NYSE:VMC - Vulcan Materials Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Vulcan Materials declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 11th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.28 per share on Friday, June 8th. This represents a $1.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.87%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 23rd. View Vulcan Materials' Dividend History.

Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) issued its earnings results on Thursday, May, 3rd. The construction company reported $0.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.22. The construction company earned $854 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $817.85 million. Vulcan Materials had a net margin of 15.40% and a return on equity of 8.76%. The company's revenue was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.34 EPS. View Vulcan Materials' Earnings History.

Vulcan Materials is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Vulcan Materials.

Vulcan Materials issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.00-4.65 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.27.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Vulcan Materials' shares. Their forecasts range from $129.00 to $154.00. On average, they anticipate Vulcan Materials' stock price to reach $141.1250 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Vulcan Materials.

Some companies that are related to Vulcan Materials include Teck Resources (TECK), Sociedad Química y Minera (SQM), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), MDU Resources (MDU), Summit Materials (SUM), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Compass Minerals (CMP), Hecla Mining (HL), Fairmount Santrol (FMSA), Hi Crush Partners (HCLP), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Ciner Resources (CINR), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), Smart Sand (SND) and Emerge Energy Services (EMES).

News headlines about VMC stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Vulcan Materials earned a coverage optimism score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the construction company an impact score of 45.37 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

Vulcan Materials' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.87%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.07%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.74%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.53%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.53%) and Caledonia Private Investments Pty Ltd (1.24%). Company insiders that own Vulcan Materials stock include David B Pasley, David J Grayson, David P Clement, Ejaz A Khan, Jerry F Perkins Jr, John R Mcpherson, Michael R Mills 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 Millennium Management LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., AGF Investments Inc., Bluestein R H & Co., Alkeon Capital Management LLC, Northern Trust Corp, Swiss National Bank and Broadview Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Vulcan Materials company stock in the last year include David B Pasley, David P Clement, Ejaz A Khan, Jerry F Perkins Jr, John R Mcpherson, Michael R Mills and Stanley G Bass. View Insider Buying and Selling for Vulcan Materials.

VMC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Principal Financial Group Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Newbrook Capital Advisors LP, Caledonia Private Investments Pty Ltd and Alleghany Corp DE. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of VMC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $128.20.

Vulcan Materials has a market capitalization of $17.12 billion and generates $3.89 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $601.18 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.04 on an earnings per share basis. Vulcan Materials employs 7,900 workers across the globe.

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]