Vulcan Materials Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:VMC)

14 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vulcan Materials in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" VMC shares.
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14 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Vulcan Materials' shares. Their VMC share price targets range from $185.00 to $265.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $239.21 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.9% from the stock's current price.
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Vulcan Materials' stock was trading at $175.11 at the start of the year. Since then, VMC stock has increased by 23.1% and is now trading at $215.63.
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Vulcan Materials saw a increase in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,190,000 shares, an increase of 16.5% from the October 31st total of 1,880,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 829,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 15th 2024.
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Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) issued its earnings results on Thursday, October, 26th. The construction company reported $2.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.19 by $0.10. The construction company had revenue of $2.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.17 billion. Vulcan Materials had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.35% and a net margin of 10.74%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 4.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.78 EPS.
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Vulcan Materials announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 13th. Investors of record on Monday, November 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share on Wednesday, November 29th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.80%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 10th.
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Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.80%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 27.88%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, VMC will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.47% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) stock in their portfolio include Tema American Reshoring ETF (RSHO), Invesco Building & Construction ETF (PKB), TCW Transform Supply Chain ETF (SUPP), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (RSPM), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (RTM), Tema Monopolies and Oligopolies ETF (TOLL), Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLB) and Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF (PAVE).

62 employees have rated Vulcan Materials Chief Executive Officer J. Thomas Hill on Glassdoor.com. J. Thomas Hill has an approval rating of 93% among the company's employees. This puts J. Thomas Hill in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Vulcan Materials' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (7.38%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (5.83%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.39%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (3.27%), FMR LLC (2.29%) and Clearbridge Investments LLC (2.22%). Insiders that own company stock include David P Clement, J Thomas Hill, Jason P Teter, Jerry F Perkins Jr, Melissa H Anderson, Randy L Pigg and Stanley G Bass.
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