VMC vs. STRL, CRH, DY, EXP, KNF, MLM, NVR, URI, AMRZ, and CX
Should you be buying Vulcan Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vulcan Materials include Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), CRH (CRH), Dycom Industries (DY), Eagle Materials (EXP), Knife River (KNF), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), NVR (NVR), United Rentals (URI), Amrize (AMRZ), and Cemex (CX).
Vulcan Materials vs. Its Competitors
Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) and Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.
Vulcan Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Sterling Infrastructure. Sterling Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vulcan Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 13.33% compared to Vulcan Materials' net margin of 12.52%. Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity of 27.93% beat Vulcan Materials' return on equity.
Vulcan Materials currently has a consensus target price of $308.36, suggesting a potential upside of 1.06%. Sterling Infrastructure has a consensus target price of $355.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.63%. Given Sterling Infrastructure's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sterling Infrastructure is more favorable than Vulcan Materials.
90.4% of Vulcan Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Vulcan Materials shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Vulcan Materials has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vulcan Materials and Vulcan Materials both had 6 articles in the media. Vulcan Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Sterling Infrastructure's score of 1.06 indicating that Vulcan Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Vulcan Materials and Sterling Infrastructure tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:VMC) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
