VMC vs. STRL, CRH, DY, EXP, KNF, MLM, NVR, URI, JHX, and CX
Should you be buying Vulcan Materials stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vulcan Materials include Sterling Infrastructure (STRL), CRH (CRH), Dycom Industries (DY), Eagle Materials (EXP), Knife River (KNF), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), NVR (NVR), United Rentals (URI), James Hardie Industries (JHX), and Cemex (CX). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
Vulcan Materials vs. Its Competitors
Sterling Infrastructure (NASDAQ:STRL) and Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) are both construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Vulcan Materials had 8 more articles in the media than Sterling Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Vulcan Materials and 13 mentions for Sterling Infrastructure. Vulcan Materials' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Sterling Infrastructure's score of 0.85 indicating that Vulcan Materials is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Sterling Infrastructure has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vulcan Materials has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Sterling Infrastructure presently has a consensus target price of $265.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.16%. Vulcan Materials has a consensus target price of $302.91, indicating a potential upside of 15.85%. Given Vulcan Materials' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vulcan Materials is more favorable than Sterling Infrastructure.
Sterling Infrastructure has a net margin of 12.62% compared to Vulcan Materials' net margin of 12.50%. Sterling Infrastructure's return on equity of 26.58% beat Vulcan Materials' return on equity.
81.0% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.4% of Vulcan Materials shares are held by institutional investors. 2.7% of Sterling Infrastructure shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Vulcan Materials shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Vulcan Materials has higher revenue and earnings than Sterling Infrastructure. Sterling Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Vulcan Materials, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Vulcan Materials beats Sterling Infrastructure on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:VMC) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
