NYSE:VMCVulcan Materials Stock Price, Forecast & News

Vulcan Materials' stock was trading at $117.61 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, VMC stock has increased by 10.3% and is now trading at $129.74.
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19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vulcan Materials in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Vulcan Materials is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 4th 2020.
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Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August, 4th. The construction company reported $1.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.39 by $0.21. The construction company earned $1.32 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.29 billion. Vulcan Materials had a net margin of 12.60% and a return on equity of 11.46%. The business's revenue was down .4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.48 EPS.
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Vulcan Materials declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 10th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, August 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.34 per share on Friday, September 4th. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.05%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 18th.
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19 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Vulcan Materials' stock. Their forecasts range from $106.00 to $165.00. On average, they anticipate Vulcan Materials' share price to reach $135.53 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.5% from the stock's current price.
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Media stories about VMC stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Vulcan Materials earned a news impact score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.
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Vulcan Materials saw a decrease in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,060,000 shares, a decrease of 25.4% from the June 15th total of 2,760,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,430,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days. Approximately 1.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to Vulcan Materials include Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (SQM), Teck Resources (TECK), Mdu Resources Group (MDU), Hecla Mining (HL), Compass Minerals International (CMP), Summit Materials (SUM), LYNAS CORP LTD/S (LYSDY), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), GalianoGoldInc . (GAU), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Ciner Resources (CINR), Intrepid Potash (IPI), Smart Sand (SND) and Piedmont Lithium (PLL).
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Vulcan Materials trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "VMC."

Vulcan Materials' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.15%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (3.66%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.69%), FMR LLC (0.95%), London Co. of Virginia (0.83%) and Federated Hermes Inc. (0.54%). Company insiders that own Vulcan Materials stock include David P Clement, David P Steiner, Fehlberg Barry, J Thomas Hill, Michael R Mills, Randy L Pigg and Stanley G Bass.
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VMC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bessemer Group Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., Strs Ohio, Barclays PLC, Cibc World Markets Corp, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Federated Hermes Inc., and SG Americas Securities LLC. Company insiders that have sold Vulcan Materials company stock in the last year include Randy L Pigg, and Stanley G Bass.
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VMC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Manning & Napier Group LLC, FIL Ltd, FMR LLC, London Co. of Virginia, Victory Capital Management Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Electron Capital Partners LLC, and PointState Capital LP. Company insiders that have bought Vulcan Materials stock in the last two years include David P Steiner, and J Thomas Hill.
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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 $129.74.

Vulcan Materials has a market capitalization of $17.18 billion and generates $4.93 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $617.66 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.70 on an earnings per share basis. Vulcan Materials employs 9,173 workers across the globe.

The official website for Vulcan Materials is 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]