NYSE:VMC - Vulcan Materials Stock Price, Forecast & News

Vulcan Materials trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "VMC."

Vulcan Materials declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 11th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.31 per share on Thursday, December 5th. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.88%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 18th. View Vulcan Materials' Dividend History.

Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The construction company reported $1.68 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.70 by $0.02. The construction company earned $1.42 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.38 billion. Vulcan Materials had a return on equity of 11.55% and a net margin of 12.43%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 14.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.40 earnings per share. View Vulcan Materials' Earnings History.

Vulcan Materials is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Vulcan Materials.

Vulcan Materials issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 6th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.55-5.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.86.

19 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Vulcan Materials' stock. Their forecasts range from $115.00 to $182.00. On average, they expect Vulcan Materials' share price to reach $153.31 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Vulcan Materials.

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vulcan Materials in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Vulcan Materials.

News headlines about VMC stock have been trending positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Vulcan Materials earned a media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the construction company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Vulcan Materials.

Vulcan Materials saw a decline in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,480,000 shares, a decline of 30.8% from the December 15th total of 2,140,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 911,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.6 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Vulcan Materials' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Vulcan Materials include Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Teck Resources (TECK), Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (SQM), Mdu Resources Group (MDU), Summit Materials (SUM), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Hecla Mining (HL), LYNAS CORP LTD/S (LYSDY), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Ciner Resources (CINR), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Smart Sand (SND), Hi-Crush (HCR) and Piedmont Lithium (PLL).

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Vulcan Materials' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Fenimore Asset Management Inc. (0.22%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.17%), Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.12%), Howard Capital Management (0.08%), Grassi Investment Management (0.03%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Vulcan Materials stock include David P Clement, Fehlberg Barry, J Thomas Hill, John R Mcpherson, Michael R Mills, Randy L Pigg and Stanley G Bass. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Vulcan Materials.

VMC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Alpha Cubed Investments LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, B & T Capital Management DBA Alpha Capital Management, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, IFP Advisors Inc and IFM Investors Pty Ltd. Company insiders that have sold Vulcan Materials company stock in the last year include David P Clement, Michael R Mills, Randy L Pigg and Stanley G Bass. View Insider Buying and Selling for Vulcan Materials.

VMC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fenimore Asset Management Inc., Grassi Investment Management, Howard Capital Management, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, First Hawaiian Bank, Appleton Partners Inc. MA, Foster Victor Wealth Advisors LLC and Palmer Knight Co. View Insider Buying and Selling for Vulcan Materials.

Shares of VMC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of VMC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $141.11.

Vulcan Materials has a market capitalization of $18.68 billion and generates $4.38 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $515.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.05 on an earnings per share basis. Vulcan Materials employs 8,373 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Vulcan Materials.

The official website for Vulcan Materials is http://www.vulcanmaterials.com/.

Vulcan Materials' mailing address is 1200 URBAN CENTER DRIVE, BIRMINGHAM AL, 35242. The construction company can be reached via phone at 205-298-3000 or via email at [email protected]