Vulcan Materials Company (VMC) Stock

About Vulcan Materials Company

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.

Vulcan Materials Company is led by CEO Ronnie A. Pruitt, employs 11,971 people, headquartered in Birmingham, US, publicly traded since 1957.

Vulcan Materials Company (VMC) stock trades at $284.49 with a market capitalization of $36.91B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 33.62, price-to-book of 4.35, price-to-sales of 4.44. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $252.35 and $331.09, and currently trades 14.1% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 0.73%.

On profitability, Vulcan Materials Company generates a return on equity (ROE) of 13.46%, above the typical market average, return on capital employed of 18.62%, an operating margin of 20.07%, a net profit margin of 13.88%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Vulcan Materials Company reported annual revenue of $7.9B, net profit of $1.1B, revenue has compounded at 10.3% a year over the last five years, profit at 13.1% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60, a current ratio of 2.69, total assets of $16.7B, $183.0M in cash and equivalents.

VMC has an average daily trading volume of 1,140,000 shares, a beta of 1.06.

Official website: www.vulcanmaterials.com