Vulcan Materials Co. (VMC) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

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Strong Sell

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Comparison

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Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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Why is Vulcan Materials Co. ?

Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times

Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 8.82%

Positive results in Jun 25

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at USD 1,628.3 MM
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at USD 7.1
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Fallen by -1.2% (YoY)

With ROCE of 11.91%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 3.08 Enterprise value to Capital Employed

The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 7.05%, its profits have risen by 8% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 4.2

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Vulcan Materials Co. should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Building Products should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Building Products)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Vulcan Materials Co. for you?

Low Risk, Medium Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Vulcan Materials Co.

17.32%

0.87

23.92%

S&P 500

25.41%

0.70

20.15%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

10.33%

EBIT Growth (5y)

11.83%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

7.20

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

1.97

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

0.59

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

0.63

Tax Ratio

21.31%

Dividend Payout Ratio

24.16%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

100.00%

ROCE (avg)

11.21%

ROE (avg)

11.11%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

4.00

EV to EBIT

23.79

EV to EBITDA

16.25

EV to Capital Employed

3.01

EV to Sales

4.83

PEG Ratio

3.74

Dividend Yield

0.77%

ROCE (Latest)

12.65%

ROE (Latest)

12.72%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bearish

Mildly Bearish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Bullish

Moving Averages

Bullish (Daily)

KST

Bearish

Bullish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bullish

No Trend

OBV

No Trend

Bullish

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

Analyse All Technical Factors

Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

6What is working for the Company

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 1,802.6 MM

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 8.51

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -8.06% (YoY

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 8.51 times

-6What is not working for the Company

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

At USD 221.5 MM has Fallen at -36.38%

NET PROFIT(Q)

At USD 173.25 MM has Fallen at -36.02%

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Lowest at 41.22%

NET SALES(Q)

At USD 1,755.9 MM has Fallen at -11.55%

Here's what is working for Vulcan Materials Co.

Dividend per share

Highest at USD 8.51 and Grown

In each year in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Operating Cash Flow

Highest at USD 1,802.6 MM

in the last three years

MOJO Watch

The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Highest at 8.51 times

in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

Company has been able to sell its Debtors faster

Debtors Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost

Fallen by -8.06% (YoY)

MOJO Watch

The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Vulcan Materials Co.

Pre-Tax Profit

At USD 221.5 MM has Fallen at -36.38%

over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 348.15 MM

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit

At USD 173.25 MM has Fallen at -36.02%

over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 270.79 MM

MOJO Watch

Near term Net Profit trend is very negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

Net Sales

At USD 1,755.9 MM has Fallen at -11.55%

over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 1,985.28 MM

MOJO Watch

Near term sales trend is negative

Net Sales (USD MM)

Dividend Payout Ratio

Lowest at 41.22%

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing lower proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)