VMC · Basic Materials
What a holder would want to know before buying VMC: where the price sits in its own history, how far it has fallen before and whether it recovered, and what the business behind it earns. All of it is arithmetic over free market data — no opinions, no recommendations.
Today’s price is 2% above the lowest point of the past year and 26% below the highest.
Over the past year it was cheaper than today on 4% of days and more expensive on 96%. Over the last 10 years: cheaper on 78% of days.
14% below its average price of the last 200 trading days.
Fell 20% or more 5 times in 10 years. The deepest fall was 49%; the longest took 19 months to get back to its peak. 4 of 5 have recovered so far.
It is in one now: 26% below the Feb 2026 peak.
Vulcan Materials Company · Basic Materials · Building Materials · a large company worth $31.69B
Vulcan Materials Company produces and supplies construction aggregates in the United States. It operates through three segments: Aggregates, Asphalt, and Concrete. The company provides crushed stone, sand and gravel,…
revenue profit
Sales of $7.94B in 2025, with $1.08B of profit. Sales grew in 2 of the last 3 years.
Keeps about 14 cents of every dollar of sales as profit.
Would need about 5.9 years of free cash flow to repay all its debt.
You pay $29 for every $1 of last year’s profit, and $23 for every $1 of profit expected next year.
A high number means buyers expect growth; a low one means they expect little, or fear trouble. Large US companies have averaged roughly 15–20 over the decades.
Pays 0.84% a year in dividends at today’s price · next ex-dividend Aug 13.
24 analysts: 16 say buy, 7 hold, 1 sell. Their average 12-month target is $312.30 (range $238.00–$365.00).
Insiders made 0 purchases and 2 sales in the last 6 months. Executives routinely sell shares they were paid in; buying with their own money is the rarer signal.
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