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Vulcan Materials (VMC) Competitors

$255.77
+1.69 (+0.67%)
(As of 05/31/2024 ET)

VMC vs. MLM, EXP, USLM, TECK, SQM, SUM, MDU, KNF, HL, and SLCA

Should you be buying Vulcan Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vulcan Materials include Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Eagle Materials (EXP), United States Lime & Minerals (USLM), Teck Resources (TECK), Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM), Summit Materials (SUM), MDU Resources Group (MDU), Knife River (KNF), Hecla Mining (HL), and U.S. Silica (SLCA).

Vulcan Materials vs.

Martin Marietta Materials (NYSE:MLM) and Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Martin Marietta Materials presently has a consensus price target of $610.27, suggesting a potential upside of 6.68%. Vulcan Materials has a consensus price target of $277.08, suggesting a potential upside of 8.33%. Given Martin Marietta Materials' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vulcan Materials is more favorable than Martin Marietta Materials.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Martin Marietta Materials
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77
Vulcan Materials
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Martin Marietta Materials pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Vulcan Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Martin Marietta Materials pays out 8.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Vulcan Materials pays out 26.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Martin Marietta Materials has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Vulcan Materials has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Vulcan Materials is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Martin Marietta Materials has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vulcan Materials has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

95.0% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Vulcan Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Martin Marietta Materials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Vulcan Materials shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Vulcan Materials received 132 more outperform votes than Martin Marietta Materials when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.92% of users gave Vulcan Materials an outperform vote while only 63.80% of users gave Martin Marietta Materials an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Martin Marietta MaterialsOutperform Votes
483
63.80%
Underperform Votes
274
36.20%
Vulcan MaterialsOutperform Votes
615
65.92%
Underperform Votes
318
34.08%

Martin Marietta Materials has a net margin of 31.35% compared to Martin Marietta Materials' net margin of 11.92%. Vulcan Materials' return on equity of 14.74% beat Martin Marietta Materials' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Martin Marietta Materials31.35% 14.74% 7.70%
Vulcan Materials 11.92%12.32%6.38%

In the previous week, Vulcan Materials had 14 more articles in the media than Martin Marietta Materials. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Vulcan Materials and 8 mentions for Martin Marietta Materials. Vulcan Materials' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Martin Marietta Materials' score of 0.13 indicating that Martin Marietta Materials is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Martin Marietta Materials
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Vulcan Materials
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Martin Marietta Materials has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vulcan Materials. Martin Marietta Materials is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vulcan Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Martin Marietta Materials$6.78B5.20$1.17B$33.7516.95
Vulcan Materials$7.78B4.35$933.20M$6.8537.34

Summary

Martin Marietta Materials beats Vulcan Materials on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VMC vs. The Competition

MetricVulcan MaterialsMining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$33.83B$6.09B$8.66B$17.79B
Dividend Yield0.72%1.34%1.95%3.55%
P/E Ratio37.3416.9823.7625.81
Price / Sales4.3560.543.6111.40
Price / Cash21.3511.6716.3818.95
Price / Book4.506.284.675.90
Net Income$933.20M$277.88M$500.16M$976.46M
7 Day Performance-1.34%-1.53%0.08%0.62%
1 Month Performance-1.54%9.20%5.41%4.79%
1 Year Performance28.66%15.62%36.36%24.00%

Vulcan Materials Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MLM
Martin Marietta Materials
4.3497 of 5 stars
$570.32
-1.5%
$610.27
+7.0%
+41.5%$35.15B$6.78B16.909,400Positive News
EXP
Eagle Materials
4.7049 of 5 stars
$232.37
-2.5%
$279.67
+20.4%
+42.5%$7.88B$2.26B17.062,500Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
USLM
United States Lime & Minerals
0.686 of 5 stars
$343.89
-1.8%
N/A+90.2%$1.96B$286.24M24.60333Stock Split
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
TECK
Teck Resources
2.0871 of 5 stars
$52.81
+2.8%
$50.00
-5.3%
+27.1%$27.01B$11.12B23.3712,600
SQM
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
4.6171 of 5 stars
$49.60
+0.3%
$64.68
+30.4%
-29.4%$14.17B$7.47B35.687,682Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
SUM
Summit Materials
4.1603 of 5 stars
$38.81
-1.6%
$46.92
+20.9%
+19.9%$6.81B$2.62B17.335,300
MDU
MDU Resources Group
4.64 of 5 stars
$25.24
+0.1%
$30.00
+18.9%
+28.3%$5.15B$4.66B10.799,145Short Interest ↓
Positive News
KNF
Knife River
2.0002 of 5 stars
$71.71
-0.7%
$76.20
+6.3%
N/A$4.06B$2.83B23.134,389Positive News
HL
Hecla Mining
4.2969 of 5 stars
$5.93
+5.3%
$6.97
+17.5%
+6.8%$3.71B$720.23M-39.531,775Short Interest ↓
Positive News
SLCA
U.S. Silica
2.1315 of 5 stars
$15.51
flat
$15.25
-1.7%
+31.7%$1.21B$1.55B10.551,873Analyst Forecast

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