NYSE:VMCVulcan Materials Stock Price, Forecast & News

Vulcan Materials' stock was trading at $117.61 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, VMC shares have increased by 2.7% and is now trading at $120.82. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vulcan Materials in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Vulcan Materials.

Vulcan Materials is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Vulcan Materials.

Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 6th. The construction company reported $0.47 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.04. The construction company earned $1.05 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.01 billion. Vulcan Materials had a return on equity of 11.38% and a net margin of 12.34%. The company's revenue was up 5.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.46 earnings per share. View Vulcan Materials' earnings history.

Vulcan Materials announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 8th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 22nd will be given a dividend of $0.34 per share on Friday, June 5th. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.13%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 21st. View Vulcan Materials' dividend history.

20 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Vulcan Materials' shares. Their forecasts range from $106.00 to $165.00. On average, they anticipate Vulcan Materials' stock price to reach $133.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Vulcan Materials.

Media coverage about VMC stock has trended negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Vulcan Materials earned a news sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the construction company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Vulcan Materials.

Vulcan Materials saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,760,000 shares, an increase of 32.7% from the June 15th total of 2,080,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,550,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days. Approximately 2.1% of the company's shares are short sold. View Vulcan Materials' Current Options Chain.

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

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One share of VMC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $120.82.

Vulcan Materials has a market capitalization of $16.00 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]