Vulcan Materials Co (NYSE: VMC) kicked off on Tuesday, down -0.74% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $260.47. Over the past 52 weeks, VMC has traded in a range of $166.43-$276.58.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Basic Materials sector saw sales topped by 12.69%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 22.32%. With a float of $131.98 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $132.10 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 10382 workers is very important to gauge.
Vulcan Materials Co (VMC) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Building Materials Industry. The insider ownership of Vulcan Materials Co is 0.19%, while institutional ownership is 92.68%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 13 ’24, was worth 862,336. In this transaction SVP, Gen. Counsel & Secretary of this company sold 3,200 shares at a rate of $269.48, taking the stock ownership to the 5,395 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 29 ’24, when Company’s Senior Vice President sold 2,842 for $263.00, making the entire transaction worth $747,446. This insider now owns 3,660 shares in total.
Vulcan Materials Co (VMC) Latest Financial update
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 12.57 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 22.32% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 18.55% during the next five years compared to 12.63% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Vulcan Materials Co (NYSE: VMC) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Vulcan Materials Co’s (VMC) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 2.39. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.39. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 51.47.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 6.98, a number that is poised to hit 0.75 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 9.90 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Vulcan Materials Co (VMC)
The latest stats from [Vulcan Materials Co, VMC] show that its last 5-days average volume of 0.63 million was inferior to 0.8 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 15.61%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 4.78.
During the past 100 days, Vulcan Materials Co’s (VMC) raw stochastic average was set at 73.07%, which indicates a significant increase from 7.77% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 13.48% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 18.74% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $261.02, while its 200-day Moving Average is $227.47. Now, the first resistance to watch is $260.83. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $263.12. The third major resistance level sits at $265.03. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $256.64, it is likely to go to the next support level at $254.73. The third support level lies at $252.44 if the price breaches the second support level.
Vulcan Materials Co (NYSE: VMC) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 34.19 billion has total of 132,272K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 7,782 M in contrast with the sum of 933,200 K annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 1,834 M and last quarter income was 227,400 K.
