Vulcan Materials Stock Forecast, Price & 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. Since then, VMC shares have increased by 21.9% and is now trading at $143.35.
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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) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 5th. The construction company reported $1.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate 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 return on equity of 11.46% and a net margin of 12.60%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 7.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.68 EPS.
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Vulcan Materials declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 9th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, November 17th will be given a dividend of $0.34 per share on Thursday, December 3rd. This represents a $1.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 16th.
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18 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Vulcan Materials' shares. Their forecasts range from $106.00 to $181.00. On average, they expect Vulcan Materials' share price to reach $139.84 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.4%.
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Vulcan Materials saw a decrease in short interest during the month of October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,440,000 shares, a decrease of 34.2% from the October 15th total of 2,190,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 949,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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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), Hecla Mining (HL), Lynas (LYSDY), Summit Materials (SUM), Compass Minerals International (CMP), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), U.S. Silica (SLCA), Galiano Gold (GAU), Piedmont Lithium (PLL), Galiano Gold (GAU), Energy Fuels (UUUU) 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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 bought 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 $143.35.

Vulcan Materials has a market capitalization of $19.00 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]