-house sales force; and internal distribution and trading companies. Nucor Corporation was founded in 1905 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Vulcan Materials NYSE:VMC

$275.48 +4.81 (+1.78%)

As of 08/21/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Vulcan Materials Company, together with its subsidiaries, produces and supplies construction aggregates primarily in the United States. It operates through four segments: Aggregates, Asphalt, Concrete, and Calcium. The company provides crushed stones, sand and gravel, sand, and other aggregates; and related products and services that are applied in construction and maintenance of highways, streets, and other public works, as well as in the construction of housing and commercial, industrial, and other nonresidential facilities. It also offers asphalt mix and asphalt construction paving services; ready-mixed concrete; and calcium products for the animal feed, plastics, and water treatment industries. The company was formerly known as Virginia Holdco, Inc. and changed its name to Vulcan Materials Company. Vulcan Materials Company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.

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