Vulcan Materials (VMC) Stock Price & Analysis
VMC Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- EUR 247.10 - EUR 250.30
- 52-Week Range
- EUR 204.40 - EUR 276.00
- Previous Close
- EUR 255.00
- Volume
- 829
- Average Volume (3M)
- 8
- Market Cap
- EUR 32.32B
- Enterprise Value
- EUR 36.85B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- EUR 106.60M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- EUR 5.26B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 33.2
- Beta
- 0.48
- Next Earnings
- Feb 18, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 1.88
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 0.70%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Strong Profitability
Vulcan’s strong and improving margins indicate meaningful earnings power in its aggregates-led model. Higher profitability provides resources for maintenance, acquisitions, technology, and shareholder returns while helping the company absorb operating cost pressure over the next several quarters.
Pricing And Unit-margin Expansion
Sustained pricing gains and higher cash gross profit per ton can support earnings growth even when volumes are modest. Vulcan’s ability to execute announced increases across geographies strengthens margin durability and may offset inflationary pressures over the medium term.
Infrastructure And Complex-project Exposure
Exposure to public infrastructure and large private projects broadens demand beyond residential construction. Vulcan’s scale, material quality, customer service, and facility proximity support supplier-of-choice status, creating durable opportunities as multiyear projects advance.
Bears Say
Muted Demand And Lower Shipments
Persistently soft shipment trends limit volume-driven revenue growth and can reduce operating leverage across quarries and plants. A prolonged muted-demand backdrop also makes the business more dependent on pricing, project timing, and disciplined cost control to expand earnings.
Energy Cost Pressure
Elevated diesel and liquid asphalt costs directly pressure unit economics and can offset gains from pricing and operational efficiencies. If energy inflation persists, Vulcan may need repeated price increases to preserve margins, potentially challenging customer affordability and volume.
Weakening Free Cash Flow Conversion
The decline in free cash flow and only moderate conversion reduce the cash available for debt reduction, acquisitions, and shareholder distributions. Greater variability in internally generated funds could constrain capital allocation flexibility if demand remains soft or investment needs stay elevated.
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Company Description
Vulcan Materials
Vulcan Materials Company, alongside its affiliated entities, stands as a prominent producer and distributor of construction aggregates, primarily operating within the United States. The company's activities are organized into four distinct divisions: Aggregates, Asphalt, Concrete, and Calcium. The Aggregates division focuses on providing essential materials like crushed stone, sand, gravel, and other foundational aggregates, along with related services. These products are vital for building and maintaining highways, public infrastructure, residential properties, and various commercial, industrial, and other non-residential structures. Through its Asphalt Mix segment, the firm furnishes asphalt mixture to locations in Alabama, Arizona, California, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Texas, additionally performing asphalt paving work in Alabama, Tennessee, and Texas. The Concrete segment supplies ready-mixed concrete to customers in California, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Lastly, the Calcium division is responsible for mining, manufacturing, and marketing calcium products for use in animal feed, plastics, and water treatment industries. Established in 1909, the corporation, initially known as Virginia Holdco, Inc. before its name change, is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Sector
- Basicmaterials
- Industry
- Construction Materials
- CEO
- Ronnie A. Pruitt
- Employees
- 11,548
- Website
- www.vulcanmaterials.com
- Address
- 1200 Urban Center Drive, Birmingham, AL, 35242, US
Vulcan Materials (VMC) Earnings & Revenues
VMC Company Deck
VMC Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call was predominantly positive. Management reported underlying EBITDA growth, margin expansion, strong cash generation, substantial shareholder returns, continued acquisition activity, disciplined cost execution, healthy public and private project opportunities, and a mid to high single-digit aggregate pricing outlook for 2027. These positives outweighed the explicitly stated challenges of lower shipments, muted demand, residential weakness, federal funding uncertainty, and approximately $120 million of expected full-year energy headwinds.
View all DE:VMC earnings summariesVMC Net sales Breakdown
- 73.04% Aggregates
- 16.30% Asphalt
- 10.66% Concrete
VMC Stock 12 Month Forecast
Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 14 | 2 | 6 |
| Technical Analysis | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Moving Averages | 12 | 0 | 0 |
