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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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vulcan Materials
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
CRH
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Vulcan MaterialsOutperform Votes
636
65.84%
Underperform Votes
330
34.16%
CRHOutperform Votes
495
56.96%
Underperform Votes
374
43.04%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Vulcan Materials$7.51B4.81$933.20M$7.0538.78
CRH$35.80B1.83$3.18B$4.7220.50

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vulcan Materials
29 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CRH
29 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vulcan Materials12.30% 12.83% 6.74%
CRH 9.86%16.35%7.25%

Summary

Vulcan Materials beats CRH on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VMC vs. The Competition

MetricVulcan MaterialsMining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$36.11B$5.98B$8.86B$19.69B
Dividend Yield0.72%0.89%2.05%3.84%
P/E Ratio39.9131.5716.9535.12
Price / Sales4.8118.0171.5934.12
Price / Cash19.8415.7921.3017.51
Price / Book4.432.834.644.78
Net Income$933.20M$289.19M$557.33M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.66%-1.86%-1.03%0.90%
1 Month Performance13.03%7.82%10.32%11.10%
1 Year Performance5.08%-6.41%86.32%5.28%

Vulcan Materials Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VMC
Vulcan Materials
4.4405 of 5 stars
$272.28
-0.4%
$302.91
+11.2%
+5.1%$35.96B$7.51B39.7411,400Positive News
Insider Trade
CRH
CRH
4.3862 of 5 stars
$98.77
+4.4%
$112.36
+13.8%
+18.2%$66.73B$35.80B19.7577,400Positive News
MLM
Martin Marietta Materials
4.6083 of 5 stars
$553.36
+2.1%
$599.69
+8.4%
-3.3%$33.36B$6.64B17.129,400Positive News
Dividend Announcement
JHX
James Hardie Industries
2.7348 of 5 stars
$25.41
+4.4%
$42.45
+67.0%
-32.4%$10.92B$3.91B25.163,257Trending News
Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
CX
CEMEX
3.0534 of 5 stars
$6.56
+2.3%
$7.58
+15.6%
-10.4%$9.50B$15.91B10.4043,500Gap Up
High Trading Volume
EXP
Eagle Materials
4.0919 of 5 stars
$239.57
+4.1%
$274.40
+14.5%
-14.2%$7.97B$2.27B17.112,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Up
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.7209 of 5 stars
$57.50
+12.1%
$77.17
+34.2%
-25.4%$6.92B$4.53B15.3311,200Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
WFG
West Fraser Timber
3.7595 of 5 stars
$75.77
+1.7%
$100.40
+32.5%
-7.9%$5.85B$6.01B-360.8111,000
SKY
Skyline Champion
0.683 of 5 stars
$92.45
+3.1%
$88.40
-4.4%
+11.2%$5.30B$2.43B32.558,400Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ACA
Arcosa
4.1766 of 5 stars
$90.53
+4.1%
$105.50
+16.5%
+1.4%$4.42B$2.60B34.425,230News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
TGLS
Tecnoglass
1.1839 of 5 stars
$86.75
+5.1%
$77.40
-10.8%
+54.2%$4.08B$890.18M27.116,910Analyst Revision
Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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