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Vulcan Materials (VMC) Competitors

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$249.58 +5.04 (+2.06%)
As of 03:59 PM Eastern

VMC vs. CRH, MLM, JHX, CX, EXP, FBIN, WFG, SKY, ACA, and TGLS

Should you be buying Vulcan Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vulcan Materials include CRH (CRH), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), James Hardie Industries (JHX), CEMEX (CX), Eagle Materials (EXP), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), West Fraser Timber (WFG), Skyline Champion (SKY), Arcosa (ACA), and Tecnoglass (TGLS). These companies are all part of the "construction materials" industry.

Vulcan Materials vs.

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

Vulcan Materials pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. CRH pays an annual dividend of $1.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Vulcan Materials pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CRH pays out 22.7% 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. Vulcan Materials has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. CRH is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Vulcan Materials presently has a consensus price target of $293.64, suggesting a potential upside of 17.78%. CRH has a consensus price target of $112.36, suggesting a potential upside of 22.36%. Given CRH's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CRH is more favorable than Vulcan Materials.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Vulcan Materials
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85
CRH
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09

Vulcan Materials received 139 more outperform votes than CRH when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.83% of users gave Vulcan Materials an outperform vote while only 56.93% of users gave CRH an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Vulcan MaterialsOutperform Votes
632
65.83%
Underperform Votes
328
34.17%
CRHOutperform Votes
493
56.93%
Underperform Votes
373
43.07%

CRH has higher revenue and earnings than Vulcan Materials. CRH 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
Vulcan Materials$7.42B4.45$933.20M$6.8536.40
CRH$35.57B1.75$3.18B$5.0318.26

In the previous week, CRH had 2 more articles in the media than Vulcan Materials. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for CRH and 19 mentions for Vulcan Materials. CRH's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Vulcan Materials' score of 1.22 indicating that CRH is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Vulcan Materials
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CRH
19 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

90.4% of Vulcan Materials shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.5% of CRH shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Vulcan Materials shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of CRH shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Vulcan Materials has a beta of 0.8, indicating that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CRH has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Vulcan Materials has a net margin of 12.30% compared to CRH's net margin of 9.86%. CRH's return on equity of 16.35% beat Vulcan Materials' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Vulcan Materials12.30% 12.83% 6.74%
CRH 9.86%16.35%7.25%

Summary

CRH beats Vulcan Materials on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VMC vs. The Competition

MetricVulcan MaterialsMining & quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$32.98B$5.69B$8.04B$18.91B
Dividend Yield0.81%0.94%2.10%4.16%
P/E Ratio36.4031.5915.3932.39
Price / Sales4.4515.3169.6228.30
Price / Cash19.8415.7921.4017.53
Price / Book4.042.584.034.44
Net Income$933.20M$289.19M$535.55M$1.02B
7 Day Performance3.08%4.71%2.39%3.19%
1 Month Performance3.32%2.13%55.43%-5.92%
1 Year Performance-2.76%0.32%72.06%3.49%

Vulcan Materials Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VMC
Vulcan Materials
4.2499 of 5 stars
$249.58
+2.1%
$293.64
+17.7%
-5.5%$33.01B$7.42B36.4411,400Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
CRH
CRH
3.2594 of 5 stars
$82.86
-2.2%
$112.36
+35.6%
+11.6%$56.04B$35.57B16.5777,400Options Volume
Positive News
MLM
Martin Marietta Materials
4.4352 of 5 stars
$485.91
-1.7%
$599.62
+23.4%
-16.1%$29.45B$6.54B15.039,400Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
JHX
James Hardie Industries
2.9576 of 5 stars
$21.82
-2.9%
$42.45
+94.5%
-33.8%$9.38B$3.91B21.603,257High Trading Volume
CX
CEMEX
4.1268 of 5 stars
$5.29
-2.0%
$7.63
+44.2%
-32.2%$7.67B$16.20B8.4043,500
EXP
Eagle Materials
4.517 of 5 stars
$209.60
-3.1%
$279.40
+33.3%
-14.7%$6.98B$2.27B14.972,200Analyst Forecast
Positive News
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.1416 of 5 stars
$49.99
-2.9%
$84.33
+68.7%
-30.1%$6.06B$4.61B13.3311,200Positive News
WFG
West Fraser Timber
3.4785 of 5 stars
$72.49
-1.1%
$103.80
+43.2%
-7.0%$5.59B$6.17B-345.1911,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
SKY
Skyline Champion
0.7066 of 5 stars
$79.29
-3.1%
$88.40
+11.5%
+6.7%$4.54B$2.43B27.928,400Positive News
ACA
Arcosa
4.3822 of 5 stars
$75.19
-2.8%
$105.50
+40.3%
+1.0%$3.67B$2.57B28.595,230Positive News
TGLS
Tecnoglass
1.1316 of 5 stars
$66.45
-2.1%
$77.40
+16.5%
+26.7%$3.12B$890.18M20.776,910

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