Vulcan Materials Stock Forecast, Price & News

Vulcan Materials' stock was trading at $117.61 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, VMC stock has increased by 24.5% and is now trading at $146.44.
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18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Vulcan Materials in the last year. There are currently 12 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Vulcan Materials is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 16th 2021.
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Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 5th. The construction company reported $1.56 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.61 by $0.05. The construction company earned $1.31 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.37 billion. Vulcan Materials had a net margin of 12.60% and a return on equity of 11.46%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 7.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.68 earnings per share.
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Vulcan Materials announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 9th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.34 per share on Thursday, December 3rd. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.93%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, November 16th.
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18 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Vulcan Materials' shares. Their forecasts range from $106.00 to $181.00. On average, they anticipate Vulcan Materials' share price to reach $139.84 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.5%.
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Vulcan Materials saw a decline in short interest in the month of October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,440,000 shares, a decline of 34.2% from the October 15th total of 2,190,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 949,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.5 days. Currently, 1.1% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to Vulcan Materials include Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Teck Resources (TECK), MDU Resources Group (MDU), Lynas (LYSDY), Hecla Mining (HL), Summit Materials (SUM), Compass Minerals International (CMP), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Galiano Gold (GAU), Energy Fuels (UUUU), Galiano Gold (GAU) and Ciner Resources (CINR).
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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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.25%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (4.60%), State Street Corp (4.14%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (3.63%), Egerton Capital UK LLP (1.85%) and Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.30%). Company insiders that own Vulcan Materials stock include David P Clement, David P Steiner, Fehlberg Barry, Jerry F Perkins Jr, 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 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Federated Hermes Inc., Lansdowne Partners UK LLP, BlackRock Inc., State Street Corp, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, and Sirios Capital Management L P.
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VMC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Egerton Capital UK LLP, Stockbridge Partners LLC, Alleghany Corp DE, Waverton Investment Management Ltd, Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, Morgan Stanley, Fenimore Asset Management Inc., and Cibc World Markets Corp.
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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 $146.44.

Vulcan Materials has a market capitalization of $19.40 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]