VMC vs. CRH, MLM, JHX, CX, EXP, FBIN, WFG, SKY, ACA, and TGLS
Should you be buying Vulcan Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vulcan Materials include CRH (CRH), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), James Hardie Industries (JHX), CEMEX (CX), Eagle Materials (EXP), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Skyline Champion (SKY), Arcosa (ACA), and Tecnoglass (TGLS). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.
Vulcan Materials vs.
Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) and CRH (NYSE:CRH) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
90.4% of Vulcan Materials shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of CRH shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Vulcan Materials shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of CRH shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vulcan Materials currently has a consensus target price of $302.91, indicating a potential upside of 10.80%. CRH has a consensus target price of $112.58, indicating a potential upside of 16.38%. Given CRH's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CRH is more favorable than Vulcan Materials.
Vulcan Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. CRH pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Vulcan Materials pays out 27.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CRH pays out 23.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Vulcan Materials has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. CRH is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Vulcan Materials received 141 more outperform votes than CRH when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.84% of users gave Vulcan Materials an outperform vote while only 56.96% of users gave CRH an outperform vote.
Vulcan Materials has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CRH has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its stock price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.
CRH has higher revenue and earnings than Vulcan Materials. CRH is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vulcan Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Vulcan Materials had 8 more articles in the media than CRH. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Vulcan Materials and 30 mentions for CRH. CRH's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Vulcan Materials' score of 1.37 indicating that CRH is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vulcan Materials has a net margin of 12.30% compared to CRH's net margin of 9.86%. CRH's return on equity of 16.35% beat Vulcan Materials' return on equity.
Summary
Vulcan Materials beats CRH on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:VMC) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff