Vulcan Materials Co (VMC) surge 5.15% in a week: will this be a lucky break through?

Vulcan Materials Co (NYSE: VMC) established initial surge of 6.52% at $290.45, before settling in for the price of $272.67 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, VMC posted a 52-week range of $206.11-$279.47.

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In the past 5-years timespan, the Basic Materials sector firm’s annual sales growth was 12.69%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 12.63%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is 3.02%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $132.10 million, simultaneously with a float of $131.82 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $38.36 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $249.63, while the 200-day Moving Average is $253.81.

Vulcan Materials Co (VMC) Ownership Facts and Figures

Sometimes it is also beneficial to study the sentiment of large-scale investors towards the stock of the Vulcan Materials Co industry. Vulcan Materials Co’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.18%, in contrast to 93.92% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Oct 31 ’24, this organization’s Chairman & CEO sold 12,212 shares at the rate of 275.54, making the entire transaction reach 3,364,955 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 29,531.

Vulcan Materials Co (VMC) Earnings and Revenue Records

Vulcan Materials Co’s EPS increase for this current 12-month fiscal period is 3.02% and is forecasted to reach 9.05 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 14.45% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 12.63% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.

Vulcan Materials Co (NYSE: VMC) Trading Performance Indicators

Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Vulcan Materials Co (VMC). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 2.02. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 7.39. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $45.74, and its Beta score is 0.81. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 5.18. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 47.72.

In the same vein, VMC’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 6.35, a figure that is expected to reach 1.78 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 9.05 at the market close of one year from today.

Technical Analysis of Vulcan Materials Co (VMC)

Now, what If we examine the latest scores posted by [Vulcan Materials Co, VMC]. During the last 5-days, its volume was better the volume of 0.85 million it reported in year-ago period. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 73.34% While, its Average True Range was 8.28.

Raw Stochastic average of Vulcan Materials Co (VMC) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 89.23%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 83.47% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 38.36% that was higher than 28.92% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.